Flash music weirdness

[David Delaney]

I have been running most of my AMS5 project on this computer - and it works great - so when I finally burned the disc and brought it to another computer, I was very suprised to find that FLASH music does not play! (I am using SwishMAX). I have put all the SWF files in the FLASH directory (one of them is a soundtrack in SWF) , but there is not sound when I try and play it on another computer. The other noises are fine (I have two videos as well), so I know the sound is working, just not the flash music! I am really worried about this?! I don't want to burn 10 CD to try and figure out how to do this, so if someone has the answer, please let me know!

[David Delaney]

I think I am going to have to learn to install the Standalone Flash Player, becaues on my other 2 computers (older Pentium II's), they have windows 98 and looking at the directory of FLASH files, the computer doesn't seem to recognize them and the icon is left 'unknown file type'. If someone has the install FLASH PLAYER script, I would really appreciate it and consider UPS is coming in the next couple of hours, the sooner the better! But if I am wrong and someone else knows what is wrong with my AMS5 project, please let me know.

Thanks

PS - I have gone through the FlashPlayer installation notes from AMS4, but I didn't know if they still apply.

[David Delaney]

Also, I had Dependencies checked for Flash Player when I tested it out on two other computer - the flash movie worked, but not the sound.

[GalacTek]

So are you needing to install Flash Player Version 7 on the machine?

I had a problem like this.. I signed up to be legal and got distribution copy (it's free)

http://www.macromedia.com/support/sh...nfo/licensing/

Put the installer on the CD Plugin folder.
On the Dependencies change it to 7 instead of 6 and in the Download/install link point to the installer.

To answer the other question you just posted while I was editing this one.. LOL

To run the exe on startup, just goto Projects, Actions, startup and the first thing you do is call the exe.

[David Delaney]

I don't know. It is getting weird. HEre is the situation. In SwishMAX there is an output feature that packages the file in an EXE format. When I tried this on my other 2 computers, sound and all was fine. This is without installing the player (but I am guessing that the player is a part of the EXE from SwishMAX.). What happens is the project plays in FLASH, which is good. But all of the bells, whistles, soundtrack etc do not play. There is no noise at all!

I also have an opening FLASHFILE, but this also doesn't have sound - is there a way for the opening to movie that is an EXE file? (ie; SwishMAX exe projector file)? When I look at STARTUP MOVIE, they only allow SWF or AVI files. I want to start the CD with the EXE that is a flash file that SWISHMAX puts out.

Thanks

[David Delaney]

Well, I've decided to go with all EXE project files on this project. AMS5 doesn't seem to like either FLASH files with sound or SwishMAX files. Not sure which, but the projector EXE that is outputed through SwishMAX seems to work, it just sucks because I wanted to enable a PAUSE, PLAY and STOP routine on the presentation of FLASH, now it will just have to be a fullscreen Flash player file.

[David Delaney]

Well, another wasted CD. Here is the situation. I burn the FLASH exe projector files on the cd and run it as file.open.
Now, when I burn it, it does not have sound again!!
This is truly strange because when I bring the FLASH .exe, BY ITSELF, to another computer and run it, it works like a charm, sound and all!

Does AMS5 override Flash sound or something? Why would it not work on a CD, but work on a HD by itself - it is running the same file?!?!?!

[Adam]

David,

Does the flash exe play manually from the CD-ROM? Can you browse the CD-ROM and double click the file to open it?

Adam Kapilik

[David Delaney]

Yes it works when I click on it, in the folder.

[David Delaney]

Should I put instead : File.run?

I don't know what is stopping this from working - I had to call the UPS guy back from sending this package out until I can figure this out!1

[David Delaney]

Maybe this might be important. When I am running the CD, and there is no sound (but the EXE projector files is running- flash player), I cannot run another audio sound - it says that the AUDIO IS BEING USED - so something is working. Now, why it won't play the music out the speakers is beyond me. My videos on the same CD work, sound and all (avi's), but not the flash files. When clicked on in the folder, they work perfect.

[JimS]

It’s probably a long shot, but have you tried rebooting?

[David Delaney]

A million times.

[rhosk]

David, this is a long shot as well, but try this [theory].

Do your buttons contain sound "On Click"? Conversely, when you execute this flash file, do you use "run wait"?

Try removing the sound on the button that executes and/or remove the wait to return feature (hope it's not required, but just for troubleshooting).

My total guess is, if there's sound on the button that executes, and it's a slower system, the button sound may be hung up until the executable is finished (via run wait). Just a theory, but give that a shot.

Could also be audio bitrate related, but unlikely.

[TJ_Tigger]

Are you able to post a sample project so people can actually try to help rather than speculate as to what the problem is? Might be helpful.

Tigg