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From: womp on 25 Jun 2008 11:39
I have a swf file with only an flv file in it. How, through Lingo, can I
access the file duration, current time and issue start and stop commands.

Thanks for your help.

Craig


From: Rob Dillon on 25 Jun 2008 14:48
Use an FLVPlayback component without a skin. Name the component instance and
set the path for the flv to be used. Save the swf and link it to the Director
movie. Then in Director you can use a behavior for each of the buttons that you
make to play and stop the flv. Similarly, you can get the playheadPercentage
and the totalTime property values to tell you the progress of the video.

From: Dean Utian on 27 Jun 2008 22:41
womp wrote:

> I have a swf file with only an flv file in it. How, through Lingo, can I
> access the file duration, current time and issue start and stop commands.

Hi Craig,

Have a look at my Director and Flash Video Tutorial at:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/FlashVideo/

At the bottom of the page I have template files including:
* Director file with swf member that can be dynamically linked to an external
FLV. There is a behavior that lets you set the FLV the swf sprite will load.
Also includes behaviors to stop, play and rewind the FLV, and wait until the
end of the FLV

* FLA file showing setup in Flash.

regards
Dean

Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au

From: womp on 28 Jun 2008 12:01
Dean,

That is PERFECT. Between you and mediamacros, my week of suffering is over.
THANKS SO MUCH (and yes, I'm yelling that)

My approach was to create all the controls in Director and just have an AS2
programmer create methods in a Flash MC to start and stop the FLV, set the
flv time and read back the flv time and set the volume. Then I'd create the
object like your or Chuck's code does and call those methods from Director.
But the AS2 programmer I had wasn't able to do what I needed quickly. So
with what you've offered, it will be easy.

Thanks again

Craig

"Dean Utian" <d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
news:4865A4C2.68BA0D7E(a)unsw.edu.au...
> womp wrote:
>
>> I have a swf file with only an flv file in it. How, through Lingo, can I
>> access the file duration, current time and issue start and stop commands.
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> Have a look at my Director and Flash Video Tutorial at:
> http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/FlashVideo/
>
> At the bottom of the page I have template files including:
> * Director file with swf member that can be dynamically linked to an
> external
> FLV. There is a behavior that lets you set the FLV the swf sprite will
> load.
> Also includes behaviors to stop, play and rewind the FLV, and wait until
> the
> end of the FLV
>
> * FLA file showing setup in Flash.
>
> regards
> Dean
>
> Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
> http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
> http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
> email: d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au
>


From: womp on 28 Jun 2008 12:38
Dean,

The Flash developer I'm working with says that all of the controls within
Flash are compiled and packaged and can't be changed. I thought, "Wow, Dean
has this great stuff, all we need to do is go in and change the look of the
buttons and their size and we're set" but then I noticed that 3 or four
files are .swf that we can't edit. The Flash developer says that Adobe
provides options for this stuff but you can't make your own unless you start
from scratch and do everything, including the code, from scratch.

Is there a way to use what I downloaded and completely customize the look
without altering any of the code?

Craig



"Dean Utian" <d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au> wrote in message
news:4865A4C2.68BA0D7E(a)unsw.edu.au...
> womp wrote:
>
>> I have a swf file with only an flv file in it. How, through Lingo, can I
>> access the file duration, current time and issue start and stop commands.
>
> Hi Craig,
>
> Have a look at my Director and Flash Video Tutorial at:
> http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/FlashVideo/
>
> At the bottom of the page I have template files including:
> * Director file with swf member that can be dynamically linked to an
> external
> FLV. There is a behavior that lets you set the FLV the swf sprite will
> load.
> Also includes behaviors to stop, play and rewind the FLV, and wait until
> the
> end of the FLV
>
> * FLA file showing setup in Flash.
>
> regards
> Dean
>
> Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
> http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
> http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
> email: d.utian(a)unsw.edu.au
>


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