This Source Code:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
// connect to the Red5 server
nc.connect(”rtmp://stream.indoweb.tv/live”);
// create netStream object
// and pass the netConnect to it
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
// attach the netStream object to the embedded video object
videoContainer.attachVideo(ns);
// netSTream object plays the video
ns.play(”mindosiarx01″);
ns.seek(.2);
ns.pause();

I have not worked in Flash for well over a year and am back into a project, struggling to regain my ‘Flash mind.’ The project requires animating a 3D object in 3ds Max that will eventually be a part of a larger project I am working up in Flash. I need my alpha channel (clear) so that the animation can layer on top of other layers in Flash. A top layer in Flash will include callouts and other text identifying the object and its functions. I’ve done this dozens of times and have never had a problem. In the past, importing .AVI’s into Flash was never difficult - (IMPORT > TO STAGE) - and then follow through the steps of the dialog box and tada - animation on the stage ready for layering. It appears that Flash CS4 (ActionScript 2.0) and After Effects CS4 no longer allow for this ease, however. Here’s the problem:

I’ve created a 3D animation which I rendered out into a folder of .PNG stills. I imported those .PNGs as a sequence into After Effects and have rendered out an .AVI (the same way I’ve always done it: FILE > EXPORT > AVI). I then attempted to import the .AVI into Flash onto the stage, and encountered an error message saying the .AVI was incompatable with Flash, and had to be converted via the Adobe Media Encoder (AME). I have never ever seen the Adobe Media Encoder until this afternoon, never knew it existed. As I said, its been a year or more since I’ve worked with Flash, and my previous version was CS3. Perhaps the media encoder is new?

Anyway, after encoding the video through the AME, the video now has a black background. Where is the alpha channel?! There was no option to maintain alpha - as with the ‘old’ method of simply importing the .AVI through Flash. What am I doing wrong here and has Adobe changed what movie types can be imported into Flash?

Kelley

I am trying to load an external flv video without any embedded cuepoints. Can this be done using netconnection and adding some sort of tag to an external xml file. So when u click on an image that is loaded in the video ui side bar it can go to a specific point in the video, i.e. 2:30 NEXT IMAGE CLICK= 5:00, etc.

Any info will help. Is this possible?

Ryan

Love your blog. I had a question for you regarding loading an external FLV on my website.

My site is set up, loading external SWFs into an empty movie clip on the “home” flash file. This home page has a series of buttons that call the external SWFs into the movie clip using this code:

on (release) {
if (_root.currMovie == undefined) {
_root.currMovie = “main”;
container.loadMovie(”main.swf”);
} else if (_root.currMovie != “main”) {
if (container._currentframe >= container.midframe) {
_root.currMovie = “main”;
container.play();
}
}
}

But, one of the buttons, I would like to call an external SWF into the movie clip that streams an FLV. This “movie” external SWF uses the code from this article to stream the FLV which works fine, but when I click another button on the “home” page to unload that SWF and load another it doesn’t work.

I can’t figure out how to stop the NetStream, unload it and load the new SWF.

If you could help me, I’d really appreciate it.

Thanks a million.

Bart

I have a starting loop at the beginning (Framelabel “Loop”):

Script-Layer 1

stop(); // so that the whole comp stops here

Script-Layer 2

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
videoPlayer.attachVideo(ns);
ns.play(”Content/00_Loop.flv”);

ns.onStatus = function(evt:Object):Void {
if (evt.code == “NetStream.Play.Stop”) {
this.seek(0);
}
};

With some buttons you can start a separate movie

on (release, keyPress “p”) {
gotoAndPlay(”Clip”);
}

and there this one starts…

var duration:Number = 0;
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
videoPlayer.attachVideo(ns);
ns.play(”Content/01_Cycle.flv”);

ns.onMetaData = function(evt:Object):Void {
duration = evt.duration;
};
ns.onStatus = function(evt:Object):Void {
if (this.time > 0 && this.time >= duration) {
gotoAndPlay(”Loop”);
//trace(”Video complete”)
delete this.onStatus;
}
}

It was working like that very well, but since I have updated to CS4 and using the Flashplayer 10, the video doesn’t go back to “Loop” but stops at the last frame of the Clip-Film.

Could it be Flashplayer 10?
Or is something wrong with my script?

Thanks again!
Veronica

stop(); // stop the page from playing
trace(”This=”+this)

// this makes sure that all_rise.flv can be found at run time and dev time

if (_parent) // only true if embedded in another SWF like pageFlip
{
// live, wait till the unmute signal is sent
FLV.contentPath=”pages/all_rise2.flv”;
FLV.autoPlay=false;

}
else
{
// during testing we want the video to start immediately
FLV.contentPath=”all_rise2.flv”;
Signal(”unmute”);
}

function Signal(msg:String)

{

switch(msg)

{

case “mute”: FLV.stop(); break; // this signal can be issued several times.

case “unmute”: FLV.play(); break; // this signal is sent once only.

}

}

Thanks