Reading from an Audio CD

[sgestrella]

I would like to develop a desktop application using Flash that reads a desired track from an audio CD and places it into a Sound object to create animations that synchronize with the music. Can this be done with Flash? Normally I would just convert the audio to MP3 and include it with the application but that can't be done here without violating intellectual property laws. The user of the Flash app would have to own the CD to use the application.

Another thought I had was to employ a non-air programmer to create a small application that converts the CD audio to MP3 and stores the MP3 files in a temporary storage location on the hard drive. When the Flash app quits, the temporary MP3 files would be deleted by some other external app to respect the copyrights on the CD.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve

[sgestrella]

I would like to develop a desktop application using Flash that reads a desired track from an audio CD and places it into a Sound object to create animations that synchronize with the music. Can this be done with Flash? Normally I would just convert the audio to MP3 and include it with the application but that can't be done here without violating intellectual property laws. The user of the Flash app would have to own the CD to use the application.

Another thought I had was to employ a non-air programmer to create a small application that converts the CD audio to MP3 and stores the MP3 files in a temporary storage location on the hard drive. When the Flash app quits, the temporary MP3 files would be deleted by some other external app to respect the copyrights on the CD.

Any ideas would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Steve