Ok, after some more debuging testing, this is the situation: IE will correctly load and play an mp3 (without an ID3 handler) only if crossdomain.xml is missing.
If crossdomain is there but does not explicitly allow all - or it does not contain the new player 10 tags exception is thrown... Should I fill a bug? Alex? On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:19 AM, Fotis Chatzinikos < fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com> wrote: > To make things a bit clearer, the docs say that mp3 should play without > problems IF YOU DO NOT TRY to access its ID3 info... > > That is the case with Firefox... In IE (7) its seems that a request to get > the ID3 info is attempted, even though > I do not try to access the sound object's ID3 info... > > Anybody from Adobe? > > Thanks again, > Fotis > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 12:15 AM, Fotis Chatzinikos < > fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the tip Mike, >> >> but its more complicated than that. I can play staff from localhost >> without any problems... >> >> What i am trying to do is parse several rss feeds from various sites and >> create something like a 'radio' >> component. I do not have access to all these servers to upload the correct >> security policies, >> but it is really strange that Firefox (without using the ID3 handler that >> requires a policy file) >> plays ok while IE (7) does not. >> >> I will have a look at the library you point in case they do something >> different. >> >> Thanks, >> Fotis >> >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:58 PM, orthatg <orth.m...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Try loading the mp3 from your localhost instead. If you're still >>> having issues try using this open source playlist manager to make your >>> player; it will handle all that stuff for you. >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/mediacorelib/ >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> Mike Orth >>> www.mikeorth.com >>> >>> >>> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com <flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>, >>> "fotis.chatzinikos" <fotis.chatzini...@...> wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > I am trying to make a simple mp3 player. >>> > >>> > At first i got errors when i was trying to get the ID3 info via the >>> Sound class ID3 handler. I fixed it by removing the ID3 handler and audio >>> plays OK in Firefox. The problem is that in Internet Explorer 7 >>> > I get the following exception: >>> > >>> > SecurityError: Error #2122: Security sandbox violation: Sound.id3: >>> http://localhost:8084/Main.swf/[[DYNAMIC]]/2 cannot access >>> http://someplace.com/Ganglians%20-%20Hair.mp3. A policy file is >>> required, but the checkPolicyFile flag was not set when this media was >>> loaded. >>> > >>> > Inspecting the Sound object in the debugger shows the following info >>> (in the ID3 filed of the sound class): >>> > >>> > id3 = <exception thrown by getter> >>> > >>> > Why is flash in IE trying to load ID3 info without me explicitly >>> setting the ID3 handler? >>> > >>> > Any way to bypass this? >>> > >>> > Thanks in advance, >>> > Fotis >>> > >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. >> Founder, >> Phinnovation >> fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com, >> > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com, > -- Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. Founder, Phinnovation fotis.chatzini...@gmail.com,
