Video Scrubber Modified

If you have been watching the Video Basics series at gotoAndLearn.com then you may have noticed some funky behavior with the scrubber. This problem is cause by using two intervals. A better way to do it is listed below. It creates an empty MovieClip and then uses it for an onEnterFrame implementation.

[as]this.createEmptyMovieClip(“vFrame”,this.getNextHighestDepth());
vFrame.onEnterFrame = videoStatus;
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;
ns["onMetaData"] = function(obj) {
duration = obj.duration;
}
function videoStatus() {
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadbar._width = amountLoaded * 208.9;
loader.scrub._x = ns.time / duration * 208.9;
}
loader.scrub.onPress = function() {
vFrame.onEnterFrame = scrubit;
this.startDrag(false,0,this._y,208,this._y);
}
loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside = function() {
vFrame.onEnterFrame = videoStatus;
this.stopDrag();
}
function scrubit() {
ns.seek(Math.floor((loader.scrub._x/208)*duration));
}[/as]

Quick and Dirty FLV

If you would like a step-by-step walk through of how to get an external FLV file to play in your Flash movies then please go to http://www.gotoandlearn.com. Here are the steps necessary in a very quick list:

1. Goto the Library panel and click on the little button on the top right corner of the title bar.
2. Choose “New Video” from the menu. This creates an embedded video object in your library.
3. Drag this video object onto the stage and resize to the dimensions of your FLV.
4. Give the video object an instance name. We’ll use “theVideo” for example.
5. Create a blank layer named “Actions” and lock it.
6. Highlight the first keyframe and open the actions panel.
7. Paste in the following code:

[as]var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.play(“URL_OF_YOUR_FLV”);[/as]

8. Test the movie and you should see the video playing.
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