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FF2 w/ newest flash player gives up on SM2-F9
Failed to initialize in FF2.0.0.17 *newest FF2 release* w/ Flash Player 10.0.12.36 *newest Flash Player release*.
I did however find a demo that works under all browsers w/ the newest flash plug-in, this includes FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SAFARI, CHROME, & OPERA.
this one works...
http://schillmania.com/projects/sound...
this one doesn't... ( note that it works in every other browser )
http://schillmania.com/projects/sound...
I'm having the same issue as the second one, but I cant quite figure out how to get it to act like the first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! G
I did however find a demo that works under all browsers w/ the newest flash plug-in, this includes FF2, FF3, IE6, IE7, IE8, SAFARI, CHROME, & OPERA.
this one works...
http://schillmania.com/projects/sound...
this one doesn't... ( note that it works in every other browser )
http://schillmania.com/projects/sound...
I'm having the same issue as the second one, but I cant quite figure out how to get it to act like the first.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks! G
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Ha, this is an odd one! Good find, and thanks for digging. It looks like the new "high performance" tweak added to SM2 is related to this error, at least on certain pages.
This new option results in SM2 writing the movie out to a container that's position:fixed;left:0;bottom:0, which may be somehow making the movie invisible or otherwise inaccessible/frozen to JS and thus SM2 fails. I'm not exactly sure why, but the safest thing to do at this point is to turn off the high performance tweak.
eg.
soundManager.useHighPerformance = false;
You can also edit this directly in the soundmanager2.js source, in the top configuration area.
Everywhere else, the position:fixed trick makes JS/flash communication much faster due to the flash movie being "on-screen" at all times.
I'll add a check to SM2 for Firefox 2.x, and will have it disable highPerformance mode for that browser to avoid this issue.
I’m Boo-urns on Firefox 2? ;)
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Inappropriate?Oh yeah, if you already have FF3 installed, Troy Rutter details how to install them both at the same time.
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Inappropriate?Ha, this is an odd one! Good find, and thanks for digging. It looks like the new "high performance" tweak added to SM2 is related to this error, at least on certain pages.
This new option results in SM2 writing the movie out to a container that's position:fixed;left:0;bottom:0, which may be somehow making the movie invisible or otherwise inaccessible/frozen to JS and thus SM2 fails. I'm not exactly sure why, but the safest thing to do at this point is to turn off the high performance tweak.
eg.
soundManager.useHighPerformance = false;
You can also edit this directly in the soundmanager2.js source, in the top configuration area.
Everywhere else, the position:fixed trick makes JS/flash communication much faster due to the flash movie being "on-screen" at all times.
I'll add a check to SM2 for Firefox 2.x, and will have it disable highPerformance mode for that browser to avoid this issue.
I’m Boo-urns on Firefox 2? ;)
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Inappropriate?hmm, I am experiencing the same thing even after changing the bool in sm2.js. Perhaps you could fix it for me on this example where it is still failing in ff2:
http://schillmania.com/projects/sound...
If that doesnt work maybe you could point to the part of the class where you 'hide' the flash box, I can try making it visible to see what the real deal is.
Thanks a bunch for your help thus far,
G
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Inappropriate?Ha, I'm lame - had an error in the logic for useHighPerformance which would always say it's "on" in the debug output, even when not. Will fix with next version. :D
I have changed the /api/ demo so highPerformance is false/off, and also the soundmanager2.js debug output on that demo has been corrected. It's working for me in Firefox 2.0.0.17 (latest version), no errors. OK for you now? Try a shift-reload, perhaps clear cache just in case.
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Inappropriate?Awesome this did it. I'm sure your all over this.
navigator.userAgent.substring( (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Firefox/') )+8).substring( 0, 1 ) // returns 2 for all firefox 2 versions
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Inappropriate?btw thanks a bundle for your help. SoundManager 2 is really a dream come true.
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Inappropriate?Good stuff - I'm thinking navigator.userAgent.match(/firefox\/2/i). Thanks. The idea is to make something useful for other front-end/webdev-types out there, as audio support (even with <audio> IMO, at this time,) is somewhat lacking. Eventually, we'll get there. ;)
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