Captioning Plugin - loading a local DFXP file?

Question

Hi,
I am creating a CD-Rom presentation, the requirements of which are Video and multi-language captioning.
I thought this would be a good opportunity to gain experience with OSMF.
The first issue I have found is I can not get captioning to work from a local file.
To help me understand the framework I thought I would build the Captioning Sample (osmf_source_s08/apps/samples/plugins/CaptioningSample)
I am an FDT user rather than Flash Builder and have rebuilt the example as a Pure AS3 project, swapping Flex components for Flash CS3 components. Everything compiles and video with captioning works well.
As I mentioned I am creating a CD-Rom so I need to load local files rather than over the internet.
I can load local video by changing:
private static const STREAM_URL : String = "flv/tests/video.flv";
loadMedia ( STREAM_URL );
private function loadMedia(url:String):void
     var resource : IURLResource = new URLResource ( new FMSURL ( url ) );
to
private function loadMedia(url:String):void
     var resource : IURLResource = new URLResource ( new URL ( url ) );
Which works well, however changing the caption URL to a local path
private static const CAPTION_URL : String = "flv/tests/caption.xml";
stops the whole application and the video does not play.
Can anyone offer any assistance on how I might get this working?
Thanks in advance,
George.

Answer 1

Hi Brian,
Yes, first test appear to show that works
I commented out lines (for me 73-76) in the HTTPLoader canHandleResource method:
if (urlResource.url.protocol.search(/http$|https$/i) == -1)
     return false;
and now my captions appear.
I will now run some further tests.
Thank you
George
(I will also file the bug like you mention)