BytesLoaded preloader not accurate for FLVs

Question

Hi Peeps,
After wrestling this flash flv slideshow for the last few days, I finally have it running smoothly locally.  The problem is that on a server it has serious issues.  I see a blank screen where the flv should be... I assume it's still loading or buffering.  That's a problem as is, but when it's in this state, nothing else works on the site (flash site-one swf).  If you wait for sometimes 10 minutes the flv finally shows and the site works great.  All of this obviously depends on the connection.
So I understand that this could be caused by the size of the 10 flvs.  I'm using the FLVplayback component by the way.  So that's fine for now, but I just want a preloader at the beginning to only go to frame 2 after the intro flv has been loaded.  I thought this would be simple using bytesTotal and bytesLoaded.  I was wrong.  Below is the code I'm using.  When you view the page the preloader seems to work, but after it runs - you are directed to the second frame... showing the "skip intro" button (which doesn't exist on the 1st frame)... but the flv doesn't show.  It's actually still loading... 5-10 minutes later it shows up and the site works fine.  My preloader isn't showing the progress of the flv load.
You can see what I'm talking about by viewing my project... if you're on a connection like mine you won't be seeing much: http://www.ia21.org/dan/dan.html
Does anyone know of a preloader specifically for FLVs... maybe one that reads the buffer progress?
//my FLVplayback comp. has an instance name of introMov.  It does exist on the 1st frame, but is not visible.  It's visible on frame two.
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, preLoad)
function preLoad(e:Event):void
    var bytestoLoad:Number = introMov.loaderInfo.bytesTotal;
    var numberLoaded:Number = introMov.loaderInfo.bytesLoaded;
          if (bytestoLoad == numberLoaded)
          removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, preLoad);
          gotoAndStop(2);
          else
          preLoader.preLoaderFill.scaleX = numberLoaded/bytestoLoad;
          preLoader.bytesPercent.text = Math.floor(numberLoaded/bytestoLoad*100) + "%";

Answer 1

I wish I could help. I'm more or less in the same situation.  Don't know if you've checked this out but there's a makeshift solution here:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/vidgal_structure.html
I ditched the FLV component.  My idea was to attach a NetStream to a video object, and hold on the first frame of the FLV (either that or temporarily load a static jpg of the first frame). Then use the pseudo pre-loader example above to show a loading animation while the flv comes in.
So far no dice. My code is all over the floor right now so I can't attach it - sorry.
That said I'm this close to bailing on flash.
It's like pulling teeth. It's agonizing.  I've come up with a peace accord for the middle east while trying to figure out AS error codes.  I decode the human genome to get relief from AS. I can't wait till we can all laugh about it in 20 years. "Son, when I was a boy I had to program in Action Script and it was so *** backwards it took me a week to figure out a bloody FLV preloader".
Lonny
PS I checked your link. It seems you figured it out? Can you post your code before I enroll in 5 years of computer science?