MP3s not allowed with my web host

[Geoff]

I use a free web host for a site but they don't allow uploading of mp3 files (they filter and block them)

I want to offer visitors a choice of background music that would have to be streamed or loadMovied'ed as mp3 files, here lies the problem.

I thought a work-a-round would be to have a small empty movie off stage that contained the swf music file but I then thought that someone might have a more elegant solution.


I have a second question, please:

When you use loadMovie to download a swf file into a parent movieclip, what's the best way of initially filling the parent movie BEFORE anything is downloaded, assume you use attatchMovie - is this correct ?

Many thanks

Geoff

[reverendflash]

use a diff extension.

Flash should read it as an mp3, even though you have it named as music.txt or whatever...

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[thoriphes]

beware, though. some servers look at the structure of the file for that exact reason (renaming). test it with a couple files first.

[Geoff]

Thanks you, I shall try this out

[mlk]

i'd stick to keeping the mp3s in swfs - that way you can even use a preloader....

[thoriphes]

hm...not a bad idea. crafty, maybe even vile, yet genious.

[Digitalosophy]

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