ok for iis here is a tech brief on how to do the whole mime type bit. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/cd72c0dc-c5b8-42e4-96c2-b3c656f99ead.mspx?mfr=true
so what i suggest is not to remove the extension completly, rename is to .somethingrandom and configure the mime type for that extension type to be the same as its for .mp3. give that a whizz and tell me if it did something for you. On 3/19/06, Marc Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I believe it's iis, but checking on that now. > > At 11:20 AM 3/19/2006, you wrote: > >are you using apache or iis as your webserver? (or in the case of > something > >else what is that?) > > > >On 3/19/06, Marc Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Johannes, > > > > > > This looked promising, but it doesn't fix the problem when playing > > > from the web server for some reason -- it now breaks in I.E. and also > > > in Firefox (didn't test anything else). I changed the names of the > > > files on the server from "xxx.mp3" to just plain "xxx" and removed > > > the extension from the AS concatenation of which file to load. It > > > works fine locally, but the problem was never there in local > > > playback. So I'm back to square one. Except maybe the fact it doesn't > > > work without .mp3 extensions on the web files is a clue to something > > > wrong with my server? > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > At 08:56 AM 3/19/2006, you wrote: > > > >don't use a .mp3 file as somepoeple have stuff like download > accelarator > > > >installed which grabs hold of that. rename the file to some arb > extension > > > as > > > >flash just worries about the header( if it does even about that, but > i > > > >suspect it will since it needs to know how much iot has to load). > > > > > > > >On 3/19/06, Marc Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > [This is a re-post. No replies last time. Can anyone help with > > > > > this -- even to confirm whether you get sound on this using I.E.? > If > > > > > the answer is "no," I'd like to get back to you to try to find > > > > > similarities between your setup and my two setups that don't > > > > > work. Thanks! -Marc] > > > > > > > > > > This is a follow-up on a previous post. I'm still having the > problem, > > > > > but now have more details. Really need help with this, so please > read > > > > > the following and let me know if you have ideas or solutions. > > > > > > > > > > Problem in brief: > > > > > Where Flash uses a sound object to load and stream an MP3 file, no > > > > > sound is heard on a small percentage of Windows computers using > I.E. > > > > > and Flash Player 8. > > > > > > > > > > Problem and troubleshooting in-depth: > > > > > I have tested this in a more complex and also in a simpler Flash > > > > > movie with indentical results. The complex version (which uses > MP3's > > > > > in a separate directory from the .swf, and constructs their URLs > > > > > dynamically) is at: > > > > > http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/birdGame. > > > > > > > > > > If you test this and want to send a report, please include 1) > whether > > > > > you heard sound; 2) version and sub-version of I.E.; 3) OS, > including > > > > > sub-version, service packs, etc.; 4) Flash Player version and > > > > > sub-version (requires Player 7 or above). > > > > > > > > > > In the simpler version, Flash uses a Sound object to download and > > > > > stream an MP3 file that is located in the same directory as the > .swf > > > > > and html file whenever a button is pressed: > > > > > > > > > > _global.narration = new Sound(); > > > > > btn.onRelease = function() { > > > > > narration.loadSound("americanRobin.mp3", true); > > > > > }; > > > > > > > > > > On Windows using Netscape and Firefox, and on Mac using Safari, > the > > > > > movie plays the sound fine on all tested platforms and computers. > > > > > > > > > > In Windows using I.E. 6, the movie works locally on all computers > > > > > tested. Played from the internet, it works for most computers > (about > > > > > a dozen tested). But for two of my computers, it fails to work > over > > > > > the web. Note that the MP3's always end up in I.E.'s cache, so > it's > > > > > not an issue of I.E. not finding the files, but of Flash never > > > > > playing them. Also, I can play the MP3's directly from I.E. > > > > > > > > > > The two computers where this thing breaks are a Dell Inspiron > laptop > > > > > and a custom desktop. Looking at versions of I.E. for all tests, I > > > > > note that the desktop that fails to play has the same I.E. > > > > > sub-version as a colleague's computer that works fine, so I would > > > > > rule out that the sub-version of I.E. is causing the problem (at > > > > > least not in and of itself). Also, all three of my computers are > > > > > running Windows XP Pro, but one (the one that works) has no > service > > > > > packs and the two that don't work have SP1 and SP2 respectively. I > am > > > > > assuming that among those colleagues who have tested this for me, > at > > > > > least some must have the later service packs, so I would rule out > > > > > that SP1 or SP2 are causing the problem. > > > > > > > > > > When Flash in I.E. fails to play via an internet connection, it is > > > > > still observed that I.E. loads the MP3 files into cache. > Furthermore, > > > > > if I type the URLs of the MP3s directly into I.E., they are > located > > > > > and are played via Windows Media Player. Thus I can rule out that > > > > > I.E. is not loading the MP3 file at Flash's command. > > > > > > > > > > I have swapped network cables between the desktop that works and > the > > > > > desktop that doesn't work, and the computer that doesn't work > still > > > > > fails. So I can rule out something in my network connection. > > > > > > > > > > I have tried using a listener in Flash to determine when the MP3 > has > > > > > loaded, and to play it only after it has loaded. This does not fix > > > > > the problem. I've also tried setting the streaming parameter to > > > > > "false" instead of "true," and it makes no difference. Nor does > > > > > listening for onLoad, and then starting the sound, help. > > > > > > > > > > I have moved the Flash movie to a different web server. This does > not > > > > > fix the problem. So I can almost certainly rule out some > peculiarity > > > > > of my web server. > > > > > > > > > > And that's it! 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