how to play a wav file without downloading it

[php1]

Dear all ,

 

is it possible to play a wav file without downloading it. is there any built-in flash media player to achieve this?

 

I want to play a wav file without downloading the file to clients machine.

[valtido]

every web page downloads data on a local machine b4 displaying it lol

 

u can use embed and object HTML tag to play the wav file

 

if ur going to use flash then the video needs to be a .flv

[php1]

then in youtube it is playing the music without downloading. i just want to implement that method. is there any way to achieve this

[valtido]

well if u see it properly on the play time line you see a red thing that goes by that is the downloading thing lol. it downloads that file on your temporary files.

 

you can do that youtube thing but u need a lot of knowledge.

 

first of all you need to learn ActionScript which is a flash language.

then you will need to allow users to upload their video n convert their videos into flv in order for them to be played on flash. and this conversion should be on server side.

also you will need loads of space if u plannin to do that lol.

 

otherwise you could just use php to hide the true directory root of the file by manipulating the headers.

 

e.g.

the file real file root could be something like this

http://domain.com/wavfiles/mywav.wav

 

so now u could jus make a php file that has manipulated the headers

 

e.g.

http://domain.com/getFile.php?fileName=mywav

 

 

on the play.php

 

you could have the <object></object> with the src = http://domain.com/getFile.php?fileName=mywav

 

you can do the same with images to hide their directory roots that way users can't really download them well unless they are experts i could find a way or two lol but could be an possible thing ur lookin for ...

[waynew]

I don't think you understand how the Internet works. Everytime you view a Youtube video, you are in fact downloading it. Every image, webpage etc that you view, is downloaded to your computer. That's why your computer has temporary Internet files. Have you looked at your cache? Even CSS files are downloaded.

[valtido]

lol i did try to explain but he insited on the youtube thinkin flash files are an exception lol

[php1]

Thank you very much for your reply. So we can't play the file without downloading it right? So it will be stored in temporary folder also. is there any way to delete the wav file from temporary folder after the user hear the music. if i said anything wrong please clarify me. thank u so much

[php1]

is there any useful links for using action script. i did'nt understand all the thinks

[valtido]

go to internet option

then settings  under the browser history

then view files

 

you might understand it.

 

http://gotoandlearn.com/

is an ok website for flash to learn a few tricks lol

 

[php1]

thank u so much for your reply. you say we can hide the root directory and play the wav file. can you please explain it a little more. i did'nt understand the logic

[valtido]

readFile.php

<?php

header('Content-type: audio/wav');

readfile('music/'.$_GET[filename'].'.wav');

 

?>

 

 

play.php

<?php

 

if(!$_GET['filename']==''){

   echo '

<OBJECT id="VIDEO" width="320" height="240"

style="position:absolute; left:0;top:0;"

CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"

type="application/x-oleobject">

 

<PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://www.yourdomain.com/readFile.php?filename=M-jackson">

<PARAM NAME="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" VALUE="True">

<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="True">

<PARAM name="uiMode" value="none">

<PARAM name="PlayCount" value="9999">

</OBJECT>

';

 

 

}

 

?>

 

 

on your directory there should be a file like.

 

http://youdomain.com/music/M-jackson.wav

 

then you know there you have it

 

 

by the way you will need to go to youwebsite

 

www.yourwebsite.com/play.php

 

to get to play the song lol