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It’s real usefulness is for media viewers (images, sound, video). Once you build a player that uses this service, you can update new songs, videos, etc by simply uploading them to the same folder, and the media is automatically available to the application using the service.<\/p>\n

To see live data similar to image above:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. go to http:\/\/as3.actionscriptdude.com\/amfphp\/browser\/<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Click on PortfolioService<\/em><\/li>\n
  3. click on getDirectory<\/em><\/li>\n
  4. for the dir_<\/em> parameter, type in mp3<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. click on Submit Query<\/em><\/li>\n
  6. You should see a list of objects containing information about each mp3 file<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    <\/a>
    \nThe “mp3” query is used by the     MP3 player <\/a>example.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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