FlashGuru has written a short tutorial about how to Access ID3 Tags in external mp3’s there is a good discussion following the tutorial. To me it seems like reading the ID3 tags with server scripts is probably a better way to go when building MP3 players with Flash and accessing external mp3’s.
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Mike Chambers has an interesting posting with links to articles and discussions going on about the Flash Communication Server and bandwidth discussion. Mike has some good points and does a good job balancing the whole discussion. The problem is that this is something that the end product (connected flash movies) is something that can be done with XML today (and thus is not as sexy). However, it is much, much easier using the Flash Communication Server (no need to parse XML, send and receive ActionScript data types, etc…), as well
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Adobe and Macromedia Settle Patent Litigation I guess both companies managed to dig up enough patents to knock each-other out. Good one, congratulations to the real winners this round – the lawyers. [Via Mike Chambers]
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Nice to see Mario working on the Amazon Search, now is so feature full that its actually a better browser of Amazon then what you find at Amazon.com IMHO.
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I am sorry, but I have a hard time taking serious the bill proposal from Californian congressman Howard Berman that would give the entertainment industry the right to hack computers and networks to stop people from downloading music and movies off the Internet. What has he been smoking? Before the ridiculous no-linking cases in European courts, I would have said it couldn’t have happened anywhere else than America. Wired News has an interesting article that highlights the “dark side” of the hacking bill. The way the bill is written it
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Robin Debreuil has started an interesting discussion of the Flash Comm Server and Bandwidth Costs. Its about the not so cool part of adding cool new broadband services to a web site. (Bandwidth cost). [Via John Dowdell]
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New tutorial from Macromedia: Using the Google web service in Macromedia Flash MX. A nice tutorial of how you can implement Google search with Flash MX and ColdFusion MX. There are several things that bug me though. First, why is it that Macromedia is only able to provide the tutorial as a PDF file? I can’t see any good reason why the tutorial couldn’t have been delivered online by HTML with the PDF download optional. And, why is it that the files are distributed as “windows source files”, I get
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Behind the typeface: Cooper Black is a cool presentation based on VH1’s Behind The Music concept. Its made by Cheshire Dave and was a made as a “birthday present” for his site Mastication is normal. I think its a well made and funny presentation, and hope that Chesh will follow up with other presentations of other typefaces. [Via Chris MacGregor]
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Remember that its System Administrator Appreciation Day today. Maybe you should give your SysAdmin some extra attention today? Geek cartoon UserFriendly has a strip about this special day.
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Den Ivanov of Shockteam.com has released a Video Greetings service based on Flash MX and Flash Communication Server. I am sure we will see a lot more of these kind of services popping up. Check out the cool card I got from Jensa of Flashmagazine.com today, it shows how you end up looking when working from home. (Lets not talk about me looking even worse, at the office) I hope Macromedia has made sure to make good agreements for kickbacks from web-cam producers, because I can see how the easier
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