preloading a .flv file
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From: s_mccoy on 24 Jan 2006 21:57 I have a small problem with a flash file I inhereted. It's a small flash animation that calls on an external .flv file to play within a masked area on screen. The problem is anyone with the Flash 7 player notices playback pauses due to the .flv file still loading. Anyone with the Flash 8 player doesn't have this issue. Unfortunately I can't go the simple route of requesting users download the Flsh 8 player. Instead I was hoping I could somehow have Flash preload the .flv file when the preloader bar initializes for the other elements in the Flash animation. is there some way to do this and if so, is there a good tutorial with a script I can work through?
From: dan mode on 24 Jan 2006 23:46 http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?p=18 Actionscript is there. -- Dan *N E W T O D A Y !!!* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/ "s_mccoy" <webforumsuser(a)macromedia.com> wrote in message news:dr6pe6$rb6$1(a)forums.macromedia.com... > I have a small problem with a flash file I inhereted. It's a small flash > animation that calls on an external .flv file to play within a masked area on > screen. The problem is anyone with the Flash 7 player notices playback pauses > due to the .flv file still loading. Anyone with the Flash 8 player doesn't > have this issue. Unfortunately I can't go the simple route of requesting users > download the Flsh 8 player. > > Instead I was hoping I could somehow have Flash preload the .flv file when the > preloader bar initializes for the other elements in the Flash animation. is > there some way to do this and if so, is there a good tutorial with a script I > can work through? >
From: s_mccoy on 25 Jan 2006 00:28 Tried that and all I could get was a red progress bar across the top of the animation and there was no hint of the .flv file preloading at all. However, this is a very difficult bug to fix and test for because I can't see that problem on my system. I have to place files on my server and bug the client to test the files for me.
From: Rothrock on 25 Jan 2006 07:42 You don't mention if you are using playback components or the NetStream class to playback the video. In either case there are properties or methods to use for determining how much of your video has loaded. Check the help files. If using the NetStream the easiest would probably be just to set the buffer to a higher value.
From: s_mccoy on 25 Jan 2006 15:26
Rothrock, I'm using the video component to link the .flv to the swf. |