Difficulty using hardcoded swf file to display flv files

Question

Hi,
I have created a swf player using the flvplayback component to display flv files. The document in flash is 275 pixels wide by 130px pixels long. I also have my video component (flyPlayBack) set at 275px by 100px to display the playback controls. My flash code is my simple like the following
import fl.video.*;
var myflashvars:Object = new Object();
myflashvars = this.loaderInfo.parameters;
var fullVideoPath:String = "";
for (var item:String in myflashvars)
    if(item == "filename")
        fullVideoPath = myflashvars[item];
videoPlayer.source = fullVideoPath;
So using the above it should play the video and does.
(1) First question is I tried playing 2 different videos in my html code.
<object classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0' width='275' height='130'>
<param name='allowFullScreen' value='true' />
<param name='movie' value='moviePlayer.swf' />
<param name='wmode' value='window' />
<param name='scale' value='showall' />
<param name='flashvars' value='filename=sample_sorenson2.flv' />
<embed width='275' height='130' allowFullScreen='true' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='moviePlayer.swf' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer' wmode='window' scale='showall' flashvars='filename=sample_sorenson2.flv' />
</object>
Just like above works fine. But I tried playing 2 different videos, the first video image is below
The second video image is below
I notice the video sizes are different but not the video player size, is this to do a thing called aspect ratio? Is it possible to change this using my simple actionscript code above?
(2) I also tried the full screen button but the video only takes up part of the screen, as shown below. sorry about image size.
Is this a common occurance, is there a way to access the buttons on the flyplayback instance using actionscript and overridding the behaviour? Any advice upon my current situation would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

To me the first two screen shots look like you set the wrong aspect ratio/screen size. I don't see any scaling of the player at all... only black bars on sides because the video didn't fill the entire video player display.
And yes, there is a much more powerful and versatile means of displaying Flash video, called NetStream. You can design your own player and have better control over the display. I always use NetStream rather than the FLVPlayback.
But if you are having sizing issues introduced during the creation of the video... then the player itself is not necessarily going to fix that. You need to know the correct display size and aspect ratio for each video you plan to display.
However, you can somewhat adjust the display size for each video using some actionscript... as you see here:
http://www.cataractvideo.com/cv/physicians/cataract_surgery.html
an example of a larger (high brandwidth) version and a smaller (lower bandwidth) version... depending on which button you click.
More on NetStream:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetStream.htm l
Here is a great tutorial on building your own NetStream video player:
http://gotoandlearn.com/
scroll to the very bottom of the page "Video Basics"
Best of luck!
Adninjastrator