From: Cristi BALAN <mental@...>
Date: 2005-03-22T03:14:19+09:00
Subject: Re: converting MP3 to SWF using Ruby - my company will pay

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 02:18:33 +0900, CD Baby <cdbaby@gmail.com> wrote:
> My company needs an ongoing simple script to convert MP3 files to SWF
> (Flash) files
> 
> Someone has done exactly what we need, here:
> http://www.swfx.org/swfmp3/index.jsp
> ... but it's in Java, and I don't feel like installing Java on all of
> our servers, just for this one simple use.
> 
> Though I know Ruby, I don't know SWF format, so if anyone else here
> does, I would gladly pay for your time to write a simple tool that
> could do this.   We could even make it BSD license and put it up at
> RubyForge so the world can use and improve it, too.
> 
> Please email me directly at cdbaby@gmail.com if interested.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --
> Derek Sivers, CD Baby
> 
> 

Are you sure you want to convert your mp3's to swf? I think it would
be easier just to make a nice swf that can be fed the url to the mp3
as a parameter. I don't do actionscript, but i have seen this done
with other flash movies, avis and images so, i suppose it will work
for mp3 too...
Googling for "flash load mp3 files at runtime" brings this link on the
second position:
http://www.macromedia.com/software/flash/productinfo/features/mx/03rich_media_support.html

Sending parameters to flash files can be done the same way you send
get parameters to a serverside script:
foo.swf?mp3=bar/baz.mp3

If you need to change the mp3 file path at runtime, the mp3 variable
can be changed using javascript, but browser support might not be
perfect, tho i think at least moz, ie and opera can do it.

If on the other hand you want to provide the swf's as downloads,
ignore what i just said :) ... seems you really need to embed them in
the swf then.

HTH

-- 
Cristi BALAN

ps: where do i send the invoice? >:)