Not everything has to be done in code. Flash has timelines and you should use them.
Put the audio in a movieclip, set it to streaming and add frames until you see the wave form end, and on the last frame put a stop action and call a method that lets your app know the audio is done playing. -Steven BLITZ | Steven Sacks - 310-551-0200 x209 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ian Thomas > Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 7:16 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: [Flashcoders] Detecting a Sound Card > > Hi folks, > I have a situation where my app doesn't work on a PC with no sound > card installed, because I depend on onSoundComplete for a couple of > synchronised triggers and (guess what) onSoundComplete is never called > if the machine doesn't have a sound card. Not unexpected, I guess. > > However, unfortunately System.capabilities.hasAudio doesn't report > false. I assume it only returns false for builds of a player that > doesn't have audio (for example, handhelds and so forth). > > I could really do with finding a way to detect the presence/absence > of a sound card. Any ideas? The one that occurs is to, in app startup, > fire off a short sound (say 500ms duration) and check whether the > onSoundComplete has been called 1s later - if not, no soundcard - but > obviously this slows down app startup and is a bit of a pain. I was > wondering if there was anything simpler around..? > > TIA, > Ian .com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
