Looping one 10 second sound file.. saaaave meeee!!

[66jonez]

Ok...  so I am a newbie to flash pretty much.  So forgive me in advance.  I

am trying to loop a small sound file (wav file because I was told wav will loop seemlessly)...

in any case, got the actionscript (2.0) to work with one simple button that acts as a

start and pause...  but yet, the file still doesnt loop.

Does anyone have an actionscript that accomplishes this that I can take a peek at?  I HAVE to be missing something small..  its driving me nuts.

It just will not loop.

Thanks a ton.

Dann

[Ned Murphy]

Can you describe the details of steps you took to create this and include the code you are using?

[66jonez]

Here's the code...

var snd:Sound = new Sound();      //Create a new sound object
var sndFile:String;
var sndPlaying:Boolean = true;      //Status flag indicating whether the sound is playing or not
var sndFinished:Boolean = false;     //Status flag indicating whether the sound has finished playing or not
var startVolume:Number;        //Start value of sound volume
var autoStart:Boolean;

//Extract the sound file name from the calling object
if (this.sndfile != undefined) {
sndFile = this.sndfile;
}
else {
//Default setting is "songnamehere".mp3
sndFile = "pinknoise.mp3";
}

if(this.sndvol != undefined) {
startVolume = int(this.sndvol);
} else {
startVolume = 50;
}

if (this.sndautostart == 0) {
autoStart = true;
} else {
autoStart = false;
}

snd.loadSound(sndFile, true);     //Load the specified sound file and start streaming
snd.setVolume(startVolume);       //Set initial sound volume

if(autoStart != true) {
snd.stop();
sndPlaying = false;
sndFinished = true;
mcPlay._visible = true;
mcPause._visible = false;
} else {
sndPlaying = true;
sndFinished = false;
mcPlay._visible = false;
mcPause._visible = true;
}

stop();

snd.onSoundComplete = function() {
sndPlaying = false;
sndFinished = true;
mcPause._visible = false;
mcPlay._visible = true;
}

mcPlay.onRelease = function() {
if(sndPlaying != true) {
  mcPause._visible = true;
  mcPlay._visible = false;
  if(sndFinished == true) {
   //Start playing the sound from the beginning
   snd.start(0,999999999999999999999);
  } else {
   //Start playing the sound only if it was previously paused
   snd.start(0,999999999999999999999);
  }
  sndPlaying = true;
  sndFinished = false;
}
}

mcPause.onRelease = function() {
//Pause sound playing
snd.stop();
sndPlaying = false;
mcPause._visible = false;
mcPlay._visible = true;

[Ned Murphy]

If you are streaming the sound, you cannot specify looping for it... per the help documents...

loops:Number [optional] - A parameter that lets you specify the number of times the sound should play consecutively. This parameter is not available if the sound is a streaming sound.

[66jonez]

I do not want to stream this file...

[Ned Murphy]

Then you need another plan because you do stream it...

snd.loadSound(sndFile, true);     //Load the specified sound file and start streaming

Try changing that second parameter to false and see if it does what you hope.

[66jonez]

hrmm yes i see that.  LOL...  told ya i m a newbie...  though i see its not as simple as just changing it to FALSE instead of true...  hrmm..

I do not want this file to start when they load the page..  just when they use the controls...  so I am really trying to keep with the script..

[Ned Murphy]

In addition to changing that to false, you should probably tame that 99999999999999999999.... loops value to something more realistic--start small and test for when it doesn't work anymore.  I'm don't think the function is geared to handle a number that size.

[66jonez]

WOW!  Yup.. the crazy 9s did it!  I was trying for an infinite loop...  thus the 9's,,,

i have it at 99999 and its loopin,....

nice work!