Sound.start()

my_sound.start([secondOffset:Number, loop:Number]) : Void

this.createTextField("status_txt", this.getNextHighestDepth(), 0,0,100,22);

// create a new Sound object
var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();
// if the sound loads, play it; if not, trace failure loading
my_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
   if (success) {
      my_sound.start();
      status_txt.text = "Sound loaded";
   } else {
      status_txt.text = "Sound failed";
   }
};
// load the sound
my_sound.loadSound("song1.mp3", true);

Sound.stop()

Comments

JaXtus said on Nov 8, 2004 at 6:17 PM :

I thought that a sound object set to true(streeming) would begin playing after the 5 second default _soundbuftime. wtf

maaikeeee said on Dec 10, 2004 at 9:07 AM :

update

maaikeeee said on Dec 10, 2004 at 9:07 AM :

mp3

blueghozt said on Jan 19, 2005 at 3:41 AM :

I have a dynamically called MP3 sound loaded as streaming and it plays fine but just once, I programmed a button to restart the sound and loop it continuously with:

on(release){
_root.my_sound.start(0,1000);
}

however this only plays it once also - does the loop argument work with streamed sounds?

Francis Cheng said on Jan 21, 2005 at 12:11 AM :

Hi blueghozt,

No, the loop argument does not work with streaming sounds. I'll add a note to the documentation to that effect. Apologies for any inconvenience this has caused you.

frankhdz said on Feb 21, 2005 at 10:35 AM :

I created the sound as an event and it does not what to play for me at all

var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
mySound.loadSound("sound/nrc.mp3", false);


trace(BL = mySound.getBytesLoaded());
trace(NL = Math.round(BL / mySound.getBytesTotal() * 100));
if (NL >= 100) {
trace("File Loaded");
trace(mySound.start(50,999));
//stop();
} else {
mySound.stop();
trace("File Not Loaded");
play();
}

Gratman said on Feb 21, 2005 at 3:36 PM :

it will only hit your 'if' once and if it is not loaded then too bad.

use the onLoad function like they say to:

my_sound.onLoad = function(success:Boolean) {
if (success) {
this.start();
}
}

by the way the code in the example won't work in AS2 files. it should read as above with 'this' instead of 'my_sound'.

sixthneo said on Mar 22, 2005 at 10:47 PM :

Quick question: Suppose i m playing 2 sounds and i want to reduce the volume for one and increase for other is it possbile.

Churowa said on Apr 23, 2005 at 10:05 AM :

Quick implementation question: In the Sound.start() function, why did you make the offset in seconds, when the Sound.position and Sound.duration values are returned in milliseconds? Wouldn't it be simpler to stick to one, either seconds or milliseconds?

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CarlosQuesada said on Jun 1, 2005 at 6:59 AM :

You could loop a streaming sound by using the following code:

var my_sound = new Sound();
my_sound.onLoad = function() {
if (success) {
this.start();
}
};
my_sound.onSoundComplete = function() {
this.start();
};
my_sound.loadSound("my_song.mp3", true);

kamcknight said on Jun 15, 2005 at 4:23 PM :

I am trying to load and play an mp3 file. I have code that works for another flash movie I wrote and it works fine for the other movie. But in this movie it doesn't seem to work. Here is my code:

playSound = function(songToPlay:String)
{
stopAllSounds();
var song:Sound = new Sound();
song.loadSound("music/" + band + "/" + album + "/" + songToPlay + ".mp3", true);

song.onLoad = function(success)
{
if(success)
{
song.start();
}
}

This is to be executed when a button is clicked. The song will play if i click the button twice, but not on the first click.

kamcknight said on Jun 15, 2005 at 4:27 PM :

I actually found the problem though I don't understand why. My onLoad function had to be declared outside of the other function and song needed to be a global variable. Can anyone tell me why? Or if there IS a way to do it the first way?