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Asked: 2026-05-27T18:51:46+00:00

I am designing a music player using JavaScript (jQuery) and HTML5, with Flash AS3

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I am designing a music player using JavaScript (jQuery) and HTML5, with Flash AS3 to fall back. Basically what I want to do is to be able to click HTML control elements and have them interact with the flash in order to play/pause and skip tracks in the playlist (playlist JSON file read by JavaScript, passes file ID to AS3, AS3 reads another JSON file to get URL, then plays audio)

This enables me to only use the Flash to play the audio, thus creating the same user experience regardless of HTML5 browser support.

I’m assuming I will have to ‘listen’ for events in AS3, however any pointers in how to engage these events in JS and react to the events in AS3 would be a great help!

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  1. Editorial Team

    To communicate between JavaScript and ActionScript, you can use the ExternalInterface API:

    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/external/ExternalInterface.html

    As an alternative for what you want to do, you could use SoundManager 2 to play the audio, and do all of your own programming in JavaScript:

    “Using HTML5 and Flash, SoundManager 2 provides reliable cross-platform
    audio under a single JavaScript API.”

    http://www.schillmania.com/projects/soundmanager2/

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