very well made with lot of functionality !
Posted about 1 month ago
This file uses .php & .xml
FILE UPDATE [12/28/08] – Three major updates:FILE UPDATE [11/30/08] – I have made an update to the .fla & .xml file. You can now set tag in the .xml file to Auto Start the first song that loads into the player. I have also cleaned up some erroneous code and adjusted some of the buttons in the .fla file.
DESCRIPTION
Quickly drag & drop your .mp3 files into folders and the ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’ will automatically add your songs to the to the player list. ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’ will also automatically read each .mp3’s ID3 data and populate the player with the information.
If your songs do not contain ID3 data, or you wish to change the ID3 data, you can edit & save new ID3 data to your .mp3 files through the ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’.
You can test this functionality by typing the secret password ‘pass’ after selecting a song. (You set your own password within the .fla file). The song will turn red and then you can select a textfield and edit the information. The new information will only be save if you hit the ‘Enter’ key. To exit the edit mode, just retype your password. NOTE : Since .php can not be used on FlashDen, this preview does not actually save the ID3 data.
Add as many songs as you want!
Easily resize the player to any size you want! (There is a minimum size of 350×250, but no maximum)
Just scale & position the main movie clip in the .fla, and it will dynamically reposition and scale all of it’s assets to your specification when published!
There are numerous options that can be set in the XML … but wasting 2 hours of time entering in all of the song date isn’t one of them!
SPECS
Extremely Easy Setup
‘Dynamic MP3 Player’ automatically reads your .mp3 files and their ID3 information!
Just drag & drop folders of your .mp3 files into the ‘songs’ folder. The .php script automatically reads the contents of the folders and populates the ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’ with the songs. Another .php script then pulls the ID3 data from each song to populate the information for each song.
If you need to add or change ID3 data, you can use a ‘secret’ password to put the player in edit mode and permanently change the ID3 data of the song.
An 80×80 pixel image that is placed within each sub-folder of songs is automatically read and used as the image for those songs within the ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’.
Resize the ‘Dynamic MP3 Player’ within the .fla by just scaling the main movie clip. All of the objects within the player will dynamically resize/reposition itself. (The minimum size is 350×250. There is no maximum size).
Use the .xml file to:
FUNCTIONALITY
Search Function
The search field will search your collection of songs for any part of text that mathes the search. Depending on what columns/sort buttons you have chosen to show, the search will scan all visible columns of the songs.
Sort Functionality
You can sort your songs by the sort fields specified in the .xml file. (You can name them anything you want, but the data is pulled from the ID3 tags: Title, Length, Artist, Album, Genre). If you click the sort field once, it will sort from first to last. If you click it again, it will sort from last to first.
You can also change the width of the sort fields by clicking and dragging the center line between the sort buttons.
NOTE : All movie clips have been custom made. There are no components used within this file
Next & Previous Buttons
The Next & Previous buttons on the player will jump to either the next or the previous song of what is currently playing. I will also only jump to songs that have been filtered, if you have filtered the songs by the search field.
Editing the ID3 Tags
You can set up your secrit password within the .fla file. The temporary password for you to use is ‘pass’. The password is case-sensitive so be aware if your caps lock is on.
You don’t have to type the word in any specific place, just have a song selected and type the secret password in. It will then enter Edit mode.
In Edit mode, just select the field you would like to change, then change the text and hit enter. If you do not hit enter your new information will not be saved. When you do hit enter, the .php script will save the information into the ID3 tags of the .mp3 file.
To exit Edit mode, just re-type the password again.
NOTE : Since .php files cannot be used on FlashDen, this files data will not be saved.
The XML File
The .xml file is only used to specify the path of your .php scripts and to set the look & functionality of your player.
You do not have to put any information about .mp3’s that you wish to play within the .xml file.
View the help file Dynamic MP3 Player Help File
Posted about 1 month ago
This is simply brilliant !!! You have given it some thought ! I have one question before I depart with my $12 hehe. Can this accomodate mp3 files between 30-80mb ?
Posted about 1 month ago
Yousef – There shouldn’t be any issue with the filesize of the .mp3. It’ll just take a little longer for the .mp3 to be fully loaded, but it streams the files so it should start playing just as quickly as any other file.
Posted about 1 month ago
wow… this is an amazing player it has so many features im suprised its only priced at 12$, but does it have the ability to start playing automatically?
Posted about 1 month ago
sonicsight – Thanks for the compliment. It does not currently have the ability to auto-start, but that would be easy enough to implement. I have a couple minor modifications that I’ve already made (minor visual things) and was going to upload an update soon, so I can add that in as an option in the .xml.
Posted about 1 month ago
FILE UPDATE [11/30/08] – I have made an update to the .fla & .xml file. You can now set tag in the .xml file to Auto Start the first song that loads into the player. I have also cleaned up some erroneous code and adjusted some of the buttons in the .fla file.
Posted about 1 month ago
Love it… very original. Can I add two icons on the search bar or Player list via XML ? Can the player list retract, hide or just made to show optionally one line? My thinking is that there are files I want to use this and need to limit the RealEstate….
Posted about 1 month ago
gluegl – You wouldn’t be able to add icons via xml, but you can add whatever you’d want within the .fla. The list of songs does not retract at the moment. If you would like this functionality please contact me through my Author Page and I can discuss modifications for a small fee.
Thanks for your interest!
Joe
Posted about 1 month ago
this looks great. I would like to see an outbound link option in xml . Perhaps triggered by clicking album art.
nice job.
tm
Posted about 1 month ago
tonym – Thanks! I tried to make extremely quick to use/change files, so all the songs & artwork are automatically read from folders. So, currently there isn’t any information about the songs or artwork in the xml in order to attach a link to the artwork.
I’ll think about some different ways of possibly implementing something like that as an option.
Joe
Posted about 1 month ago
hi i Just now purchase this player but i have 1 question ..
how can i sort the files for example i have 10 song and i add new song and i want it to appear on the top. there is way to to do Mask files like wimpy ??
for example if i rename a mp3 file name to 999.mymusic.mp3 i see in the player like this ( mymusic.mp3) with out 999 and the secound track 998.mymusic2.com its will be appear under the 999.mymusic.mp3 in the player
if there is another way to your player let me know thanks . Karemmatar.com
Posted about 1 month ago
@ksound – Currently there isn’t a way to do that, but I’m working on an update which should be done by the end of the week and I’ll think of a way to be able to specify the initial order of the tracks.
Thanks for your purchase! Please remember to rate this when you get a chance.
Joe
Posted about 1 month ago
ksound – I’m almost done with the update.. I basically just need to convert the preview file (since it has to be modified so it doesn’t use php). I’m hoping it’ll be done and up within the next 3 days… depending on how fast the queue is. Thanks for checking back!
Joe
Posted 23 days ago
ksound – Actually if you want to email me through my Author Page I should be able to email the update to you sometime today.
Posted 23 days ago
Another quick question….or more of a suggested feature, could you make this so that you can download the mp3 currently playing to your hdd? If it had that I would purchase this in a heartbeat. Great Work!
Posted 21 days ago
dredzs – I could add that functionality as freelance work if you wanted.
Joe
Posted 20 days ago
richard – It sort of can… but, I’m sure not the way you would like. Because it used php to access the mp3’s and their ID3 data it has to access the web in order to work, plus you would need all of your mp3’s online as well. It currently can not be used as a straight up desktop application.
Posted 8 days ago