Comments for PXL Blog http://blog.pxldesigns.com PXL Designs LLC Company Blog on RIA Technologies Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:30:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Comment on Mezzy Shredder’s MP3 Player by mezzy shredder http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2007/05/mezzy-shredders-mp3-player/#comment-1624 mezzy shredder Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:48:18 +0000 #comment-1624 To all, Mezzy Shredder here. I don't know what crack pot said I was in his band and that I was supposed to play a "fest",but it couldn't be further from the truth. I am currently in a band called Wicked Society, and am recording our debut album titled "Forgotten Son". We are represented by B&G records. I will be playing my 1st show w/ the band on January 10th, 2009 in Cedar Grove New Jresey, which is a contest to play Bamboozle. The winner either goes to L.A. or stays in Jersey. All are welcome to come and support this excellent line-up. Visit us @ myspace.com/wickedsocietynj, or you can check out some of my solo material @mezzyshredder.com. You can also e-mail me @ mezzyshredder@gmail.com. For the record, I was never asked to open up for any famous band by any famous guitar players. Who is this quote unquote "famous band anyway?". Sounds like another loser trying to capitolize on my name and my hard work over the years. Not the 1st time, and probably not the last. To all,
Mezzy Shredder here. I don’t know what crack pot said I was in his band and that I was supposed to play a “fest”,but it couldn’t be further from the truth. I am currently in a band called Wicked Society, and am recording our debut album titled “Forgotten Son”. We are represented by B&G records. I will be playing my 1st show w/ the band on January 10th, 2009 in Cedar Grove New Jresey, which is a contest to play Bamboozle. The winner either goes to L.A. or stays in Jersey. All are welcome to come and support this excellent line-up. Visit us @ myspace.com/wickedsocietynj, or you can check out some of my solo material @mezzyshredder.com. You can also e-mail me @ mezzyshredder@gmail.com. For the record, I was never asked to open up for any famous band by any famous guitar players. Who is this quote unquote “famous band anyway?”. Sounds like another loser trying to capitolize on my name and my hard work over the years. Not the 1st time, and probably not the last.

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by Dave http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-453 Dave Sat, 06 Sep 2008 00:52:12 +0000 #comment-453 Hey Nico, Charlie Key has an awesome article on the Flex Dev center about using PHP/Flex/JSON http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_php_json.html I think it would involve minimal effort to take advantage of the corelib's JSON functionality in Flex with the MP3 code based on that article. I haven't tried that one myself yet, but it looks like cake from what I've seen. If you go ahead and update the code, let me know how it went. I wish I had more time to delve into it myself :) Hey Nico,
Charlie Key has an awesome article on the Flex Dev center about using PHP/Flex/JSON http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/flex_php_json.html

I think it would involve minimal effort to take advantage of the corelib’s JSON functionality in Flex with the MP3 code based on that article. I haven’t tried that one myself yet, but it looks like cake from what I’ve seen. If you go ahead and update the code, let me know how it went. I wish I had more time to delve into it myself :)

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by Nico Perez http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-449 Nico Perez Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:10:16 +0000 #comment-449 Hey Dave, This is a great player, thanks for putting it out! I'm building a site for DJ mixes so I'm mostly working with single mp3s which have long tracklistings. I'm interested in trying to tweak your design to read JSON data instead of XML (using the corelib library) and maybe using flashvars to create widget players. Any suggestions for the best approach to tackle those tasks? cheers, nico Hey Dave,
This is a great player, thanks for putting it out!

I’m building a site for DJ mixes so I’m mostly working with single mp3s which have long tracklistings. I’m interested in trying to tweak your design to read JSON data instead of XML (using the corelib library) and maybe using flashvars to create widget players.

Any suggestions for the best approach to tackle those tasks?

cheers,

nico

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by ridgeback http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-103 ridgeback Wed, 21 May 2008 05:43:26 +0000 #comment-103 Thanks! But there still a delay in playing sound after we removed the progress bar. Please help. thanks again! Thanks! But there still a delay in playing sound after we removed the progress bar. Please help. thanks again!

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by Dave http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-102 Dave Tue, 20 May 2008 19:05:12 +0000 #comment-102 Hey Ridgeback, You can just remove the progress bar if you want, delete it and kill any code for it. Or turn it's visible property to false, but then it's still there in the background eating up memory. For autoplay is a bit tougher, I'll have to think about that one a bit more when I get some time. I was going to tell you to add an event listener for the PXLModelLocator.songsArray AC for the collection change event. That way, you can tell the first song in the list to play as soon as the xml is done loading, but apparently there's a bug in the Flex framework http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14253 and it's not behaving. If anyone else out there has worked in autoplay with the PXL MP3 player, speak up :) Otherwise, I'll have to think of a little work around when I get time. For the streaming, you'll need to use Flash Media Player (for real streaming) but the code is currently set for progressive download, it'll start playing right away and download as it's going. You just won't be able to pick anywhere in the song and play it (true streaming) without FMS. Hey Ridgeback,
You can just remove the progress bar if you want, delete it and kill any code for it. Or turn it’s visible property to false, but then it’s still there in the background eating up memory.

For autoplay is a bit tougher, I’ll have to think about that one a bit more when I get some time. I was going to tell you to add an event listener for the PXLModelLocator.songsArray AC for the collection change event. That way, you can tell the first song in the list to play as soon as the xml is done loading, but apparently there’s a bug in the Flex framework http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14253 and it’s not behaving.

If anyone else out there has worked in autoplay with the PXL MP3 player, speak up :) Otherwise, I’ll have to think of a little work around when I get time.

For the streaming, you’ll need to use Flash Media Player (for real streaming) but the code is currently set for progressive download, it’ll start playing right away and download as it’s going. You just won’t be able to pick anywhere in the song and play it (true streaming) without FMS.

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by ridgeback http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-101 ridgeback Tue, 20 May 2008 13:05:30 +0000 #comment-101 hi again! what i mean is just like streaming mp3 player. thanks again! hi again! what i mean is just like streaming mp3 player. thanks again!

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by ridgeback http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-100 ridgeback Tue, 20 May 2008 10:20:41 +0000 #comment-100 Hi there! nice one! I,m new in flex. how about there is no progress download and it automatically plays? thanks in advance. more power! Hi there! nice one! I,m new in flex. how about there is no progress download and it automatically plays? thanks in advance. more power!

]]> Comment on Win a free copy of Attest - the Flex 2 certification practice exam by Dave http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/04/win-a-free-copy-of-attest-the-flex-2-certification-practice-exam/#comment-80 Dave Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:45:32 +0000 #comment-80 Nice one Greg, congratulations! Now you can sip your coffee when the Flex 3 recert exam comes out, cool and relaxed :) I definitely wouldn't rely only on Attest to pass the Flex 2 Developer Exam because it's pretty tough. The material that helped me the most (besides Attest, because I wrote it :) and therefore memorized it pretty well after 500 zillion practices) were the Programming Flex 2 O'Reilly book by Chafic Kazoun & Joey Lott, and the Flex 2 Advanced: Using Data Services videos on Lynda.com by David Gassner.....and of course combing through the livedocs over and over like a librarian. For anyone attempting to pass the Flex 2 exam, that's my best advice. Nice one Greg, congratulations! Now you can sip your coffee when the Flex 3 recert exam comes out, cool and relaxed :)

I definitely wouldn’t rely only on Attest to pass the Flex 2 Developer Exam because it’s pretty tough. The material that helped me the most (besides Attest, because I wrote it :) and therefore memorized it pretty well after 500 zillion practices) were the Programming Flex 2 O’Reilly book by Chafic Kazoun & Joey Lott, and the Flex 2 Advanced: Using Data Services videos on Lynda.com by David Gassner…..and of course combing through the livedocs over and over like a librarian.

For anyone attempting to pass the Flex 2 exam, that’s my best advice.

]]> Comment on Win a free copy of Attest - the Flex 2 certification practice exam by Greg Lafrance http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/04/win-a-free-copy-of-attest-the-flex-2-certification-practice-exam/#comment-79 Greg Lafrance Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:55:14 +0000 #comment-79 I took (and passed) the Flex 2 Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam today. I used Attest, and though I would not use it as my sole exam prep resource, I highly recommend it! I know I answered many questions just because I used Attest. Minimum score 73% and I got a 77%. I studied pretty hard for this exam, though I was weak on Flex Data Services. My strength in other areas saved me. Section Name - Percent Correct Flex Application User Interface (UI) Creation - 93% correct Flex System Architecture and Design - 92% correct Flex Application Programming Fundamentals - 75% correct Interacting with Remote Data and Flex Applications - 46% correct I thought the exam was tough! I had doubts I would pass, but I said a prayer at the end, maybe that helped. I took (and passed) the Flex 2 Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) exam today. I used Attest, and though I would not use it as my sole exam prep resource, I highly recommend it! I know I answered many questions just because I used Attest.

Minimum score 73% and I got a 77%.

I studied pretty hard for this exam, though I was weak on Flex Data Services. My strength in other areas saved me.

Section Name - Percent Correct
Flex Application User Interface (UI) Creation - 93% correct
Flex System Architecture and Design - 92% correct
Flex Application Programming Fundamentals - 75% correct
Interacting with Remote Data and Flex Applications - 46% correct

I thought the exam was tough! I had doubts I would pass, but I said a prayer at the end, maybe that helped.

]]> Comment on PXL MP3 Player updated with Rewind/FF buttons, Cairngorm 2.2 framework and Progressive Download by Dave http://blog.pxldesigns.com/2008/02/pxl-mp3-player-updated-with-rewindff-buttons-cairngorm-22-framework-and-progressive-download/#comment-75 Dave Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:43:57 +0000 #comment-75 Hey Derrick, Most likely you don't have the PXLModelLocator class imported on the file that popped the error. Make sure you have: import com.pxldesigns.PXL_MP3_Player.model.PXLModelLocator; at the top of the code. That's the first thing I'd check. Hey Derrick,
Most likely you don’t have the PXLModelLocator class imported on the file that popped the error. Make sure you have:

import com.pxldesigns.PXL_MP3_Player.model.PXLModelLocator;

at the top of the code. That’s the first thing I’d check.

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