Maybe it's missing it's MIME type? This would bite a lot of the Flashcomerz, maybe related? http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_19439
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc Hoffman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Flashcoders mailing list" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Some Computers Won't Stream MP3 in Flash/I.E. Just found out we're using Windows Server 2003. But I had the same trouble running off another server. I very much doubt it's a server-related thing, since the same sub-version of I.E. will work for some visitors and not for others. -Marc 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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