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admin — Fri, 04 Feb 2011 15:35:27 +0000

This is a project I worked on to test the power of Flash. Adobe Flash is a program used to build interactive media for web, desktop and mobile deployment. Essentially, if you have the know how, you can build a program like Flash with Flash. In this demonstration I built a basic Windows interface.

View the project

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MP3 Player With Scrolling Playlist

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:20:21 +0000

- xml playlist builds player playlist
– TweenMax playlist effects
– highlight for currently playing song
– player/playlist can be tinted in via the Flash file
– play, pause, next and previous track buttons

Product Includes:

- Source code and .fla(Flash file)

$12.95

Compact XML MP3 Player With Hidden Playlist

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:14:20 +0000

- xml playlist builds player playlist
– compact design
– player can be tinted in via the Flash file
– play, pause, next and previous track buttons

Product Includes:

- Source code and .fla(Flash file)

$12.95

How To Read iTunes and Other Podcasts with Action Script 3.0

admin — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 16:08:28 +0000

If you have ever had issues reading namespaces and attributes in XML files with action script 3.0, then this post is for you. Recently I made a simple iTunes podcast reader that plays the MP3 associated with the file. Enough jargon, here is the code. view and/or download the project

code for XML this code handles all podcast importing… may need to change the nodes based on the podcast you are using

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// declare a string to put your xml file location in
var xmlLocation:String;

// allow for FlashVar to set the xml file location (update the xml declaration without opening flash)
if(this.loaderInfo.parameters.jxmlLocation == undefined)
{
// if FlashVar is not set load a default xml file
xmlLocation = "itunes_audio.rss"; //
}
else
{
// if FlashVar is set, load the xml file from the FlashVar
xmlLocation = "" + this.loaderInfo.parameters.jxmlLocation;
}

// query counters
var b:Number = 0;
var q_id:Number = 0;

// uncomment for browser querying (query an xml node directly from browser - i.e. http://www.yourdomain.com/player.html?q_id=3)
if(root.loaderInfo.parameters.q_id > 0)
{
q_id = root.loaderInfo.parameters.q_id;
}

// here we handle the namespace declarations from itunes
var itunes:Namespace = new Namespace("http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd");

// here we set up arrays to for each xml node
var itemTitles:Array = [];
var itemAuthor:Array = [];
var itemSubtitle:Array = [];
var itemSummary:Array = [];
var itemEnclosureURL:Array = [];
var itemEnclosureLength:Array = [];
var itemEnclosureType:Array = [];
var itemGuid:Array = [];
var itemPubDate:Array = [];
var itemDuration:Array = [];
var itemKeywords:Array = [];

// xml handler
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
var xmlURLLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var xmlURLRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest(xmlLocation);
xmlURLLoader.load(xmlURLRequest);

xmlURLLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, dataLoaded);
var theXMLData:XML;
function dataLoaded(event:Event):void
{
theXMLData = new XML(xmlURLLoader.data);
var a:Number = theXMLData.channel.item.length();

//trace(theXMLData);

// display channel information
channelTitleTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.title;
channelLinkTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.link;
channelLanguageTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.language;
channelCopyrightTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.copyright;
channelDescriptionTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.description;
channelSubtitleTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::subtitle;
channelAuthorTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::author;
channelSummaryTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::summary;
channelOwnerNameTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::owner.itunes::name;
channelOwnerEmailTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::owner.itunes::email;
channelImageTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::image.@href;
channelCategoryTB.htmlText = theXMLData.channel.itunes::category.@text[0] + " | " + theXMLData.channel.itunes::category.itunes::category.@text[0] + " | " + theXMLData.channel.itunes::category.@text[1];

// push all item elements into the above set arrays
while (b < a)
{
itemTitles.push(theXMLData.channel.item.title[b]);
itemAuthor.push(theXMLData.channel.item.itunes::author[b]);
itemSubtitle.push(theXMLData.channel.item.itunes::subtitle[b]);
itemSummary.push(theXMLData.channel.item.itunes::summary[b]);

itemEnclosureURL.push(theXMLData.channel.item.enclosure.@url[b]);
itemEnclosureLength.push(theXMLData.channel.item.enclosure.@length[b]);
itemEnclosureType.push(theXMLData.channel.item.enclosure.@type[b]);
itemGuid.push(theXMLData.channel.item.guid[b]);
itemPubDate.push(theXMLData.channel.item.pubDate[b]);
itemDuration.push(theXMLData.channel.item.itunes::duration[b]);
itemKeywords.push(theXMLData.channel.item.itunes::keywords[b]);

b++;
}

// display each item block
itemTitleTB.htmlText = itemTitles[q_id];
itemAuthorTB.htmlText = itemAuthor[q_id];
itemSubtitleTB.htmlText = itemSubtitle[q_id];
itemSummaryTB.htmlText = itemSummary[q_id];
itemEnclosureTB.htmlText = itemEnclosureURL[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureLength[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureType[q_id];
itemGuidTB.htmlText = itemGuid[q_id];
itemPubDateTB.htmlText = itemPubDate[q_id];
itemDurationTB.htmlText = itemDuration[q_id];
itemKeywordsTB.htmlText = itemKeywords[q_id];
}
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// action for next button
nextBtn.label = "Next";
nextBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, next_q_id);
function next_q_id(e:MouseEvent):void
{
q_id++;

itemTitleTB.htmlText = itemTitles[q_id];
itemAuthorTB.htmlText = itemAuthor[q_id];
itemSubtitleTB.htmlText = itemSubtitle[q_id];
itemSummaryTB.htmlText = itemSummary[q_id];
itemEnclosureTB.htmlText = itemEnclosureURL[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureLength[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureType[q_id];
itemGuidTB.htmlText = itemGuid[q_id];
itemPubDateTB.htmlText = itemPubDate[q_id];
itemDurationTB.htmlText = itemDuration[q_id];
itemKeywordsTB.htmlText = itemKeywords[q_id];

prevBtn.visible = true;

// specific for changing the audio reference (not needed if you decide to not play the audio)
changeAudio();

if(q_id == itemTitles.length - 1)
{
nextBtn.visible = false;
}
}
prevBtn.visible = false;
prevBtn.label = "Previous";
prevBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, prev_q_id);
function prev_q_id(e:MouseEvent):void
{
q_id--;

itemTitleTB.htmlText = itemTitles[q_id];
itemAuthorTB.htmlText = itemAuthor[q_id];
itemSubtitleTB.htmlText = itemSubtitle[q_id];
itemSummaryTB.htmlText = itemSummary[q_id];
itemEnclosureTB.htmlText = itemEnclosureURL[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureLength[q_id] + " | " + itemEnclosureType[q_id];
itemGuidTB.htmlText = itemGuid[q_id];
itemPubDateTB.htmlText = itemPubDate[q_id];
itemDurationTB.htmlText = itemDuration[q_id];
itemKeywordsTB.htmlText = itemKeywords[q_id];

nextBtn.visible = true;

// specific for changing the audio reference (not needed if you decide to not play the audio)
changeAudio();

if(q_id == 0)
{
q_id = 0;
prevBtn.visible = false;
}
}

code for audio player

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// SPECIFIC CODE FOR PLAYING THE AUDIO FROM THE ITUNES FILE

// check to see if this is the first launch of the mp3 Player
var firstLaunch:Boolean = true;

// reset the audio player for next song
function changeAudio()
{
if(theAudioPlayer.visible == true && firstLaunch == false)
{
with(theAudioPlayer)
{
soundChannel.stop(); //stop audio
songPlaying = false;
isPlaying = false;
play_btn.visible = true;
pause_btn.visible = false;
}
}

theAudioPlayer.visible = false;
playAudioBtn.visible = true;
}

// handler for play audio btn
playAudioBtn.label = "Play Audio";
theAudioPlayer.visible = false;
playAudioBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, playTheAudio);
function playTheAudio(e:MouseEvent):void
{
theAudioPlayer.visible = true;
playAudioBtn.visible = false;

with(theAudioPlayer)
{
// get the correct song path from the itunes file
var thisReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(theXMLData.channel.item.enclosure.@url[q_id]);
var thisTitle:Sound = new Sound(thisReq);

// if this is the players first launch, this handle the initial loading of the mp3 files
if(firstLaunch == true)
{
q_id = 0;
music.load(thisReq);//load music
if(songPlaying == false)
{
soundChannel = thisTitle.play();
songPlaying = true;
isPlaying = true;
}
}
else
{
// if this is not the initial load of the mp3 files this is reset the player and play the next song
currentSound = thisTitle;

soundChannel.stop();
songPlaying = false;
isPlaying = false;
tBar.tBarKnob.x = 1;
pos = 0;
displayTime.text = "00:00/00:00";
isPlaying = true;
soundChannel = thisTitle.play();
songPlaying = true;
}

firstLaunch = false; // after player has been launched this will prevent the initial launch code from running again
theAudioPlayer.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, OnEnterFrame); // starts the sound tracking (seekbar and time)
}
}

Shop Ambition

admin — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:13:44 +0000

Shop Ambition website

HPO Spa Treatments

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:54:51 +0000

HPO Spa Treatments

HPO Spa Treatments – redesign

Doctor Rick Lehman

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:50:45 +0000

Doctor Rick Lehman website

Antione Dodson Bedroom Intruder Song

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:12:11 +0000

Original Story

Auto Tune Remix

Build An XML File Using PHP

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:18:02 +0000

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// first create a new database. in this example it will be 'vidgallery'

// second, connect to that database
$dbhost="localhost"; Database Hostname (Most is: localhost)
$dbusername="root"; Database Username
$dbpassword="******"; Database Password
$dbname="vidgallery"; Database Name

// Connect to MySQL
$connect = mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbusername,$dbpassword);

//Select the correct database.
$db = mysql_select_db($dbname,$connect) or die(mysql_error());

?>

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-- third we will create a table in sql

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `theVideo` (
`vidTitle` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`vidProject` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`vidClient` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`vidRole` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`vidPath` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`vidCover` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
`id` int(11) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
) ENGINE=MyISAM DEFAULT CHARSET=latin1 AUTO_INCREMENT=11 ;

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// fourth we will echo an xml file with the information from our data base

$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM theVideo ORDER BY id",$connect);

// open the xml file
echo "\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n"; // backslash escapes the double qoute
echo "\n";

// iterate through results
while($myrow = mysql_fetch_assoc($result))
{
echo "\n";
echo "".$myrow["id"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidTitle"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidProject"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidClient"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidRole"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidPath"]."\n";
echo "".$myrow["vidCover"]."\n";
echo "\n\n";
}

// close the xml file
echo "\n";

?>

Tinting A MovieClip With Action Script 2.0

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:04:43 +0000

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//Here we assume some MovieClip needs to be tinted green.
//dependencies:
//rb: is the red value
//gb: is the green value
//bb: is the blue value
//aa: is the alpha for the tint

var myNewColor = new Color(myMovieClip);
myNewColor .setTransform({rb:0,gb:255,bb:0, aa:100});