FLV Possitioning Problems

[liquidsword]

Hey, I'm not that up on my flash, and this is all new to me with video ect so please bare with me, heh
Right so far i've made a page with a FLV playing on it, the FLV is in an external Swf file, which contains the controls and video. On the main site i have a square which i've turned into a movie clip and this is where my video should display, whiich is does fine when previewing in flash player, but when i upload it and preview in Safri or IE the video is in the middle of the screen. I've gone over everything and as far as i can tell everythings named right and the actionscript. I thought if it works fine in the Flash player then it would just play fine through the internet.

Thats the site in full so far, its still got alot to do on it, its big at the moment something like 500k which i'll reduce loads once i get this video working.

www.ruthlessgravity.co.uk/bhc/main.html

Head to View trailer. Only the High res is online so far.

I'm using Flash MX Pro 2004 7.2 if thats any help. Thanks for all the help, much needed!

[NTD]

Hi,

I only have FlashMX so I havn't played with .flv files much. Post some sample code of how your loading the file into the main flash movie. If it is similar to the loadMovie method, you can use an enterframe event to test the holder clip and size and position the loaded content with the holder, however, never tried it with an .flv file.

[liquidsword]

Hey, okay this is the actionscripting thats in the external flash file which contains the Flv.

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

var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

theVideo.attachVideo(ns);

ns.play("video.flv");

rewindButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.seek(0);
}

playButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.pause();
}

var videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus,100);
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;

function videoStatus() {
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadbar._width = amountLoaded * 255.7;
loader.scrub._x = ns.time / duration * 255.7;
}

ns["onMetaData"] = function(obj) {
duration = obj.duration;
}

var scrubInterval;

loader.scrub.onPress = function() {
clearInterval(videoInterval);
scrubInterval = setInterval(scrubit,10);
this.startDrag(false,0,this._y,248.4,this._y);
}

loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside = function() {
clearInterval(scrubInterval);
videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus,100);
this.stopDrag();
}

function scrubit() {
ns.seek(Math.floor((loader.scrub._x/248.4)*duration));
}



Then on the main stage i have;

lowResBut.onRelease = function() {
// load in the low res swf
loadMovie("lowRes.swf", "_root.content");
};
midResBut.onRelease = function() {
// load in the mid res swf
loadMovie("midRes.swf", "_root.content");
};
highResBut.onRelease = function() {
// load in the high res swf
loadMovie("highRes.swf", "_root.content");
};
// stop the main timeline

Which is on the buttons.

Not sure if you can work out whats what from that...

Thanks

[NTD]

Hi,

Is the target movieclip holder called....."_root.content"? If it is, you can write code that will size and position content being loaded into that movieclip. I have not had a chance to try it with anything other than a .jpg image or .swf movie, but the method goes like this....

_root.onLoad = function() {
	_root.loaded = true;
}
this.onEnterFrame = function() {
	if (_root.loaded == true) {
		return;
	}
	if (_root.content._width>0) {
		with (_root.content) {
//Size and position loaded content
			_x = 100;
			_y = 100;
			_width = 100;
			_height = 100;
		}
		_root.loaded = true;
		delete this.onEnterFrame;
	}
}
myButton.onRelease = function() {
	_root.loaded = false;
	_root.picHolder.loadMovie("someImage.jpg");
}

Hope it helps
NTD

[liquidsword]

i tryed the coding but it doesnt seem to work, i'm more than likely doing it wrong.
Where should I add the code to the main stage or the external flash file?

[NTD]

Hi,

The code sample is frame code and should reside on the first frame of the main timeline. It applies it's actionscript to a movieclip named "content".However, this is a method that is used to size and position a dynamically loaded .jpg image or .swf movie. I am not sure it will work for a .flv file.

[liquidsword]

hey thanks so much for helping me out here, the help is greatly apreciated!

Okay added the actionscript at the start and got this error when previewed.

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 4: Operator '=' must be followed by an operand
* *_root.loaded = true;

**Error** Scene=Scene 1, layer=actions, frame=1:Line 5: Unexpected '}' encountered
}

Total ActionScript Errors: 2 Reported Errors: 2


Would it be easyer for me to puit the fla file online for you to download and see for yourself? Again Thanks for the help!

[NTD]

Hi,

I am not sure a demo file will help. I only have FlashMX and can't view FlashMX2004 files. Try pasteing that code onto the first frame of a test movie. Save the movie to a folder that contains a .jpg image or .swf movie and change the image name in the code to match your image or flash movie. Once you see it in action you might find a way to manipulate it to meet your needs.

NTD

[D_D]

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