Fading sound out?

[danielh68]

Hi,

I have a movie clip with a sound file. I set it to fade out. The clip is about 50 frames. My actual Flash movie is 20. With that in mind, when I play it, the sound loops. I just want it to play once. I created an action in the movie clip at the end of the sound telling it to "stop"...I tried "stop playing all sounds" too. Anyhow it doesn't work. I suppose it's because when the Flash movie reaches 20 it starts over, thus playing the sound clip. So, how can I get the sound clip to only play once?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[billwatson]

load the sound dynamically and dont put it in a frame then its easy to control. are you using mx?

 

[danielh68]

--Do I still keep the sound in a movie clip? If so, how do I drag the sound onto the layout without creating a frame?

--"load the sound dynamically" is an action, correct? If so, can you direct me to where it's located?

--Should the action be in the movieclip or in the Flash movie?

--Yes, I using MX.

Thanks for help. Greatly appreciated.

--DanH

 

[billwatson]

leave the sound file outside the flash file but in the same folder

actions to add to frame 1 of main timeline not inside the movie clip

mysound = new sound();
mysound.loadSound("

http://www.mysite.com/music/song.mp3");

mysound.start();

//just give the full url to your music file on the server

the music will play once then stop.

you can stop the music on any frame by adding
mysound.stop();
to the frame

//not needed if you only want it play once then stop

you can alter the volume of the music by using
mysound.setVolume(X); x any number between 0 and 100.

 

[danielh68]

Thanks, Bill. Works great! -- DanH