CS3 Video Question
Is there a way to use the same code to display video in both and .exe version and web-based version?Thanks.Rob Childress
Adobe > ActionScript 1 and 2
Posted on: 01/09/2008 08:06:13 AM
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XML Image & Video-playing Gallery Issue. Video Doesn't Hide When Online.
Hi guys,
I've created a gallery using kirupa's tutorial that loads in, through xml, both images and streaming video swfs.
here's the link (then click on 'Real Art', then on 'Roster' in the menu):
http://www.studiotonne.com/tira/
All links (xml and content links in the xml) are pointing to an online server, so it should work offline in the same way it does online.
So offline, it all works fine and browsing through the gallery in the Roster for each artist, selecting each number in the gallery closes the current image/video and displays the new one, as it should.
Online however, the issue is different. For instance, clicking on 'Build', then on number 5 in the gallery (which is a streaming video embedded in a swf pulled in via xml), it streams in the required video. However, upon trying to select a different picture in the gallery, or choosing to view the gallery of a different artist, the video doesn't want to disappear and allow other images to be seen, as it does when viewed offline.
I'm sure its quite a simple thing to make the streaming video swf that the xml loads in, to disappear. I just don't understand why it works properly offline, whereas online, the video issue occurs.
Could it be a netConnection or netStream issue?
Here is the code for the build gallery in the roster:
Code:
stop();
function loadXML(loaded) {
trace("XML loading...");
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
firstImage();
displayPages();
} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
xmlData = new XML();
xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
xmlData.onLoad = loadXML;
xmlData.load("clientupdates/build/xml/build.xml");
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
/*
if(blnPreview) {
previous_btn._visible = false;
next_btn._visible = false;
} else {
previous_btn._visible = true;
next_btn._visible = true;
}
*/
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
function nextImage() {
if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
}
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
function firstImage() {
trace("firstImage");
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
// Only show the artwork data unless we're not in preview mode
//if(!blnPreview) {
desc_txt.text = description[0];
picture_num();
//}
}
}
function picture_num() {
current_pos = p+1;
pos_txt.text = current_pos+" / "+total;
trace("Pic num:" + current_pos);
}
function displayPages() {
for(var i=1;i <=12; i++) {
if(i <= total) {
this["PageMC" + i].pgNum.text = "a";
this["PageMC" + i]._visible = true;
} else {
this["PageMC" + i]._visible = false;
}
}
}
function setPage(pageNum) {
if(pageNum>=0 && pageNum <total) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[pageNum], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[pageNum];
picture_num();
}
}
var my_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
my_nc.connect(null);
var my_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);
Thanks for reading guys. I hope you can help.
Jerome
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Hi guys,
I've created a gallery using kirupa's tutorial that loads in, through xml, both images and streaming video swfs.
here's the link (then click on 'Real Art', then on 'Roster' in the menu):
http://www.studiotonne.com/tira/
All links (xml and content links in the xml) are pointing to an online server, so it should work offline in the same way it does online.
So offline, it all works fine and browsing through the gallery in the Roster for each artist, selecting each number in the gallery closes the current image/video and displays the new one, as it should.
Online however, the issue is different. For instance, clicking on 'Build', then on number 5 in the gallery (which is a streaming video embedded in a swf pulled in via xml), it streams in the required video. However, upon trying to select a different picture in the gallery, or choosing to view the gallery of a different artist, the video doesn't want to disappear and allow other images to be seen, as it does when viewed offline.
I'm sure its quite a simple thing to make the streaming video swf that the xml loads in, to disappear. I just don't understand why it works properly offline, whereas online, the video issue occurs.
Could it be a netConnection or netStream issue?
Here is the code for the build gallery in the roster:
Code:
stop();
function loadXML(loaded) {
trace("XML loading...");
if (loaded) {
xmlNode = this.firstChild;
image = [];
description = [];
total = xmlNode.childNodes.length;
for (i=0; i<total; i++) {
image[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue;
description[i] = xmlNode.childNodes[i].childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue;
}
firstImage();
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} else {
content = "file not loaded!";
}
}
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xmlData.ignoreWhite = true;
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xmlData.load("clientupdates/build/xml/build.xml");
p = 0;
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
filesize = picture.getBytesTotal();
loaded = picture.getBytesLoaded();
preloader._visible = true;
if (loaded != filesize) {
preloader.preload_bar._xscale = 100*loaded/filesize;
/*
if(blnPreview) {
previous_btn._visible = false;
next_btn._visible = false;
} else {
previous_btn._visible = true;
next_btn._visible = true;
}
*/
} else {
preloader._visible = false;
if (picture._alpha<100) {
picture._alpha += 10;
}
}
};
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if (p<(total-1)) {
p++;
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
}
function prevImage() {
if (p>0) {
p--;
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[p], 1);
desc_txt.text = description[p];
picture_num();
}
}
function firstImage() {
trace("firstImage");
if (loaded == filesize) {
picture._alpha = 0;
picture.loadMovie(image[0], 1);
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//if(!blnPreview) {
desc_txt.text = description[0];
picture_num();
//}
}
}
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}
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}
}
}
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}
}
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Preload....
SMALL1.swf...plays....MAIN.swf.....done.
Page loads...
Preload....
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Page loads...
Preload....
SMALL2.swf...plays....MAIN.swf.....done.
Page loads...
Preload....
SMALL2.swf...plays....MAIN.swf.....done.
Page loads...
Preload....
SMALL2.swf...plays....MAIN.swf.....done.
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---------------------S
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So,
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- B
Video ActionScript To Stop A Video And Go To Another Frame.
I'm brand new to Flash (taking a course at junior college) and for my final project I'm trying to stop a video on Frame (2) and return to frame (1) but I don't really know what all the script and parameters I need to accomplish this. I have a home page set up on Frame (1) with a canteen_btn to go to Frame (2) where the video resides in a FLVPlayer... the return button resides above the player. I don't know if I need a "var" reference or which parameters to stop the video when I return to Frame (1). Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The following is the AS on Frame (1):
stop();
this.canteen_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickListener1);
function clickListener1(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(2);
//gotoAndPlay("intro");
}
The AS on Frame (2) is:
stop();
this.homepage_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,clickListener3);
function clickListener3(event:MouseEvent):void {
gotoAndPlay(1);
}
Thanks
Edited: 05/13/2008 at 10:13:39 AM by TheDesertHermit
Video Preview Larger Than Video Space
Hi,
I have added a video preview to my videos but when the page loads they appear larger than video space. Then when I click play it jumps down to it's smaller size. Does anyone have a fix for this?
Thanks!
FLASH 8 VIDEO: Video Automatically Starts...help...
Hello everyone. I've got a quesiton for you Flash 8 video gurus...I've got websites that I'm using Flash 8's incredible video delivery on, for example, Billy Idol's keyboardist Derek Sherinian's site. I've been looking everywhere for a way to get the flash video NOT to automatically play. I.E. if a visitor wants to view the video, they'd have to physically push PLAY on the control.
Can you guys help me out? Thanks very much!
-Chad
Video Tips? - Embedded Video HOGGING CPU
I can't figure out what's going on here- I've tried every setting and even tried to sacrifice control by using an .flv all to no avail. I'm getting CPU usage of upwards of 60-70% at times when running my video at quality - medium (and this is on a dual processor g5).
Any tips or tricks on how to work with lots of embedded video? I'm working with uncompressed quicktimes and am importing them into flash with medium 400 kbps compression. Then I'm working with embedded video right on the stage so that I have paramount control. I've replaced all the pauses with a still so that the timeline rests over an empty video keyframe to unload CPU usage.
I've visited several sites with lots of video and most of them rarely jump above 30-40% CPU. BILLY BUSSEY'S is pretty similar as far as video content to the site I'm working on (lots of 3d animation) and it's way more efficient. I will post a link to my site tomorrow once I get it tidied up a bit more.
Thanks everyone
Linked Video, Streaming Video In Flash MX
hi!
so, I want to be able to import and publish video in Flash. I know how to work with video when I embed it into the .swf, that's farly easy, but my problems come here:
how to control/make controls for linked video?
why the hell can't I get anything workin when I try to publish a file with linked video (even when I publish it as a .mov)
How to preload large (~10 mb) files when the content is offline, say a cdrom?
so in a nutshell, are there any tricks in flash and video, especially when the content is offline. Communication Server MX is solution for online streaming, but offline?
it's **** hard to make a decent cd-rom, when you want to work with flash and use video. please help!?!?!?!?!?!
Captioning Video With Custom Video Class
I've written my own FLV player not using the FLVPlayback class and I'd like to be able to add captions to my videos.
Any suggestions on the best way to go about this?
Thanks.
Walk Out Video / Video Spokes Models
More and more websites are starting to add either spokes models or sales people in video to their websites. I'm talking about the videos filmed with a green screen and when the model walks out the background is transparent you can see the website behind them.
Here are a few examples:
I can't post links...
So Google and you'll see what I mean.
Rovion is one company doing this. And, ISpeakVideo.com
I have the capability to video. I can also get models. What I don't have is a set of step by step instructions.
Before I spend a lot of time dissecting the scripts and code behind one of these web sites reinvent the wheel.
I'm wondering if anyone knows of a tutorial or a guide out there with coding instructions?
Flash Video: Playing A Huge Video From Cd
Hi Guys,
I'm creating a presentation cd with flash and flash video, the FLV file size is 200mb and plays ok when the flash movie opens.
However if i try scrub to the end of the video a couple seconds into the movie the movie pauses for about 2 seconds before the buffering bar shows up, then it buffers what it requires and plays.
The problem is the 2 seconds, it seems messy or jerky because the buffering bar takes so long to come up.
I think this is because the video is loading into the computers memory, as I've read up, yet I was wondering if there is a way to preload the entire movie into the machines memory before playing, or making the buffering bar come up more quickly.
it is playing from a cd so:
FLVPlayback.bytesLoaded - does not help nor does
FLVPlayback.bytesTotal.
Id appreciate any insite into this issue
Thank you
Roark
[as] [video] [comps] ComboBox To Select Video
I using Flash MX 2004 and I want to use a comboBox component to select diferent FLV movies to play in an embeded video clip or a MediaDisplay component (I don't know what's better).
I need some help with the ActionScript to manage the change event in the comboBox to select the FLV and play it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
Flash Video: Play Intro Before Video
Hey guys, first post, and already i'm requesting something, sorry about that. I wish to give a big thanks to Lee and all the users helping out here, being a total newb at actionscript, I found alot of useful tips and tuts. Ok now to the point of my request.
I created a custom player following the video basics (which is a great tut by the way), now what I would like to do is that each time someone plays a video on my website, they have this short 2 second intro play first, and then have the actual video start playing, and when it reaches the end, have the player return to the start of this video and stop, so that people don't have to watch the intro a 2nd time (unless they go and play another video, or leave and come back).
So in other words, have 2 flv files, one for the intro and one for the video, just so I don't have to edit each of my videos manually to add the intro, before encoding them. I thought of using a XML playlist, the problem is that i'm loading the videos dynamically through flashvars so it wouldn't be practical.
Hope this makes sense. Any help at all with this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Flash Video Basics (Stop Video At End)
I recently watched the tutorials on Flash Video Basics. I tried it myself and it worked great. I was wondering if any one would know an easy way to make the video stop at the end, instead of replaying over and over. Also wondering if there would ever be more parts to the tutorial down the road, like displaying how long the video is and where it is in seconds now.
Thanks In Advance,
Dave
XML Video Playlist: Cannot Get 2nd Video To Play Upon Click
Hey guys. I did the video tutorials exactly as indicated on the site here but I cannot seem to get the second video to play once I click on that item in the video list. There are not action script errors. I have attached my action script and the .xml file. Any help would be greatly appreciated since I'm trying to meet a deadline. Thanks.
Here is my action script code:
Code:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.setBufferTime(3);
ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if (info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full") {
bufferClip._visible = false;
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty") {
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
ns.seek(0);
}
};
theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
rewindButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.seek(0);
};
playButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.pause();
};
var videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus, 100);
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;
ns["onMetaData"] = function (obj) {
duration = obj.duration;
};
function videoStatus() {
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded/ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadbar._width = amountLoaded*137.5;
loader.scrub._x = ns.time/duration*137.5;
}
var scrubInterval;
loader.scrub.onPress = function() {
clearInterval(videoInterval);
scrubInterval = setInterval(scrubit, 10);
this.startDrag(false, -7, this._y, 128, this._y);
};
loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside=function () {
clearInterval(scrubInterval);
videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus, 100);
this.stopDrag();
};
function scrubit() {
ns.seek(Math.floor((leader.scrub._x/128)*duration));
}
var theMenu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
theMenu.hideBuiltInItems();
_root.menu = theMenu;
//new menu
var i1:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("::::: Video Controls :::::", trace);
theMenu.customItems[0] = i1;
var i2:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Play / Pause Video", pauseIt, true);
theMenu.customItems[1] = i2;
var i3:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Replay Video", replayIt);
theMenu.customItems[2] = i3;
var i4:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Copyright Brevard Public Schools", trace);
theMenu.customItems[3] = i4;
function pauseIt() {
ns.pause();
}
function replayIt() {
ns.seek(0);
}
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("vSound", _root.getNextHightstDepth());
vSound.attachAudio(ns);
var so:Sound = new Sound(vSound);
so.setVolume(100);
mute.onRollover = function() {
if (so.getVolume() == 100) {
this.gotoAndStop("onOver");
} else {
this.gotoAndStop("muteOver");
}
};
mute.onOut = function() {
if (so.getVolume() == 100) {
this.gotoAndStop("on");
} else {
this.gotoAndStop("mute");
}
};
mute.onRelease = function() {
if (so.getVolume() == 100) {
so.setVolume(0);
this.gotoAndStop("muteOver");
} else {
so.setVolume(100);
this.gotoAndStop("onOver");
}
};
var vlist:XML = new XML();
vlist.ignoreWhite = true;
vlist.onLoad = function() {
var videos:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;
for (i=0; i<videos.length; i++) {
videoList.addItem(videos[i].attributes.desc, videos[i].attributes.url);
}
ns.play(videoList.getItemAt(0).data);
videoList.selectedIndex = 0;
};
var vidList:Object = new Object();
vidlist.change = function() {
ns.play(videoList.getItemAt(videoList.selectedIndex).data);
};
videoList.addEventListener("change", vidList);
vlist.load("videos.xml");
here is my videos.xml file
Code:
<?xml version ="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<videos>
<video url="vid1.flv" desc="Introduction" />
<video url="05intro.flv" desc="Interviews" />
<video url="vid1.flv" desc="Employee of the Year" />
<video url="vid1.flv" desc="Assistant Superintendent" />
</videos>[/code]
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