Buffering An External .FLV In AS3

Hello guys,
I have this AS for playing external .flv movies from various
buttons...
vid1_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickVid1);
vid2_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickVid2);
vid3_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickVid3);
vid4_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, clickVid4);
function clickVid1(evt:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(this.root).player.source = "./movies/vid1.flv";
function clickVid2(evt:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(this.root).player.source = "./movies/vid2.flv";
function clickVid3(evt:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(this.root).player.source = "./movies/vid3.flv";
function clickVid4(evt:MouseEvent):void {
MovieClip(this.root).player.source = "./movies/vid4.flv";
How can I add an 8 second buffer time to this? And is it
possible to add a "buffering" message, such as using the Buffering
Bar Component?
Thank you in advance...
Ian

if you're using the flvplayback class you can use its
bufferTime property and the videoevent class to detect buffering
(and other events that you'll probably need to use).

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"indierockmedia" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Hi, I am having trouble with some loading issues. I
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> }
>
> That's all there is to it.
>

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I've been going around in circles for a week on this one.... trying several different methods, all of which have issues.
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I have an HTML page that has movs or flvs embedded which don't load until you click on play... and when you do, it does a Fast Start type of thing, where it starts playing once it has enough of a head start....
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Lastly, I tried 'playing back external flv files dynamically' (from the Adobe Flash CS3 manual.... which I ended up getting to work (and although I can't tell if it's Fast Starting, it certainly loads and plays fast enough, and probably is.... You just don't see the load bar, so it's not entirely obvious if it is).
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