play and pause mp3 sound with one button

[ConanBM]

Hi, I am an absolute beginner in Flash.. and I’m trying to make a.script for one button witch will play and pause mp3 sound from my library. Can someone help?
BM

[tGP]

this is using loadSound, where you can place the mp3 outside of your movie, and it will load stream it, change loadSound() to attachSound() if you want it to remain in the library...

this.createEmptyMovieClip("sound_mc", 10);

music = new Sound(sound_mc);
music.loadSound("test.mp3", true);

music.start();

active_button = "play";

// pause button
pause_button_mc.onRelease = function() {
    if (active_button == "play") {
        pause_resume = music.position;
        music.stop();
        active_button = "pause";
    }
}

pause_button_mc.onRollOver = function() {
    this._alpha = 50;
}

pause_button_mc.onRollOut = function() {
    this._alpha = 100;
}

// play button
play_button_mc.onRelease = function() {
    if (active_button == "pause") {
        music.start(pause_resume / 1000);
        active_button = "play";
    }
}

play_button_mc.onRollOver = function() {
    this._alpha = 50;
}

play_button_mc.onRollOut = function() {
    this._alpha = 100;
}

be sure that you are using movieclips, not true "flash buttons" for the buttons, in this case.... just convert your button to a movieclip symbol, and give it an instance name of play_button_mc, and pause_button_mc...

also, make a new layer on the root (main) timeline, and place all this code in an empty keyframe...

hope this helps...

cheers
j

[tayfun]

hey there...so its not really working...i can pause the music, but it wont start again! could it be, that the script isn correct?
anyone knows`?


tayfun

[Suicidal.Banana]

Originally Posted by tGP

this.createEmptyMovieClip("sound_mc", 10);

music = new Sound(sound_mc);
music.loadSound("test.mp3", true);

music.start();

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play_button_mc.onRollOut = function() {
    this._alpha = 100;
}

be sure that you are using movieclips, not true "flash buttons" for the buttons, in this case.... just convert your button to a movieclip symbol, and give it an instance name of play_button_mc, and pause_button_mc...

also, make a new layer on the root (main) timeline, and place all this code in an empty keyframe...

hope this helps...

cheers
j

Very nice thx, that pause method also helped me out alot (though ive made the two buttons in one mc and using a dynamic path to the to-pause-mc)

[IMD]

I have three mp3 files in my folder and one plays after the other. Each on is loaded in a mc that i created myself.

I used your code to play and pause the sound... but it only works with the sound you load just before the buttons code.

this.createEmptyMovieClip("sound_mc", 10);

music = new Sound(sound_mc);
music.loadSound("test.mp3", true);

music.start();

So when i try to play and pause my sound files (3, which ever is playing in that moment) it doesn't work. Could it be because each one loads in different mc?
Could you help me?
Thank you