Dynamic FLV selection

Question

Hello,
I am using Flash CS4 and I created a video player with the
Import Video function that links to an FLV video on my web server.
It works fine, however I have several FLV files that I want to be
able to select at runtime. I don't want the FLV video target
hardcoded into the SWF file like it appears to be now. I want to be
able to specify it in the calling HTML file somehow.
How do I make it so that the SWF does not have the video
filename hardcoded into it, and can take the filename as a
parameter instead? Then how do I pass it that parameter from the
HTML page?
Thanks,
Jim

Answer 1

quote:
Originally posted by:
xchanin
//You could use a flashvar to pass the URL into your .swf.
<PARAM NAME=FlashVars
VALUE="videoURL=http://yourdomaon.com/video.flv">
//create a variable that will hold the value from your flash
var:
var videoPath =
reference.root.loaderInfo.parameters['videoURL']
use this variable to load your video
I tried this, I put the flashvars in the html and I put the
var videoPath line into the layer 1 frame 1 action script, but the
video does not load. The progress bar under the video just shows a
candy cane striped pattern when I load the page. I also left the
contentPath parameter blank in the FLVPlayback instance.
Any idea what might be wrong?