flash based radio player

[dolittle]

Hi,

Is it possible to play internet radio streams in flash?

I saw flash radio players but sometime internet radio uses windows media player.
How can I know if I can play a url with flash? Does it depends on crossdomain.xml , streaming format?

Do you know of an example for flash based internet radio player?

Thanks

[joedeene]

im not sure if thats possible, i know you can load an external mp3 off of the internet, but im not sure like a playlist, or stream that keeps playing. here are a few sites that are related to your situation:

Link 1

Link 2

i doubt thats what you're looking for, but i'll keep looking and send a link if theres a tutorial. but with the sound properties just for 'Sound' in actionscript, no, you would have to put together a little code yourself. because .loadSound or .attachSound only adds like a file format, like mp3 or wav or whatever. but idk, i dont think streams have file formats. i'll keep looking

[dolittle]

Thank you for your answer.

I've found that Yahoo media player enable you to listen to ShoutCast streams:
http://www.fistfulayen .com/blog/?p=183

I guess it's possible.

If you'll have any more info that will be great.

Thanks

[joedeene]

alright bud, i got something to work out, that might benefit you. idk if its the station you want, or anything. but using the following code:

on (release) {
	var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();
	my_sound.loadSound("http://205.188.215.229:8016/;foo.mp3", true);
}

works, you dont even have to tell the var my_sound to start(play), since it is streaming. but so it is possible, its just a matter of finding like a host, or streaming website to suit your desires...umm but ya using that link (http://www.fistfulayen .com/blog/?p=183) and it had the

http://205.188.215.229 :8016/;foo.mp3

and since that is in mp3 format, you set the streaming boolean to true, and it will continously play. if you try to implement a stop button or pause, just make sure the sound var doesnt not say .play because loading the stream does far enough (*from my experience) mess with it how you please. ok hope i helped.

[dolittle]

Thanks

I'll try it.
I wonder if I could include other formats.

alright bud, i got something to work out, that might benefit you. idk if its the station you want, or anything. but using the following code:

on (release) {
	var my_sound:Sound = new Sound();
	my_sound.loadSound("http://205.188.215.229:8016/;foo.mp3", true);
}

works, you dont even have to tell the var my_sound to start(play), since it is streaming. but so it is possible, its just a matter of finding like a host, or streaming website to suit your desires...umm but ya using that link (http://www.fistfulayen .com/blog/?p=183) and it had the

http://205.188.215.229 :8016/;foo.mp3

and since that is in mp3 format, you set the streaming boolean to true, and it will continously play. if you try to implement a stop button or pause, just make sure the sound var doesnt not say .play because loading the stream does far enough (*from my experience) mess with it how you please. ok hope i helped.

[joedeene]

Thanks

I'll try it.
I wonder if I could include other formats.

ok, what do u mean formats ? and on the http://205.188.215.229 :8016/ site, you can change the port number('8016") to about 15 other stations, each one after 8000, like


http://205.188.215.229 :8000
http://205.188.215.229 :8002
http://205.188.215.229 :8004
http://205.188.215.229 :8006
http://205.188.215.229 :8008
every other digit.......
http://205.188.215.229 :8018
http://205.188.215.229 :8020
http://205.188.215.229 :8022
.....
until like 8034
something around there, umm, and you dont even need the /foo.mp3, you can just put the http://205.188.215.229 :8016 or whatever port number, and it works.
ok, just letting you know

[dolittle]

What I'm asking is if internet radio stations stream in several formats other then mp3.

Will Flash be able to stream something else?