ActionScript for Flash MX: The Definitive Guide, Second Edition

Sound.getBytesTotal() Method

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// Call checkLoadProgress() every 200 milliseconds.

this.loaderID = setInterval(this, "checkLoadProgress", 200);

}

// Usage:

// Create a Sound object.

music = new Sound();

// Assign an onLoad() callback.

music.onLoad = function (success) {

// If the load was successful...

if (success) {

// ...use the new sound.

trace("done loading!");

this.start();

} else {

// ...otherwise, perform failure operations and

// cancel the preload interval (REQUIRED!).

trace("load failed");

this.clearLoadCheck();

}

}

// Assign an onBytesLoaded() callback. This is where each individual

// Sound object can decide what to do with the preload information.

music.onBytesLoaded = function (bytesLoaded, bytesTotal,

kbLoaded, kbTotal, percentLoaded) {

trace("Loading: " + kbLoaded + " of " + kbTotal);

trace(percentLoaded + " percent complete.");

}

// Load a streaming sound.

music.preloadSound("http://www.yoursite.com/sounds/song.mp3", true);

See Also

setInterval(), Sound.getBytesTotal(), Sound.onLoad()

Sound.getBytesTotal() Method

the physical disk size of an external sound file, in bytes

Flash 6

soundObject.getBytesTotal()

Returns

An integer representing the size of the sound file, in bytes. Divide by 1024 to convert bytes

to kilobytes (KB).

Description

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