[thelist] [Spam] Re: Program to create Flash audio clip?

[Chris Dempsey]

Hi Rick,

Good plan, it looks like a simpler version of the player I already have,
but... Contribute won't allow you to append '?theFile=clip.mp3' to the file
name when inserting a Flash object.  It wants just 'button.swf' so I need
some way of wrapping an audio clip up into a standalone Flash file.

There is no Code View in Contribute so we couldn't even train users to
append the file name by hand after inserting the Flash player object.
 
Thanks,

Chris.

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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Rick den Haan
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Subject: [Spam] Re: [thelist] Program to create Flash audio clip?

Chris Dempsey wrote:
> Is anyone aware of a Windows program that has a wizard type
> interface to create a Flash object from an audio file?

No, but...

> If not, how would you suggest we can let our non-technical
> client add audio clips to their site when the only tool
> available is Contribute?

I haven't worked with Contribute before, but you might want to check if you
can "borrow" the play-button used at music.podshow.com (I have, but I didn't
ask first because it was for a private page behind a login only four people
have access to). You can download the SWF for it[1], then embed it with the
path to the MP3 file in the url:

<param name="movie" value="button.swf?theFile=/path/to/sound.mp3" />

But, since I haven't worked with Contribute, I don't know whether this is a
good solution in your case.

HTH,
Rick.

[1]: http://music.podshow.com/button.swf