wade walker : flash developer

I have updated my Media Player AIR application for Windows users. It now has a file menu system so you actually have more control and means of controlling the application. Let me know how it runs on your system and which OS you have. I tested it on Windows 7 and it has a few hiccups Im working on at the moment. But it could just be the non-final 1.0 version and not necessarily the Media Player as it works perfectly fine on Mac OS X.

Well I am taking a break from working on the engine of my Mustang and decided to start updating the visual side. For the exterior, I added a black-out panel to the trunk. It goes between the two rear taillights and adds a different look then all the rest of the 2005 series Mustangs on the road. Speaking of the taillights, I added a black-trim that sits on the top of the taillights and goes with the grooves and curves of the light’s shape. Lastly for the exterior mods, I removed the emblems on the sides of the car and added new ones. The stock emblems are of the Mustang pony symbol, and I replaced them with a “4.0 High Performance” emblem. That’s it for now for the exterior. The interior will be the next step with a few small additions in mind.

So a new full length Transforms 2 trailer was released today. Ill just say this about it: Optimus Prime + 2 beam swords vs. 3 Decepticons = freaking awesome.

Well I am happy to say that I have a final 1.0 Media Player application created with Adobe AIR within Flash CS3. This is a desktop player for the use of playing one of the following video types: FLV, F4V, MOV, MP4. When it comes to MOV’s and MP4’s, the video has to be encoded with h.264 video and AAC audio because of the limitation of the Flash Player.

Right now the player is directed towards Mac users. It will work on Windows but there is not a Menu Bar for doing actions like File –> Open and things like that. Adding a menu bar for Windows is the next step in improving the usability. Other things to come will be: slider volume control, opening a URL path, window resizing, full screen. Some of these items have higher priority such as adding a menu bar for Windows. Depending on your system settings/preferences, once installed it will become the default player for FLV’s and F4V’s. So if you double click on either file type, it will launch the Media Player, and play the movie. It won’t become your default player for MOV’s or MP4’s because those aren’t guaranteed to have the proper codecs that Flash can play.

With all that said, there is a bit in update feature that will have the Media Player automatically check for updates and will inform you of that update and give you the option to download the update. Please feel free to leave comments and requests for features to be added. You can download the Media Player here. Side note for some users: some browsers(on both operating systems) will add a .zip extension to the file or replace the .air extension with a .zip one. Delete the .zip and if you have to, add the .air extension and it will actually appear as an AIR file.

Well I got my tuner shipped, ordered, and installed. As I stated before, I am buying everything through American Muscle because of their great service, and as part of buying the tuner, I got a free custom tune programmed into the tuner for the exact engine parts that I have installed so far. The purpose behind the tune was to have my Mustang run more efficiently with the original stock parts and to fully utilize the after-market parts I have installed so far.

With everything installed so far, I have noticed about a 2 to 4 MPG increase on the road. I haven’t done an extensive long road trip yet to be able to determine how much extra Im getting out of the gas tank, but that trip will come soon. I know that before I got everything installed, I could get anywhere from 310 to 330 miles on the tank for interstate driving. So I look forward to finding out the true benefit’s of working on my car once I have an opportunity to make that trip.