So we finally have both halves of the equation in one convenient library for all of your Ogg Vorbis needs! Our new swc brings the ability to Encode and Decode Ogg Vorbis formatted audio files. The Ogg Vorbis format is superior to MP3 in just about all categories. High audio fidelity can be maintained at low bit rates, which makes for great sound quality at a very low file size. Check out the post and give our examples a whirl!

Flash 10 saw the introduction of several new API methods that enabled much more control over audio data and playback. Flash 10 now includes the ability to access sound data directly as a ByteArray. This is done via the new event SampleDataEvent. This event is dispatched from a Sound when the player requests new audio [...]

Sound is one of the areas in Flash that seems to cause the most frustration. The included sound classes are adequate for basic playback but don’t provide enough capability on their own for larger projects. The area we found to be most lacking is in organization and management of lots of sounds. In order to [...]