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Buffering Video in Flash

Discussion in 'Adobe Flash Help' started by my_name_is_kurt, Sep 26, 2004.

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    Hi,

    I am currently developing a web site that uses a lot of video in the Flash platform. I was wondering if anyone knows a way to buffer video in Flash, like how QuickTime buffers movies. I would like for users to visually be able to tell that the video is playing and almost loaded.

    Thanks so much for any assistance.


    my_name_is_kurt, Sep 26, 2004
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    Hi,

    Have you ever made a preloader? You can make something similar to a preloader, but instead of having the movie not play until it is loaded, allow it to play - but you can still have that loading bar, so that they can see how much has loaded already.

    Heather


    raspberryh, Sep 27, 2004
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    Flash 7 Pro has a great video component built in. Pre-Flash 7, you could make something like Heather is talking about with the MovieClip() class functionality:
    Code:
    FRAME 1:
this.createEmptyMovieClip('m', 1);
m.loadMovie('myMovie.mpg');
m.onLoad = function() {
  gotoAndPlay(4);
}

FRAME 2:
var pctLoaded = m.getBytesLoaded() / m.getBytesTotal();

// The following is a reference to a named movieClip in the current sequence.  
// "loader" would be a clip with the named clips "bar" and "holder" within it.  
// "border would reference the outline of the loader bar and "bar" the masked bar of how much is loaded

this.loader.bar._x = Math.round(this.loader.holder._width * pctLoaded);

FRAME 3:
gotoAndPlay(2);
    FRAME 4;
    There's your start! Now get to it :)


    smoseley, Oct 2, 2004
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