Embedded flvPlayBack component missing controls

I have a flvPlayback component in this url as you can see the controls are at the bottom so you can pause/play, adjust volune, etc.
I've embedded the first url in a post at this site everything works fine there except the control bar is missing. Any ideas?

That's odd I don't get an error message and I have the debug version of Flash player. Anyway I removed the skin from the wordpress site because the video would just go black when it was present. I think I'll just uploas everything to the WP site. OR maybe if I recode the the embedded swf so it uses an absolute address for the skin that would work.

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FlvPlayback component not visually appealing

Hi,
Anyone out there know where a guy can put his hands on a good
book or tutorial on creating video controls; the flvPlayback
component and controls are not very pretty. I am creating a flv
video player and want to provide some style while doing so.
There must be others who would agree, that the flvPlayback
componets are ugly.
Kind Regards,
Boxing Boom

Actually the flvplayback component is not ugly.. it provides
you with a pretty good basic layout to deliver your video as
quickly as possible to the web.
Regarding the design of a player.. it's upon your design
skills to create an appealing player, looking at youtube,
dailymotion and all those flash sites, they all have pretty simple
playercontrols, but a book specially for that is not available,
google for design videocontrols.
I remember now that there was a book a while ago called
interface design, not mentioned for "how to design my videocontrol
interface" but more on the functionality and usability.

Controlling the FLVplayback component Volume

Hi there,
I have a FLVPlayback component which I have modified to the
core.There is one problem with the volume slider. Im using Flash
Professional 8 with XP, and the skin Im using is
"steelExternalAll". Suppose I load some file into the contentPath,
it plays, and I drag the volume slider up (100%) and down(0%) for a
couple of time I get a bug. The bug is that when Im finally in the
down state, with 0% I still hear the sound which was in the
previous status, say 38 or 50%. And it happens in the reverse too.
Why is this happening? Can i resolve it?
I tried doing this using a fresh FLASH file, still the result
is the same. It happens once in a 10 times, but this surely is a
defect i need to handle. I dont think I have enough API's to do
something serious. Can anyone help me out?

Hi kglad,
Greetings. Felt so glad when I saw your reply saying that the
problem was with the skinning, because I did one hell of a
skinning. But I had a crosscheck. I tool a sample
"steelExternalAll" skin, just like it is in the component panel,
and just added a contentPath. Simple. I checked for the volume
slider problem, and there it was.
I can find the problem in the normal unmodified skin. This is
the same problem I face. Can this be solved. There is no other code
piece Im using other than the one given below.
Thanks a lot for your kind patience.

Is Action Script for netStreaming and FLVPlayback component radically different, not interchangeabl?

Hi.
I am using NetConnection and NetStream to play back flv in Flash Pro CS5.5, and trying to add cue point to trigger events using Action Script, and to automatically rewind to the start at the end. There is no problem to trigger events via AS when the cue points are embedded, but i am unable to add cue points using AS.
When i use an FLVPlayback component, there is no problem to add cue points (http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_UsingComponentsAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d1 18a9c65586-7feb.html) and to loop the playback using autoRewind (and fl.video.VideoEvent.AUTO_REWOUND which i got from Nafem at http://forums.adobe.com/thread/857036).
However, i am failing to use this same code w/a netConnection and netStream, and would appreciate any help.
thanks.

Hello,
Well, I've got some help from another helpful fellow at macscripter.net and I have a working script - albeit a bit more specific (ie, hardcoded extensions to look for) and a different approach.
Here's the script:
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with movieFile in addedItems
set {Nm, Ex} to getName_andExtension(movieFile)
set movieFilePath to (thisFolder as text) & Nm & ".avi"
set subtitleFile to (thisFolder as text) & Nm & ".srt"
if Ex is ".srt" then
try
tell application "iFlicks"
import (movieFilePath as alias) with gui
end tell
end try
else if Ex is ".avi" then
if my FinderItemExists(subtitleFile) then
try
tell application "iFlicks"
import (movieFilePath as alias) with gui
end tell
end try
end if
end if
end repeat
end adding folder items to
on getName_andExtension(F)
set F to F as Unicode text
set {name:Nm, name extension:Ex} to info for file F without size
if Ex is missing value then set Ex to ""
if Ex is not "" then
set Nm to text 1 thru ((count Nm) - (count Ex) - 1) of Nm
set Ex to "." & Ex
end if
return {Nm, Ex}
end getName_andExtension
on FinderItemExists(thePath)
try
set thePath to thePath as alias
on error
return false
end try
return true
end FinderItemExists

FLVPlayback Component for AIR & IOS

Hello,
I have referenced this and other forums several times in regards to this question, but would like to canvas it myself here once more in hopes of any new or additional insights that were absent before.
I am developing an AIR application that uses a long (45min) video as a centerpiece. It necessarily (I think) needs to be applied with the FLVPlayback component because it is both masked by menu and playback controls, and has a large variety of interactive content layered on top of the full-screen (more or less) video. As of now, the video is encoded in FLV, and works fairly well, but I do have some lingering performance issues, which I am asking help with here today.
I have read that using FLV in iOS apps is not advised, but for the reasons listed above I most likely will have to do so. I don't think I can use the other options (stagevideo, or otherwise) due to the layering of content above the video, and an irregular mask. I have placed the video in the main directory of the app package (which made all the difference), used GPU, and tweaked the encoding ad nauseam. While all-in-all it has resulted in "okay" performance, I still have a slight but noticeable skip/hiccup/jump in the video during the more graphically intense portions of the production. This only occurs on the iPhone 4/s devices, while the iPhone 5 experience is flawless.
So I am asking for ANY help/suggestions anyone could offer towards a possible solution/improvement to this problem. I would be grateful for any other setting, encoding, file structure, or alternate suggestions that I have not thought of or addressed.
Thank you.

Hi Freelance77,
The product team would like to know the steps to reproduce this issue. After that, we can try solving it for you. Do let us know.
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Adding time to the FLVplayback component

Hi everyone, Im using the FLVplayback component for a project im doing. I want to add the time elapsed and time left on the controls. I dont really want to create my own controls, as im happy with the flv playback component. The FLVs playing in the component are external and are loaded into it via as3
Is there a quick and easy way of doing this?
Cheers
Dan

I have managed to find some code for this component, but im getting some errors which im having trouble to de-bug;
1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type Function. vidPlayer.addEventListener("metadataReceived", listenerObject);
1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type Function. vidPlayer.addEventListener("playheadUpdate", listenerObject);
Please would someone take a look and let me know what im doing wrong?
Thanks
code:
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
var fullDuration = null;
listenerObject.metadataReceived = function(eventObject:Object):void {
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vidPlayer.addEventListener("metadataReceived", listenerObject);
vidPlayer.addEventListener("playheadUpdate", listenerObject);
function prettyTime(timeinSeconds):String{
    var seconds:Number = Math.floor(timeinSeconds);
    var minutes:Number = Math.floor(seconds / 60);
    var hours:Number = Math.floor(minutes / 60);
    //Storing the remainder of this division problem
    seconds %= 60;
    minutes %= 60;
    hours %= 24;
    //Converting numerical values into strings so that
    //we string all of these numbers together for the display
    var sec:String = seconds.toString();
    var min:String = minutes.toString();
    var hrs:String = hours.toString();
    //Setting up a few restrictions for when the current time reaches a single digit
    if (sec.length < 2) {
        sec = "0" + sec;
    if (min.length < 2) {
        min = "0" + min;
    if (hrs.length < 2) {
        hrs = "0" + hrs;
    //Stringing all of the numbers together for the display
    var time:String = hrs + ":" + min + ":" + sec;
    //Setting the string to the display
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FLVplayback and missing skin.

Helo all.
I am developing a website that uses the FLVplayback component to play a video. I have also made a custom skin for it as well.
- The SWF file that contains the FLVplayback component plays the video just fine, and has the skin.
- In the HTML document generated from Dreamweaver, everything plays fine as well.
- When i upload everything to a server, the video file plays, but the skin is MISSING!
The SWF containing the FLV playback component, the skin SWF and the FLV file are all in the same folder when i upload everything online.
I feel like I am missing something very simple.
If you have never been told the sky's color, or have ever seen it, how would you know it's blue?

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Using skin from mediaplayback component on flvplayback component ?

Hi.
Is it possible to use the skin from the mediaplayback
component on the flvplayback component ?
(I've been checking online for this but can't find answer
anywhere.)
I want to use the flvplayback so as I can keep the movie
controls within the area of my flv movie.
The flvplayback is too large with the boarders and the fact
that the progress/control bar is placed outside of the movie area.
Any advice would be great. Thanks. Joey

Hi.
Is it possible to use the skin from the mediaplayback
component on the flvplayback component ?
(I've been checking online for this but can't find answer
anywhere.)
I want to use the flvplayback so as I can keep the movie
controls within the area of my flv movie.
The flvplayback is too large with the boarders and the fact
that the progress/control bar is placed outside of the movie area.
Any advice would be great. Thanks. Joey

F4V video will autoplay in FLVPlayback component but won't appear w/autoplay "false"

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How to recognize FLVPlayback Component

Publish to Flash 8 and using the FLVPlayback component as part of a larger elearning course.
We have a legacy pause button that works by recursively looking through every item on stage and if the item is a movieclip following its children and so on. Something like this (there is more to the whole thing, but this is where the problem is):
findCurrent = function (obj)
// RECURSIVE SEARCH FOR MOVIECLIPS
for (var i in obj) {
if (typeof (obj[i]) == "movieclip" && obj[i] != obj) {
   if (obj[i]._name == "pauser"{
    continue;
   var m = obj[i];
   m.frameWas = m._currentFrame;
   isCurrent.push(m);
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The issue is that when using the FLVPlayback component the 256 recursions limit is reached. I'm guessing that the video part contains a reference to playback controls skin and the playback controls skin contains a reference to the video part and the recursion just goes round and round till it hits the limit and then all actionscript is disabled for the rest of the file.
I thought of adding a counter, and that is probabaly a good idea, but I was wondering if there is anyway to identify that I've hit a video player and stop following it?
Obviously the topeof(myVideoPlayer) is coming back as "movieclip" or I wouldn't be getting this problem. I don't think there is a getQualifiedName for AS2, right? I looked at the properties and couldn't find one that said, "clearlyVideoPlayer."
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if you don't have other components/movieclips (that use boundingBox_mc):
findCurrent = function (obj) {
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    for (var i in obj) {
        if (typeof (obj[i]) == "movieclip" && obj[i]._parent==obj) {
            if(i=="boundingBox_mc"){
                findPauseF(obj);
                abortSearch=true;
            if(!abortSearch){
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function findPauseF(flv:MovieClip){
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Unable to drag FLVPlayback Component onto stage

Just wondering if anyone could shed some light on why I can't
drag the FLVPlayback Component (AS3 version) onto the stage? I open
Component Inspector, and see the component, yet when I try and drag
it onto the stage, or into the Library, nothing happens. Each of
the individual controls, I don't have an issue with, they appear as
soon as I drag them, however the FLVPlayBack component won't have a
bar of it.

One or more of the files in the iPhoto Library are corrupted.
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FLVPlayback Component fails to call FLV source

I have a progressive download FLV set up using the
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plays back correctly locally or over a network. But once the files
are deployed to the web the link to the FLV is broken. The Activity
in Safari reports that the FLV file is not found, when it clearly
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up all night trying to reach a deadline for today (Tuesday) and I
banging my head on my desk at this point.
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cheers
mm66

I am sad to say that is one element I could never figure out.
The FLV is external and it buffers, so I am not sure it actually
needs to be preloaded (or can be). The workaround is to hide the
FLVPLayback component by making it invisible. Make sure it is not
set to autoplay. Set the video content path early and the video
will load into the hidden component. Then when you want the user to
see the video you make it visible and start it playing, as it is
sitting there pre-buffered and ready to go.
Hope that makes sense.
Here are some discussions and nobody seems to have it figured
out:
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4891
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1264
http://www.gotoandlearn.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1376
You may need to sign up there to view these files. That forum
is really good for FLV related issues.

FLVPlayback component -- NetStatusEvent

I'm trying to get the status of a RTMP stream that is being
played in an FLVPlayback component, and it's not working to well.
Using the ncMgr, you can't really get any pertinent information...
I'm looking to catch all the events, such as, connecting,
connected, playing.. etc... Would it be possible to extend the
FLVPlayback class to accept these events? Is there something I'm
missing?

I got it by editing the NCManager class, and recompiling the
FLVPlayer.

FF on FLVPlayback component

Hi,
how can I get the current time of a FLVPlayback component to
call a seek
for fast forward and rewind?
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this?
TIA

GVSJSM wrote:
> I have 2 versions of a set of FLV movies -- one designed
for visitors with
> broadband and one designed for visitors with dial-up. I
want to offer visitors
> a choice of which version of the movie to view by
putting a radio button group
> or dropdown menu on the FLVPlayback control. (See, e.g.,
the NYT homepage
> control.) How do I customize the control for this
behavior?
Why not just make button on top of it ? Sound like trying to
totally overkill.
No one knows where the buttons are in complied movie, make it
look like it's within
the component while its on top of it.
Best Regards
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FLVPlayback component and rtmp

I have the flash media streaming server 3 installed on a
server in our office. It is set up with a few sample flv/mp4 files
and is working great with the vodtest html page that comes with it.
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with a flvplayback instance in the middle, which i've given the
correct rtmp path in the component inspector). It works fine in
flash when using Test Movie, it buffers up the file and start
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Unfortunately, if I publish the flash file and open it in a
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