Loading Absolute Paths

Question

Hi,
I'm new to flash and I'm creating a flash mp3 player and have
questions about loading paths. I'm trying to find out if it's
possible to load absolute paths that are outside the document root
of my website. The reason why I want the mp3's outside the document
root is because I don't want the mp3's to be accessible for
download. Here is the code that I'm using to try to accomplish this
task....
var getSong:LoadVars = new LoadVars();
var sndTrack:Sound = new Sound();
var pauseMs:Number = 0;
getSong.load("mp3loader.php");
getSong.onLoad = function(lSuccess:Boolean):Void {
if (this.theSong) {
txt_field.text = this.theSong
} else {
txt_field.text = "Song Not Found";
if (lSuccess) {
sndTrack.loadSound(this.theSong, true);
sndTrack.onLoad = function(sSuccess:Boolean):Void {
if (sSuccess) {
sndTrack.stop();
play_btn.onRelease = function() {
sndTrack.start(pauseMs, 0);
stop_btn.onRelease = function() {
pauseMs = 0;
sndTrack.stop();
pause_btn.onRelease = function() {
pauseMs = sndTrack.position / 1000;
sndTrack.stop();
} else {
txt_field.text = "Song Could Not be loaded";
The path that would be returned by the php file would be
something similar to "/var/www/mp3s/mp3file.mp3 and the swf file
could be located at "/var/www/public_html/player/mp3player.swf". If
flash does not have the capability to load files outside of the
document root of the website can you give alternatives to
accomplish the same thing?
Thanks
Dana H.

Answer 1

you can't prevent your mp3's location from being discovered
by moving them to a different server.