Flash 8 pro flv playback behaviors

Could someone show me where I can get the FLV playback
component behaviors
for flash 8 pro? I couldn't find them on the Adobe exchange.
Thanks
-mark

I got them, thanks.
> That came from here
>
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flvplayback_behaviors.html

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Best method for flv playback in flash 8

group,
i am currently trying to get to grips with flv playback with
flash 8. i have come across a number of methods for flv playback
within flash 8 and am curious to know the difference between
methods and ultimately if there is such a difference discover which
is best. I have had a few issues with some methods and was
wondering if it was because that method sucks.
In particular i am looking for the best method for allowing
custom skinning of the player with the ability to have a player
somewhere on stage without it being stapled to the darn flv file.
METHOD1:
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.play("testmovie.flv");
METHOD2:
import mx.video.*;
this.attachMovie("FLVPlayback", "my_FLVPlybk", 10,
{_width:360,_height:240,x:0, y:0});
my_FLVPlybk.skin = "SteelExternalAll.swf"
my_FLVPlybk.contentPath = "testmovie.flv";
my_FLVPlybk.autoSize=true;
my_FLVPlybk.autoPlay=false;
what are the differences??
any help would be much appreciated. Thanks for your time and
expertises,
Flash fan.

Adobe has announced that it has ceased development of Flash for mobile phones (in favour of HTML5, and due to the opposition of both Apple and Microsoft to allow support of Flash for their mobile operating systems), so from that direction neither Microsoft nor Nokia is going to get any help.
If the Adobe Flash Video format specification is publicly available to use or to license (I don't know if it is), then at least Microsoft could implement support for it, if they wanted to (Nokia might not have sufficient rights from Microsoft to add new codecs to Windows Phone).
So, you might direct your question primarily to Microsoft, rather than Nokia (of course, a Microsoft representative will probably read this, too, but whether they'll response or not is another matter).

Compressor output to FLV using Flash Pro Codec?

I was told by an Apple Tech support person, after venting my frustrations over Apple's website promoting Compressor being able to output to FLV, that Compressor CAN output to FLV using the FLV codec that is available if you have Flash Pro Installed. (Part of CS3 Web Bundle)
I need to build things in Motion and output to Flash for website use, without having to spend almost $1000 for a motion plug-in. I think this is the only time that Apple has really advertised something that's not available without a lot more third party expense.
So... can someone explain how to use the Flash Pro Codec in Compressor to output to FLV?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Will H.

I have Final Cut Studio 2 as well as the Adobe Flash encoder and can't transfer a Quicktime to a FLV that plays back on ether of my systems. I shouldn't have to buy another application to do this.
Hope you or someone can help.
Standard misperception of FLV. FLV is not a self-contained movie, it requires a Flash Player running inside a Web page or the Flash application. You cannot even open the Flash Player and play an FLV unless the Flash Player…nevermind. It's weird, but that's Adobe for you.
You can play it back easily inside Adobe's free Media Player (it's beta but harmless). Free download for both Winderz and MAcintosh.
bogiesan

Flash Media Playback - Compatible with Flash Pro?

Hi all, I recently came across the Flash Media Playback player, (http://www.adobe.com/products/flash-media-playback.html) and it seems like a great solution for streaming video on a website. However, I'm wondering if we can somehow use the Flash Media Playback streaming service inside of Flash Professional. The FMP only outputs html code, so I'm not sure how or if this could be used in Flash, but is seem like something that should be possible.
Any ideas? Thanks!

The purpose of that product is to embed in HTML. If you're using AIR and use a StageWebView (which displays a native browser/HTML) then yes you could. Otherwise the purpose is specifically NOT to require Flash Professional. It's a fallback player, which means it attempts to use HTML5/MP4 as a best practice. If it senses no mp4 support it falls back to a flash player/SWF. The very nature of it overall is a copy and paste media player to use if you don't have Flash Pro.
It's based on OSMF, which is a player you can use inside Flash Pro:
http://www.opensourcemediaframework.com/
API:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/org/osmf/media/package- detail.html

Stuttering flv playback issue- need help asap

We need help asap. Have a project is due to deliver today (5/14).
We have a video to go on a dvd-rom, live action with Motion Graphics behind.
When output is done thru Projector the Motion Graphics stutter as they scroll.
Here is more technical info:
Stuttering flv playback issue:
Prores 422 timeline 29.97fps 1280x720 output from fcp using current settings.
Mov file is approx 7gb, plays relatively smooth on a mac pro with no raid.
Frame by frame analysis shows all frames are present with no jumps tears or skips.
Tried several output paths, programs and settings to create a smooth flv file to no avail.
We adjusted data rates from 2k, 3.5k, 4k and 8k, no luck
We adjusted keyframe rates from low to all frames, no luck.
We tried cs3 flash encoder, cs5 media encoder, squeeze ect, same results.
Playback in the flash projector seems to choke slightly no matter what we do.
Have also posted in the Director Forum.
Any help much appreciated!

Here are a few ideas off the top of my head:
Try playing the file using a different xtra, sometimes different ones will work better. If you have Director 11.5, there is a native flv playback xtra.
You can build a player easily in Flash using the flvPlayback component, then bring that into Director as a swf.
Once you have the video in Director, try making the member Direct To Stage (DTS). If it is already DTS, try making it not DTS.
Make sure the video is not transparent, and nothing in Director overlaps the video... in fact, when the video is playing, nothing should be moving at all, and try to keep the amount of code that is running to a minimum.
Try lowering your video's data rate further or try using a different codec.
Using VBR (Variable Bit Rate) compression often makes the video appear to play smoother.
Try compressing the flv with different software. FFMpeg, for example, is free and does a very good job, often better than the Flash Video Encoder that comes with Flash/Creative Suite.

FLV playback on Intel macs

Hi there,
I make a lot of flash-based cd-roms that contain FLVs using
progressive download. So far, this has worked really well, but when
I try the projector on a macbook pro, the playback is terrible!
They have all worked on power pc based macs and windows.
FLVs seem to work fine on the internet (using safari), so I'm
guessing the problem is only with projectors.
Does anyone know how to resolve this (without having to
install bootcamp)?
Many thanks in advance,
Paul

You can use ON2 VP6 codecs with something like f4v format instead of FLV but it's probably not going to be a huge improvement.
Unfortunately you're just dealing with the impossible situation. You want a computationally challenging feat accomplished on a very underpowered CPU. It's not going to happen. I still test primarily on an iPad locked in OS5.1 land and I get 60FPS fullscreen (1024x768) video using StageVideo.
If you really don't want your users to suffer you'll have to switch to StageVideo. You can use all your NetStream code. Just follow the second summary on StageVideo in this link:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/media/StageVideo. html
After you attach your NetStream you're just listening for different video events from StageVideoEvent.RENDER_STATE and your typical NetStream events.
To use StageVideo you should convert your videos to MP4. You'll get not only much better performance but much better compression and quality.

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This doesn't seem to work the same way in CS5.5 / CS6
In the video the class files are associated with the FLA, when you switch back to Flash Pro...
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Also, clicking the edit icon in the properties of a MovieClip and allowing FB to create the file, does not associate the as file with the MovieClip.
Returning to Flash Pro and clicking the Edit button attempt to create a new file once again, but since the file already exists in FB it just remains on the New ActionScript Class dialog, with the Finish Button grayed out (because a file with the same name already exists in FB).
The resulting AS files for a given are created in a sub folder under:
Documents/Adobe Flash Builder 4.6/[Project]/src-[Project]/*.as
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Documents/[Project].fla
Should the as files exists with the fla, is a folder reference supposed to be set, or did I miss a step somewhere?
Is a source path supposed to be added to Flash Pro for:
Documents/Adobe Flash Builder 4.6/[Project]
I am currently on a Mac, but noticed the same behavior in Windows at work yesterday.
Thanks,
Josh

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Trying to make the FLV playback black area white or
transparent, because there is a black flash that shows up when play
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to another color or alpha.

In your publish settings, click on the HTML tab and look for
a field entitled 'Window Mode'. One of the choices is 'Transparent
Windowless'. This should work if you have objects that don't have
backgrounds. If you are looking to make video transparent, so far
in my experience, the only video I have been able to make this work
with is a Quicktime Animation with the RGB + Alpha. Also, when you
import your video to the stage, make sure to click on the 'Encode
Alpha Channel' box. That will give you the transparency you're
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FCP Freezes When Exporting to Flash Video (FLV)

Final Cut Pro 7.0.2 freezes when exporting to Flash Video (FLV). The resulting FLV file contains only a few seconds of the exported video. A 2009 Apple Support notice offers this re. FCP 6 and CS3 Flash Video Encoder...
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Final Cut Pro: May quit unexpectedly when exporting to Flash
Last Modified: February 13, 2009
Article: TS2593
Symptoms
Final Cut Pro may quit unexpectedly when you export using QuickTime Conversion if you choose Flash Video (FLV) from the Format menu.
Products Affected
Final Cut Pro 6.x, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Flash Video Encoder
Resolution
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Choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
Be sure to enable Make Movie Self-Contained.
Open the exported movie in QuickTime Player.
Export the movie to Flash from QuickTime Player.
===
I just installed CS5, so I would think I shouldn't be bothered with an older, problematic Flash Video Encoder. I don't think I should have to convert an MOV file to an FLV file using QuickTime Reader or anything else. Why doesn't it export correctly out of FCPro 7.0.2?

oh well.

Auto/Hide with Flv playback doesn't work with javascript lightbox, need help?

Hi everyone,
i created some swf loading a flv file in a flv playback and
check on the auto/hide parameter. When i test the movie it works
very well. BUT, in my website, i put those swf files in Lightbox
(javascript computed) and when the mouse goes Over the flash video,
it shows the Skin player and when the mouse goes Out, the Skin
player stays over the video!? Why? Does someone has an idea on how
to force the auto/hide paramater in this case?
Thanks for your help
Orlenka

Found this post when searching for an answer, but didn't find much elsewhere so I'll post my quick and ugly solution here. I'm sure it can be vastly improved, but I didn't have much more than 5 minutes. Note - setting .visible to false just ended up causing the autohide transition to occur over and over, so instead I'm just temporarily moving the whole sprite offscreen.
(AS3, using CS5 component... note that 'player' is the FLVPlayback instance):
//### force 'autohide' when mouse inactive
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1500, 0);
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timer.start();
var skinSprite:DisplayObject;
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var prevMouseY:Number;
function onTimer(e:TimerEvent):void {
//get skinSprite if we haven't already
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prevMouseY = mouseY;
stage.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_MOVE, stage_onMouseMove);
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BUG - in flash pro CC, 'bold' and 'italic' properties of TextFormat have no effect on rendered text

Concise problem statement:
If you compile with flash pro CC, and use the 'setTextFormat' method of a TextField, the 'bold' and 'italic' properties of the TextFormat argument have no effect on the rendered text. If you compile with flash pro CS6, the 'bold' and 'italic' properties work as expected.
Apparently, with flash pro CC, the only way to make the text render correctly is to change the font name (add the suffix ' Bold', ' Italic', or ' Bold Italic'.) This means code which dynamically changes font styles only works in CS6 or CC, but not both. For example, if you use the 'bold' property the text renders bold in CS6 and regular in CC, whereas if you change the font name to add the suffix ' Bold', the text renders bold in CC and DOES NOT RENDER at all in CS6. This makes it difficult to transition a team from CS6 to CC.
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Create an xfl with 2 TextFields on the stage, both with font "Trebuchet MS" and style "regular", one named boldTrueText containing the String "bold = true", one named fontNameText containing the String "fontName = Trebuchet MS Bold". Create 2 more TextFields on the stage for visual reference, both with font "Trebuchet MS", one with style "regular", one with style "bold".
2. Add the following code to the Actions panel on frame 1:
import flash.text.TextFormat;
import flash.text.Font;
var format:TextFormat = boldTrueText.getTextFormat();
format.bold = true;
boldTrueText.setTextFormat(format);
format = fontNameText.getTextFormat();
format.font = "Trebuchet MS Bold";
fontNameText.setTextFormat(format);
var fonts:Array = Font.enumerateFonts(), count:int = fonts.length;
for (var i:int = 0; i < count; i++) {
var font:Font = fonts[i];
trace("fontName: " + font.fontName + ", fontStyle: " + font.fontStyle);
3. Save, and compile with flash pro CS6 and flash pro CC.
Results:
With flash pro CS6, "bold = true" renders bold, and "fontName = Trebuchet MS Bold" DOES NOT RENDER.
With flash pro CS6, the following is traced:
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: bold
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: regular
With flash pro CC, "bold = true" renders regular, and "fontName = Trebuchet MS Bold" renders bold.
With flash pro CC, the following is traced:
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: regular
fontName: Trebuchet MS Bold, fontStyle: bold
Expected results:
The same text is rendered in both flash pro CS6 and CC. I don't know why this behavior was changed in flash pro CC - it causes silent failures in code which dynamically changes font styles. I expected the flash pro CS6 behavior to remain the same in CC, like so:
With flash pro CC, "bold = true" renders bold, and "fontName = Trebuchet MS Bold" DOES NOT RENDER.
With flash pro CC, the following is traced:
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: bold
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: regular
If you don't want to break backward compatibility (any further), you could make both the behaviors work in flash pro CC, like so:
With flash pro CC, "bold = true" renders bold (font is still "Trebuchet MS"), and "fontName = Trebuchet MS Bold" renders bold also.
With flash pro CC, the following is traced:
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: bold
fontName: Trebuchet MS, fontStyle: regular
fontName: Trebuchet MS Bold, fontStyle: bold
I submitted this bug with the bug form, and also with adobe bugbase (in case it isn't obsolete) - I'm just trying to maximize my chances of getting a fix. Has anyone else encountered this bug?

I just can't believe how there is ZERO documenation for any of this. Flash's stylesheets have fontStyle and fontWeight properties, but they only recognize regular/italic and regular/bold respectively.
This change in Flash CC completely breaks systems built in Flash CS6, and the font naming is actually arbitrary and is not a consistant combination of font name and style (e.g. "Eras ITC" family's bold font name is "Eras Bold ITC", but the bold version of Times New Roman is "Times New Roman Bold" (with Bold at the end, rather than the middle), and what's absolutely appaling is that the font name used at runtime is not exposed anywhere in the Flash IDE!!! In the IDE you select a font family and font style independently, which is absolutely not what's used at runtime, because it actually uses a separate, arbitrarily named field in the font file for the font name. So we can't even know from within Flash what the proper runtime name is, unless we trace it out or open the font properties details tab in Windows explorer.
It seems that Flash CC is always using the font "Title" that can be found in the properties of the font, NOT the font name displayed in Windows Font Preview or in Flash CC. For example, the font name for Times New Roman Bold in Windows Font Preview is just "Times New Roman", but the font title in the properties/details tab is "Times New Roman Bold". If they made the change to allow for specific fonts to be selected, that's fine, but it completely breaks HTML support in TextFields if it's not respecting bold and italic tags.
This may actually be a trend on the web now, if you read this: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2013/02/14/setting-weights-and-styles-at-font-face-declara tion/ , it says: "If you’ve used one of FontSquirrel’s amazing @font-face kits, then you’re familiar with this approach to setting weights and styles. The CSS provided in every kit uses a unique font-family name for each weight and style, and sets the weight and style in the @font-face declaration to normal. [...] Notice that the font-family names are unique, with each font-family name accessing the appropriate Web font files."
But there's just no mention of this in any documentation I can find. What the hell.
It's also helpful to realize that font and u tags have been deprecated in HTML5, while b and i tags have been repurposed since they still retain semantic meaning apart from style: https://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-b-and-i-tags

Should I render a looping movie in After Effects or in Flash Pro?

Hello. I am using Flash Pro CS6.
Right now I am trying to make a simple SWF file that can play three looping clips via individual play buttons.
I made three FLV movies in After Effects. They are 80 frames , 30 fps clips, but those clips have lots of same frames. I mean one clip is something like this.
AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD AAAA
AAAA DDDD CCCC BBBB AAAA
AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD AAAA
AAAA EEEE FFFF BBBB AAAA
It contains just 6 frames(A,B,C,D,E,and F). As you can see there are lots of same frames.
I want to make SWF as small as possible, so to make it small, I should import still images and make a new timeline in Flash pro and render them as SWF in it?if I import still bitmap images(ABCDEF images) into Flash Pro and make a SWF in it, Flash Pro can do better compression than AE? If so I will remake the timeline. I really need better compression because I need to submit a SWF file whose limit is 5MB.
If I need to make my SWF small,Which is the best choice? Making a FLV in AE and import it into Flash Pro and publish, OR Making a movie using those still images in Flash Pro and publish? Give me your advice. Thank you in advance.

Thank you for your advice.
Is it better to make a movie in Adobe Flash? Can you explain the merit? I always use AE and it's much easier for me to make a movie in AE, if there is not big difference I want to stick with AE timeline. Tween function is kinda hard to handle.
And thank you for the FLV info.I will upload them and use them as an external clip.

Flash Pro CC to CS6 fla issue - Bad library items and new library items with unicode names

I've noticed a strange issue when opening fla files in Flash Pro CS6 that have been edited in Flash Pro CC. If there are library items in the fla with names that include symbols such as ">" or ".", unicode named symbols are created and the original symobls are unuseable. There are many symbols that cause the issue and the symbols just have to be a part of the name.
Steps to reproduce:
1) Create an fla file in Flash Pro CC.
2) Add a single movieclip to the library with a symbol name of ">".
3) Save the file.
4) Open the file in Flash Pro CS6.
Results:
Library contains 2 symbols, one named ">" and one named "&#062".
Expected:
There's one library symbol named ">".
After that double clicking the symbol named ">" will do nothing and instances of the symbol will have all their content removed.
This issue is breaking a JSFL script I wrote that loops the library items. When the script attempts to access item.layerCount the script errors out. My team is blocked from using Flash Pro CC in combination with Flash Pro CS6 because of this issue. The only good solution I can think of is to all switch to CC at the same time to avoid converting our fla files to CS6 from CC.
Any info on a fix for this issue would be appreciated.

The dialog you get when you open the FLA in CS6 is that new features may not be available in CS6 so you should save it to a new file to avoid corruption. There's no "save down" from CC to CS6 (yet). So opening the file in CS6 isn't advisable in the first place.
That said, library items are supported between them both so to your point, yes, I get the same exact behavior. A single symbol named ">" in CC produces 2 library items in CS6 named ">" and "&#062", and the original item is lost. Although I'm not sure where I'd classify this issue being you shouldn't be opening a newer version file from an older version of the application. I did also try XFL, same issue. If they decide to create a save-down to CS6 and this still exists, I'd consider it a bug.
As for a fix, I think about the only thing that comes to mind is identify the characters causing issues and run a JSFL in CC to rename the library item temporarily to something you know will work fine. Then once back in CS6, run the JSFL opposite to convert them back to what you want. e.g. "this > that" to "this XYZ that" in CC, then "this XYZ that" to "this > that" in CS6. Shouldn't be too hard to map as long as the replacement is unique.

Exporting from Flash to FLV, docs say you can, but not how.

The Help files state that you can export animations from Flash to FLV. I'm in CS5 Pro and cannot find ANY way to do that...
Alternatively, you can use Flash to create animations for use in movies. You can create an animation in Flash. You can export the animation as an FLV or F4V file. Then, you can import the FLV or F4V file into Adobe Premiere Pro for editing. In Adobe Premiere Pro, for example, you could add titles or mix the animation with other video sources.
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/flash/cs/using/WS1AFF7D02-09CE-4ff4-AFE8-30164EBC9C85.html
Are these documents wrong??
I can render to QuickTime and the encode, but I lose the linking on click to a url...
Thanks in advance for some guidance.
BTW, it really should be a lot easier in this "Pro" package to create items for YouTube for advertising purposes. Youtube accepts .FLV (Adobe - FLV1 video codec, MP3 audio) but not SWF

then you can't export an flv from flash. the help docs are incorrect.
i added a correction to the help docs. hopefully, the adobe technical writers will fix that will a future edit of those docs.

Does GPU upgrade makes Flash Pro Cs6 faster?

Hi,
I have been using Flash Pro cs6 for character animation and when i zoom in zoom out the response is slow and also when i am scrolling to may timeline.
I have lots of symbols and tweening.
I notice that when I use the pc in the office its much smoother so i am planning to upgrade my own pc at home.
I have:
Amd Phenom II X4 840
8 gb ram
ATI Firepro v4800
I have a limited budget so i am thinking if i upgrade my GPU with Asus GTX strix 960 2gb, will it solve the issue?

No. GPU acceleration is only used on playback of published files and for video decoding. Your main processor is the bottleneck here.
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