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Play/Pause/Stop Sound-AS3

This snippet will set up the code necessary to play/pause and stop a sound in actionscript 3.

Submitted By: Kerplope

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Views: 9,165

Language: ActionScript

Last Modified: October 8, 2008

Instructions: You will need to create two buttons one that will be your play/pause button and another that that will be your stop button. Also be sure to define the path of the sound file.

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//number that is redefined when the pause button is hit
var pausePoint:Number = 0.00;
//a true or false value that is used to check whether the sound is currently playing
var isPlaying:Boolean;
//think of the soundchannel as a speaker system and the sound as an mp3 player
var soundChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("SOUNDPATH/EVENDEEPER/SOUND.mp3"));
//you should set the xstop and xplay values to match the instance names of your stop button and play/pause buttons
xstop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickStop);
xplay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickPlayPause);
soundChannel = sound.play();
isPlaying = true;
function clickPlayPause(evt:MouseEvent) {
if (isPlaying) {
pausePoint = soundChannel.position;
soundChannel.stop();
isPlaying = false;
} else if (!isPlaying) {
soundChannel = sound.play(pausePoint);
isPlaying = true;
}
}
function clickStop(evt:MouseEvent) {
if (isPlaying) {
soundChannel.stop();
isPlaying = false;
}
pausePoint = 0.00;
}

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//number that is redefined when the pause button is hit
var pausePoint:Number = 0.00;
//a true or false value that is used to check whether the sound is currently playing
var isPlaying:Boolean;

//think of the soundchannel as a speaker system and the sound as an mp3 player
var soundChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var sound:Sound = new Sound(new URLRequest("SOUNDPATH/EVENDEEPER/SOUND.mp3"));

//you should set the xstop and xplay values to match the instance names of your stop button and play/pause buttons
xstop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickStop);
xplay.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickPlayPause);

soundChannel = sound.play();
isPlaying = true;

function clickStop(evt:MouseEvent) {
	if (isPlaying) {
		soundChannel.stop();
		isPlaying = false;
	}
	pausePoint = 0.00;
}

Comments
iggibiggy 2009-05-16 10:09:01
Thanks for the Code mate!! but i have one question for you...i have 4 play and stop buttons each to play and stop different sounds, but when i click on any play button it just play 1 type of sound....i have already made different play and stop functions for each sound and i have change all the URLRequest path to different sound file... but my 4 play buttons still play the same sound file....how do you code for playing 2 or more sound with each sound assigned a play button and when clicking on the button plays different sounds?