Preloader Video Clip

Video Clip In A Movie Clip With Its Own Audio?
Hi, I have a general query and need to know if it's possible or not - if not, I'll have to figure something else out.

I have a user-controlled masked movieclip inside my flash movie. Within this controlled movieclip is two layers: one for audio, one for images. However, I would like to be able to add an external videoclip on the images timeline for a certain number of frames. Furthermore, since the audio is a person speaking about the videoclip, I would like to sync it up to the audio frames so that they'll be talking, then at, say frame 5, the videoclip starts playing, then the videoclip stops playing at frame 100 or whenever they stop speaking about it.

Now, I know this can be done with images because thats what Im currently doing. For the videoclip can you just do a movieclip for it and then run the clip beginning at a certain frame and have it stop at another frame? Or does the videoclip goes in some special new component designed for imported videoclips??

Anything to help get me started --- I did a search on the forum and couldn't find anything. I need to know ahead of time because right now I'm still piecing the videoclip together in Final Cut and won't have time to play around a lot in Flash.

Thanks!!
Amanda

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Loading A Movie Clip With Preloader Into Empty Clip
OK, stoopid question for those who know the answer:

I am trying to load a movie contac.swf into an empty movie clip "thedmovie" thus:

loadMovie ("http://321webliftoff.net/contac.swf", "thedmovie");

The problem is that the movie contac.swf contains a preloader:

frame 1:
_root.firstloading.percent = int ((this.getbytesloaded() / this.getbytestotal()) * 100);

frame 2:
if (_root.firstloading.percent < 100) {
gotoAndPlay (1);
} else {
gotoAndPlay (5);
}


and I can't work out how to get contac.swf to display in the empty movie clip, "thedmovie".

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Loading A Movie Clip With Preloader Into Empty Clip
I am trying to load a movie contac.swf into an empty movie clip "thedmovie" thus:

loadMovie ("http://321webliftoff.net/contac.swf", "thedmovie");

The problem is that the movie contac.swf contains a preloader:

frame 1:
_root.firstloading.percent = int ((this.getbytesloaded() / this.getbytestotal()) * 100);

frame 2:
if (_root.firstloading.percent < 100) {
gotoAndPlay (1);
} else {
gotoAndPlay (5);
}


and I can't work out how to get contac.swf to display in the empty movie clip, "thedmovie".

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Loading A Movie Clip With Preloader Into Empty Clip
OK, stoopid question for those who know the answer:

I am trying to load a movie contac.swf into an empty movie clip "thedmovie" thus:

loadMovie ("http://321webliftoff.net/contac.swf", "thedmovie");

The problem is that the movie contac.swf contains a preloader:

frame 1:
    _root.firstloading.percent = int ((this.getbytesloaded() / this.getbytestotal()) * 100);

frame 2:
    if (_root.firstloading.percent < 100) {
        gotoAndPlay (1);
    } else {
        gotoAndPlay (5);
     }


and I can't work out how to get contac.swf to display in the empty movie clip, "thedmovie".

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Preloader For Video
i'm trying to load mpg format to a flash site.
i cant do preloader because the film arranged by photos,
how can i do preloader for a video clip inside a flash movie?
is there a way to do it?

evry time im putting the mpg format into the film, nothing is working.

P L E A S E H E L P !

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Preloader For Video
I know there has to be a get byte preloader somewhere but I can't seem to find a sample--does anyone know of tutorial to help with this.
Is this the correct way to preload video--I'm kinda confused with this one
THANKS

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Video As Preloader
Hi.

I have a video and a flash website.

I was wondering if is possible to have a preloader for the video, and then while the video is playing, the website preloads. How would i go about doing that?

Thanx alot. Bye

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Video Preloader
Hi,

I am using the following actionscript on a preloader for a movie that contains streaming video using the video component provided by Flash 8 Professional.

Is there a way that I can have the preloader animation display longer? The video comes in a bit slow and choppy. If there is a better method for preloading a streaming video, I am all ears.

Thanks

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Preloader With Mc And Video...
Hi,

I got 2 problems...

1.

I have an code that creates a movieclip...
like this:


ActionScript Code:
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("bin", 1);
bin._x = 185;
bin._y = 25;
bin.loadMovie(myVar+"p.jpg")


And I wonder if one can make an preloder that tells the movie to perform an action upon completion of loading the jpg. (bad english).


2.
Can one make a preloader that loads and caches a bunch of files... have like 10-flv files... and 20jpgs...

cheers.

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I Need A Video Preloader
Hi, I've been trying to develop a video preloader in CS3 using Action Script 3. I need one that I can adjust. Instead of loading my videos to 100% I want them to begin playing after 10% has been loaded. I'm using Pogressive loading. Since I'm not much of a flash programmer I would even consider buying a loader that is already developed. Maybe a SWF. that just loades the flv's and displays the loader from there.

I've been encoding the video in Flash CS3 with the import method. That way I can use the pre-existing skins and fullscreen ability, I would like to be able to continue to use the pre-developed fullscreen skins in the swf.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

JG

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Video And Preloader
i did both the advanced preloader tutorial as well as the whole series of video tutorials. the problem is that when i attempt to move the video code and such into the preloader .fla the video all of a sudden doesnt work. the odd thing is that when i first attempt to preview it it doesnt work but when go to simulate download it does work. also when i put it online it doesnt work either. anyone have any idea what is going on or how to fix it? thanks.

randy

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Video Clip
Hi all,
Is there any way to perform the trace bitmap function on a video clip in MX? Or any way to achieve a similar effect i.e. making the video images into solid colours?
Will appreciate any help...thanx...

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Sig With Video Clip
can anyone tell me how to make a video clip for a sig i know there are websites where you can download game trailers which you can use on sigs which would be ideal.but i followed a tut and it never worked out for me after hours of my time resizing every frame all 30 to the exact same width and height,is there a tut anywhere and also is it possible to use video that you have of your own for a sig,any help would be great as i have sigs i would like to try this out on.

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Best Way To End A Video Clip
I have a short video clip (imported Quicktime file) as part of a flash file which I don't want to loop. I converted it into a movie clip and then I have it fade to an alpha of 0% after it plays. On the timeline after that, I have instered a keyframe and then deleted the movie clip on that keyframe. Is that the best way to go about this or is there something else I should be doing?

Thanks

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Video Clip
beginner's question - can I import a MPEG-2 video file into Flash (i have Flash 8) and turn it into a flash video file that can be inserted (using dreamweaver) into a WEB page ?

sorry if it's a daft question but i'm acomplete beginner
many thanks

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Help On Video Clip.........
I need to insert movie clip in my flash page and it will play in the flash page when I mouseover it, stop when I mouseleave.... Is it possible? Can any1 tell mi how to do it..... Thanx first.......... ~hitsuji =p

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Best Way To End A Video Clip
I have a short video clip as part of a flash file which I don't want to loop. I converted it into a movie clip and then I have it fade to an alpha of 0% after it plays. On the timeline after that, I have instered a keyframe and then deleted the movie clip on that keyframe. Is that the best way to go about this or is there something else I should be doing?

Thanks

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Video Clip
Hi
Im trying to get some video clips into my project, and i wonder what format they need to be, and how do i get them in to my project?
Also, is there a quit command, to shut down a projector?
Paul

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Video Clip
Hi Guys,

I have 3 different video clips to put on a same webpage so when it loads I do not want all 3 clips playing at the same time, how can I do it? Is there a flash sample for that?


Thank you.


Bob

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Help On Video Clip.........
I need to insert movie clip in my flash page and it will play in the flash page when I mouseover it, stop when I mouseleave.... Is it possible? Can any1 tell mi how to do it..... Thanx first.......... ~hitsuji =p

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Preloader For Video In Flash MX
Hi there, anybody knows how to create a preloader for a movie clip which contains a video clip inside?

is it possible?

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Preloader For Video Console
Okay, I have a video console which is pretty much based on the Wildform controller (http://www.wildform.com/tutorials/dragbar/index.php) and loads in seperate SWF files into a container movies. I need to create a preloader MC that does the following:

1) Stops and hides the loading SWF movie.
2) Displays the percentage loaded until it get's to 40%.
3) Un-hides the loading SWF movie and starts playing it.

Can anyone who is familiar with the Wildform controller suggest how I go about doing this? (The project is supposed to be finished by Friday, and I'm really having problems!)...

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Video File Preloader
I've searched around here for preloaders, but they're all much more complex than I'm wanting. All I want to do is play a simple animated file as a preloader until either a certain percentage is loaded, or until a certain number of frames is loaded. I've tried to do it, but I can't make it work. Can anyone help?

Here's the "percentage" script I tried (found here at FlashKit, BTW):

percent = Math.floor(getBytesLoaded()/getBytesTotal()*100);
if (percent == 5){
gotoAndPlay(2);
}else{
gotoAndPlay(1);
}

And here's the "number of frames" method I tried:

if (_framesloaded>= 120) {
gotoAndPlay (2);
} else {
gotoAndPlay (1);
}

Neither one works, though. In both cases, it loads the whole file before starting...and since it's video its over 3Mb.

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Preloader For Video Movieclip
thank you so much if you can help me:

I have a very simple movie which would be just fine if the video file wasn't almost 2MB, and therefore required some kind of preloader. I'm reading the H.O.T. series Flash MX 2004 book and took this preloader straight outta there.

the preloader looks good at first. but once the movie frames have loaded, it keeps ocillating thru frames 1-5 instead of letting the video movieclip play out.

CLICK HERE TO SEE MY PROBLEM MOVIE

The Layers of the preloader:
actions -
if (_framesloaded>=_totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay("super","start");
} else {
gotoAndPlay("super", 1);


}
//scene name is "super" - this is the only scene

labels - "start" label on frame 5
loader - graphic animation of "loading..."

The video is contained in a movieclip on frame 5, there is also a button, background, and another action layer which tells the video to stay still - billy.stop(); - where billy is the instance name of the movie clip. I've tried removing the action layer that tells the movieclip to stay stopped, just to see if that changed anything, it didn't.

any suggestions are appreciated. i'm sorry if this question was already answered somewhere else, i searched first.

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Where To Put FLV Video After Creating Preloader?
I followed guide how to create preloader using bytes script, but I don't know where frame to put flv video . I typed script in frame 1 and 2, in this case should I put video on frame 3??

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Percent Preloader For Video Flv's?
How do you code a preloader for an flv video that has a play head that starts as the preloader is running then the video starts playing? like on the following site in their work section:
http://www.natl.tv/

thx

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Preloader For A Video (not Streamed)
I'd like to make a preloader for a flv playback, so while waiting for the video to load, you can have the preloader. What I did was put the flv playback inside a movie clip, which has as the first frame the preloader and as the second frame the flv playback (which I call as instance myVid). But it doesn't work, it stays in the first frame with the bar loaded and never goes to the second with the movie clip. Maybe I shouldn't use the normal code I use to make a preloader for a whole site. Can anyone help? I attach the code I use for the preloader.







Attach Code

stop();
this.loaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,
checkingProgress);
function checkingProgress(event:ProgressEvent):void{
var procentLoaded:Number = event.bytesLoaded/event.bytesTotal*100;
bar.scaleX = procentLoaded/100;
if(procentLoaded == 100){
this.gotoAndPlay(2);
}
}

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Preloader To Video File...
Hi, am having trouble with my preloader;
basically, i've made a loading bar for the video (.swf) intro to a website, as it was not running smoothly on start up of the site.
however, i can't link the preloader to the video file correctly. It seems that the loading bar will only register and work with the video when it is embedded in the .fla file, which tends to lead to sync problems and the video is jerky.
is there not a way to get the preloader to work with the .swf and .flv files instead of having to embed the video?
thanks

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Advertising Video Clip
Hello, my name is Isaac.
I haven't posted here before, I don't think.
I'll jump right into it:
A web site which I am creating was given free ad space. My web site is about gaming. In March there will be a magazine competely on DVD based on gaming and the manager, through my staff member, had given my web site free advertising time on it. I could do anything from report on some news or just make a video fooling around. As an amateur webmaster I have never done a video before. I have access to a video camera if I need to do a report, but what about the graphics, the flashy introduction, and whatnot? I don't have much experience in this and I don't know much about Flash.
Someone told me that Movies could be done in Flash so I came here. The magazine will manufacture its first DVDs for its subscribers beginning March. I have to get the video done by the end of mid february. Is there anyone that has experience in this that could tell me where to start? I have a lot of free time on my hands and a budget so nothing is impossible.

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SOUND [on/off] And Video Clip [pls Some Help]
go here http://www26.brinkster.com/dplasma/station.html

U will see sound clip near help/exit button

When u click on it Sound stops but I dont know how to replace clip to another one where BARS stop aswell!!!

So what I need is when u click on sound button BARS stop and Sound Stop
and one u click again Sound will start and BARS will start to move too !!!


Thanks in Advance!!!

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Import Video Clip?
Im wondering how to take a short video clip (ie. .mov) and import it into my flash movie. When I tried this it appeared to have worked however when I saved the movie as a .swf that is when the video clip vanished.

Im a nOOb to this so please take it easy on me. Im looking to add a few small video clips to some text effects...whats the best advice for me?

Thanks

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Need A Video Clip Sample.
Hi people!
I am finishing the music for a sort of video that I would like to do in flash. Actually I have the music (as I said) and lots of pictures (natural landscape) wich I would like to join in a friendly way.
Question:
Has anybody seen a video that shows pictures wich I can see so as to pick up some ideas on how to show these pictures?
Any video clip would do anyway.

Thanks a lot in advance.

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I already posted this at Coffee Lounge, sorry if you already read it. I just dont know where is the right place for posting it.

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Reverse Video Clip
Is it possible, to on completion of a video clip to call an action to run it in reverse so it loops that way instead of going to the end and starting at the beginning, i know i could just do everything in reverse and add it, but that is alot of work for one, and for two it will make the file size bigger. Thanks for any help.

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Link To A Video Clip
hi all

i need to link a video clip from flash ...
how do i do it .... the video clip may be mpg,avi,mov etc...

i need the video clip to play from the CD directly in an external video player

IT SHOULD NOT ASK TO SAVE IN DISC

i need help urgently
i am using flash 5

flash prashi

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Pausing A Video Clip
hi everone hopefully someone can help with this. I need the action script to pause an avi file i imported into a flash file. it needs to pause on the last frame. Can anyone help?

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Video Clip Timeline
Hey,
Newbie to forum/site so please excuse if this has been covered before.
I'm looking for a tutorial on creating a timeline slider for a video clip. EG: Once loaded, I can slide the marker to where-ever on the video timeline and play from there.

Found a bunch of some...10/10 Website...but think these draggable sliders apply to still images rather than moving images.

Any suggestions..help...
Remy

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Movie Clip To Video?
I have a movie clip in a scene I need to convert to an .avi or quicktime...but I can't seem to just export the MC...it exports the whole scene...


anyone know how to do this??

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Video Clip Navigation
I have four movie clips each clip has a kind of zoom in effect and zoom out effect so I have eight clips.

I have four buttons on stage and I`m stuck with how to script it so that when you click on clip one it plays the in video and when you click on another button it plays the out clip on video one then moves onto the new video in clip.


Please help the logic of this is killin me, i`m sure its dead easy.

Thanks
Simon

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Ending A Video Clip
When making a new symbol (movie clip) in MX 2004, i was wondering how you could make the movie clip stop at the end of it's timeline as opposed to looping.

Thanks in advance.

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How Do You Play A Video Clip?
I have been trying to get a movie clip to play through once but it wont play and it just stays still nomater how many frames I add to the backround. please help me.

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Using AS3 To Easout A Video Clip
Hello all, I have created a SWF that is going to be used as a launchpad to allow visitors to choose what department of a site they want to view.

I have created a basic launchpad and everything so far is looking good.

I have created 4 distinct movie clip triggers (right now plain gradients) that when mouseovered, load specific FLV files relating to their department.

When someone mouseaways from one of the triggers, the video stops and rewinds. It is abrupt and I would prefer a fadeout instead.

However, I don't know how I can do this. I am aware of how to use easing through AS3 via Tweens, but I this won't work for a video file...or will it?

Here is my actionscript so far. I imagine it can be cleaned up (seems like it is overly long for what I am doing):


Code:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);

// ------------------- CREATE BIKE VIDEO AND POSITION
var ns_bike:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns_bike.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void
{
// ignore error
}

var vidbike:Video = new Video();
vidbike.attachNetStream(ns_bike);
vidbike.x = 430; // moves the video to the right edge
vidbike.y = 110; // moves the video to the bottom edge (350-240)
addChild(vidbike);

bike_mc.buttonMode = true;

// ------------------- CREATE PAINTBALL VIDEO AND POSITION
var ns_paintball:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns_paintball.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
var vidpaintball:Video = new Video();
vidpaintball.attachNetStream(ns_paintball);
vidpaintball.x = 430; // moves the video to the right edge
vidpaintball.y = 110; // moves the video to the bottom edge (350-240)
addChild(vidpaintball);

paintball_mc.buttonMode = true;

// ------------------- CREATE SNOWBOARD VIDEO AND POSITION
var ns_snowboard:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns_snowboard.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
var vidsnowboard:Video = new Video();
vidsnowboard.attachNetStream(ns_snowboard);
vidsnowboard.x = 430; // moves the video to the right edge
vidsnowboard.y = 110; // moves the video to the bottom edge (350-240)
addChild(vidsnowboard);

snowboard_mc.buttonMode = true;

// ------------------- CREATE XC SKI VIDEO AND POSITION
var ns_xcski:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns_xcski.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
var vidxcski:Video = new Video();
vidxcski.attachNetStream(ns_xcski);
vidxcski.x = 430; // moves the video to the right edge
vidxcski.y = 110; // moves the video to the bottom edge (350-240)
addChild(vidxcski);

xcski_mc.buttonMode = true;

// ------------------- CONTROL VIDEOS

function playbikeHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
vidbike.alpha = 100;
ns_bike.play("launchpad_bike.flv");
}

function stopbikeHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// Pause the stream and move the playhead back to
// the beginning of the stream.
ns_bike.pause();
ns_bike.seek(0);
vidbike.alpha = 0;
}

bike_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playbikeHandler);
bike_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, stopbikeHandler);

function playpaintballHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
vidpaintball.alpha = 100;
ns_paintball.play("launchpad_paintball.flv");
}

function stoppaintballHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// Pause the stream and move the playhead back to
// the beginning of the stream.
ns_paintball.pause();
ns_paintball.seek(0);
vidpaintball.alpha = 0;
}

paintball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playpaintballHandler);
paintball_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, stoppaintballHandler);

function playsnowboardHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
vidsnowboard.alpha = 100;
ns_snowboard.play("launchpad_snowboard.flv");
}

function stopsnowboardHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// Pause the stream and move the playhead back to
// the beginning of the stream.
ns_snowboard.pause();
ns_snowboard.seek(0);
vidsnowboard.alpha = 0;
}

snowboard_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playsnowboardHandler);
snowboard_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, stopsnowboardHandler);

function playxcskiHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
vidxcski.alpha = 100;
ns_xcski.play("launchpad_xcski.flv");
}

function stopxcskiHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
// Pause the stream and move the playhead back to
// the beginning of the stream.
ns_xcski.pause();
ns_xcski.seek(0);
vidxcski.alpha = 0;
}

xcski_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OVER, playxcskiHandler);
xcski_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_OUT, stopxcskiHandler);

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How Do I Go To The Next Frame After A Video Clip?
Hi,

I am using Flash CS3.

I put a "stop" on the frame the video is on, if I did not do this then the video did not play. Now it plays, but then stops after the video. I do however want the movie to go to the next frame after the video has played, can you please copy paste the code I need to place there, and explain where to put the code.

Thanks.

anders

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Video Clip In Timeline
this is prob something very simple but i'm pretty new to flash so i cant figure it out....

i imported a video clip to flash and I only want it to play when the user clicks the "play" button.

the prob is:
1) the skin doesn't show up.
2) the video clip starts to play right away.

can anyone help me please???

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Video Clip Question
I am importing a bunch of quicktime video clips. When i import them, i embed the files inside the flash movie. How would i import a clip, and have the controls (stop, play, pause, slow, etc.) readily available? I am new at this so any advice would be very appreciated. Thanks.

Chris Reynolds

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Embeded Video Clip
Hello folks,
I would like embed a video of about 270 frames onto my webpage. I used a Quicktime file which had no compression on it and was perfectly sharp. I imported it to Flash with settings: 150 keyframes, bandwidth on maximum and quality 100. When I had placed it on stage it looks like crap. Quality is gone, specially parts when video is fast, like whitewater kayaking. Is there any trick how to keep the original quality of the video? Mabye in settings , or make it into different format than quick time, etc. Thank you so much for any advice or input.
Jaroush





























Edited: 02/05/2007 at 08:37:31 AM by Jaroush

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Problem With Video Clip
hello all ... i have a video clip that i want to play in my main movie but it is too big in size.... and i wanted to know if i when i called it it would open in a separate quicktime screen?.... this is not in a browser but is for a presentation!

hope that makes sense

many thanks
shrav

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Rollover Video Clip
im having trouble getting a video clip that i imported into flash play on rollover and not play when the mouse isn't on it. could anybody help me out, please?

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Video Clip Issues
My application is a Flash movie that is displaying video clips (.swf file) using loadMovie(URL, layer, method); among other Flash objects.
It works fine from the projector and when I double click the ".html" file at the file browser.
 It works almost fine when contacting the same ".html" file using IE and Apache server. The same clip may sometimes not be loaded, loaded and stopped at some frame or played correctly. In any case it takes a long time for the movie to start since it is loaded and afterwards played.

My questions:
1. How can I stream video from a web server - what is required on the server and client side?
I can use any recommended server.
2. Why is the system acts in a non consistent way?
3. Are there an recommendations for service providers for hosting such an  application (Flash + streaming).

Many thanks

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Preloader For Progressive Downloaded Video
Hi,

I have a question re making a preloader for loading external videos in swf format.

According to what I've read on the macromedia site, the video should progressively download. This means that if the bitrate of the video swf is twice the users connection speed then half the swf will load before the video starts to play, right??

If this is the case a simple 'progress bar' component preloader would be misleading as the file would actually start playing at 50%. Ie that the indicated wait is twice the real wait!

Basically what I want to do is to make a preloader which calculates the expected time until the movie starts to play rather than for it to load completely.

Is it worth pursuing this or is the method by which the player calculates the start point too fuzzy or unpredictable at variant connect speeds / bitrates etc etc such that it wouldn't work??

Also, if anyone already has a chunk of code which does this or similar I'd really appreciate not having to reinvent the wheel.

Mitch

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