Thanks Alex. That's too bad. On this project, we're stuck then with no support for external .swfs that have sound since we're using FP9. Bummer.
I wonder if we could use LocalConnection to communicate with the AVM1 Captivate or Camtasia files to stop the sound. Possible in theory? Jason --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aha...@...> wrote: > > Without cooperation from the loaded SWF, there is no way to stop audio from > outside that swf on FP9 > > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Developer > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On > Behalf Of Merrill, Jason > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 9:59 AM > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [flexcoders] RE: Unloading/stopping sounds from SWFLoader .swf > > > > > > Ah crap. To add on to this, this seems to be a bug that was only fixed with > the Flash 10 player: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14379 - I have > to target Flash 9. Is this really still an outstanding bug with Flex 3 and > Flash 9? That really bites. > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America [cid:image001.gif@...] Global Learning > > Shared Services Solutions Development > > > Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - > join the Bank of America Flash Platform > Community<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.aspx> > > _____________________________________________ > From: Merrill, Jason > Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2009 12:55 PM > To: 'flexcoders@yahoogroups.com' > Subject: Unloading/stopping sounds from SWFLoader .swf > > I'm having a problem getting sounds from .swfs (both AVM1 and AVM2) to stop > playing. I am adding these .swfs (loaded with SWFLoader) onto a Canvas in my > Flex application. The instance of my SWFLoader is _swfLoader which I add as > a child to the _demoCanvas Canvas. Here is what I have tried (my lame > attempt at garbage collection): > > > > private function hideScreenAnimation():void > > { > > _swfLoader.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onSwfLoaded); > > _swfLoader.removeEventListener(Event.UNLOAD, onSwfUnload); > > _swfLoader = null; > > removeChild(_demoCanvas); > > _demoCanvas = null; > > SoundMixer.stopAll(); > > } > > I can't seem to locate any unload() method for SWFLoader instances or > SWFLoader.content. SoundMixer.stopAll() seems to have no effect. Again, > these are both AVM1 and AVM2 .swfs which contain sounds. I don't have any > control over the AVM1 files, they are produced by someone else using another > app (Captivate and Camtasia). The AVM2 .swf is just a simple .swf I made > with Flash CS3 and contains a sound on the timeline. > > Thanks, any help is appreciated. I've researched this enough with Google and > none of the suggestions I've found seem to work. > > Jason Merrill > > Bank of America << OLE Object: Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) >> > Global Learning > > Shared Services Solutions Development > > > Monthly meetings on the Adobe Flash platform for rich media experiences - > join the Bank of America Flash Platform > Community<http://sharepoint.bankofamerica.com/sites/tlc/flash/default.aspx> >
