Flv progressive downloading issue

I have been hitting my head against the wall with this one.
When I use the flvplayback component on a test swf with one frame,
my video plays fine. But when I insert the component in an
exsisting swf which has many layers and frames, it will not play.
Anyone know a reason this might be happening. For now, the flv is
being played locally.
Thank you in advance...
Ed

Thanks charles.crepin and Nickels55. I found out the issue I
was having. My Publish preferences were set for ActionScript 1.0. I
changed to include 2.0 and all worked.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me out.
Ed

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FLV Progressive Download SeekNavCue

Hello! I have been working on this issue for a couple days
now and cannot seem to find the resolution. I have a flash movie
that includes three FLV files that are progressively downloaded. I
have no problems playing them, but when I get to a certain point in
one, I want to switch to the other, but start the second FLV at a
certain cue point. The test works when I play from my hard drive,
but Since the files are progressive download, they don't jump to
the correct cue point when viewed online. Any suggestions on what I
should try next? My code for the FLV switch is below:
This is on the first frame (checks to see if the root var is
set to 1, if not then it should jump to a specific point in the
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import mx.video.FLVPlayback;
var pam_vid:FLVPlayback;
if (_root.link == 1) {
pam_vid.play();
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pam_vid.play();
This script is put on the last frame (detects when the video
file is done playing, then jumps to frame 1 and checks the root
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import mx.video.FLVPlayback;
stop();
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
pam_back.addEventListener("cuePoint",listenerObject);
listenerObject.cuePoint = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
if(infoObject.info.name == "cue2"){
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thanks,
Christy

It's a snap with Flash 8 Pro. You just attach a skin to the
FLV with all the components (such as volume, mute, play, and pause)
and your good to go. Not sure how it works with earlier versions of
Flash.

AS2 isLive for progressive download issues

Hey having some trouble with my FLV playback video player. I am working with Flash Professional CS5.5 Actionscript 2 and have a video player that uses progressive download. My issue started when it would not consistently recognise the "complete" event listener.
After looking into many solutions I've found some strange issues. Firstly when isLive is false the video won't play until it has finished downloading. However when isLive is true it will play the video while it is downloading, but the seekPercent() won't work unless the video is fully cached. Also while isLive is true the complete event listener doesn't seem to work consistently. What I don't understand is why isLive is affecting progressive download when it should not be applicable to HTTP download.
What also seems to be strange is this only happens in a web browser (Firefox, Chrome, and IE), when viewing from inside Flash's test view (CTRL Enter) or publishing to an exe it plays fine. Another weird issue is my older backup video files work fine in a browser. When I re-export the swf it no longer works the same way. Has anybody encountered this before or know a good workaround?
Thanks Ryan

Thanks for your assistance so far. Unfortuantley isLive is having some affects on my progressive download video. To be absolutely certain I created a new flash file with new flvplayback component. For the contentPath I set a link to my remote flv file, there is nothing special here it is sitting in a public directory on a dedicated server.
When isLive is false, I hit play while the video starts downloading but it won't play until the video has fully downloaded. When isLive is true, the video plays while downloading but the seek bar does not work. Both tests were using the ClearOverAll.swf skin. It is definitely progressive download because they are caching.
I think there is something wrong with the flash export compiler because I never had this issue on my older video player versions.

FLV progressive download and MediaPlayback component???

Hi
I have to use FLV and progressive download. I did that with
the Video Object. That works great. The problem is that Video
Object does not allow us to control movie volume. It does not give
many function to control my movie. So the solution should be to use
the MediaPlayback component that gives me many fonctions, listner,
... But how to make it works with a FLV that reside on the server
but not in Streaming. I need to load it in progressive.
Any idea.

It's a snap with Flash 8 Pro. You just attach a skin to the
FLV with all the components (such as volume, mute, play, and pause)
and your good to go. Not sure how it works with earlier versions of
Flash.

FLV progressive download. Keeps dropping out around 50%. Why?

I have simply imported an FLV video of around 26 MBs.
In the import options, I selected download from server for progressive download. I publish to html, upload everything where it should be (in one folder). I begin watching the video and it plays fine, then, about 50% of the way through, the candy strip on the player skin starts flashing, even though it's still buffering way infront of where we are through the video. Once it gets to the point where the candy strip started flashing, the video returns to the beginning and I can't play the rest of it?! It does this in the same position each time. I have tried downloading the flv and checking it's complete and it is so i'm confused!
When viewing it locally on my machine, using the html file it works fine!? I have come up against this before and can't find the reason why. Some help on this would be greatly appreciated as it's really frustrating me and preventing me from deploying videos which need to be sorted.

Have you tried with other browsers or other computers? It may be a problem with limited cache size or space.

Progressive download issue

I asked this before and got no reply. Perhaps I wasn't being
clear. I have a
flash file that is an flv video player. Presently it serves
up 2 videos of
about 18mb each. I used the flv playback component to create
the player and
they are served up using progressive download.
The problem is that the download seems to take over the
browser and freezes
the page until the download is complete. If the user decides
they want to
move on to another page before the download has finished,
they must use the
back button as none of the page links will work until the
video downloads
have completed. Is there any way in flv playback actionscript
to allow for
an interruption of the progressive download if the user
clicks on a link in
the page while the download is in progress?
Thanks
-mark

Hi ETK,
Are you using the CDN to stream the videos that you have been using in Captivate.
Can you pelase elaborate the workflow that you have applied to stream the video if that is the case.
When it plays does it show the content from video? What is the duration of the slide on which it has been placed? can you try to insert it as Multi-Slide Synchronize Video?
Can you share any additional inforamtion about your set up.
Thanks,
Anjaneai

Can't view flv (progressive download) in Captivate 3

I've been trying to link to an .flv file in my Captivate 3 project, and I believe I'm doing everything right. However, when I preview or watch the published swf the .flv does not appear at all. It does appear on my slide along with the playback controls I've selected.
I've searched the forum and I saw the tip about making sure you've injected your .flv with metadata, which I did using this little program: http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/ and it still didn't work for me.
I've tried using the absolute path (which is a folder on my local drive and the project is also in my local drive) and the relative path and still no luck. Any other ideas about what I could be doing wrong?
¡Gracias!
Danny

Hi there
See if the link below helps with that.
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Progressive download flv never plays

Using CS3
Hello people,
Like the title states my Progressive download never plays. Before I waste your time and mine showing the methods used I rather start off simple.
Are there any reasons an flv might not be allowed to stream? I have followed the methods in every Progressive video tutorial I can find (about 7 so far) and they explain the exact same steps yet my flv never plays. I have also done it entirely with just action scripte and nothing. I get the player and my video list but never get the video.
Yes, I have the Source set to the web directory of my flv in the parameters in the property inspector.
I have also tried to use this method with other types of video and it also never plays. The only thing that works is embedd it which is of course a terrible only choice.
Not sure this is the correct place to post this but the other choices I saw look like a worst choice than this one.

It plays fine locally but just doesn't on the server.
I read another post when someone mentioned something about their host being the problem which I don't understand. I stream audio no problem and have 11 websites. I have never done anything with video though until now other than Premeire and After Effects with actually editing video but no idea what the host would be blocking in a progressive streaming situation. I know my host doesn't have Flash Media Server but that's why I've been trying progressive.

FLV and Progressive download bug

Hi
that is weird. I try to load a FLV as a progressive download.
When I test it on my computer. The video works great and I can
display the Stream totalbytes. When I test it on the web, the video
does not display, the streaming diusplay -1 and the page does not
stop loading and loading.
I use Flash 7 and yes all the doc are on the web in the same
folder as it is on my computer.
You can see the code I use
Any idea.

Tanx!
That was the bug. Now it's fixed.
Have another question. I use it with the Video not the
MediaPlayback. Is there a way to link the NetStream to the
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Tanx in advanced!

What is the difference between SWF and F4V in the context of Streaming or progressive Download?

Hello everybody,
I am absolutely a beginner in working with Captivate and furthermore my technological know how is not that good.
So, I have problems to understand if the export formats SWF and F4V are both capable to be published in the Internet as streaming video and as progressive Download? Well so, I do not really understand the difference between streaming and progessive download either?
Furthermore I was asking myself if this issue depends on how I imported flash videos (there are these two options) in my Captivate project during the production phase?
I would be very thankful for some helping information!
Greetings,
Mareike the beginner

Welcome to our community
I'm not certain I fully understand the differences myself, but will toss out what I believe to be true about the formats. Hopefully, if I'm incorrect in my bellief, someone with more definitive knowledge will chime in.
It was explained to me a couple of years back and is my understanding that "streaming" only applies to a video based format such as F4V, FLV and it doesn't apply to SWF. With SWF, you may specify a preload value. So when the SWF transmits from the web server to the PC, a certain percentage has to be received before play begins. But that's not streaming. It's preloading.
For streaming to occur, the web server establishes a communication channel between the server and the destination PC. This channel is monitored to see what speed is in use. Only enough information is then transmitted to be comfortable at that speed. If the speed improves during the connection, the server serves data at a faster rate. If the connection degrades, the information transmitted is also scaled back so as to accommodate the lower speed.
With SWF, after it has all been downloaded, a savvy user is able to poke around in their temporary internet files and save the SWF for play later. With streaming, this isn't possible because as the stream is viewed, it evaporates from memory.
Seriously hoping others will chime in here to confirm or deny this.
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Flv audio sync issues & player 9

Greetings, I've been looking for a solution for weeks, and
thought I'd give the forums a shot.
I have a client site with 6 progressively downloaded flv
clips that play when a button is clicked.
The flv files are encoded with After Effects 6.5, and the swf
files are published in Player 8.
The video clips are made with an alpha channel of a guy
talking and are about 30 sec to 1 minute long each.
The problem is audio sync issues on certain computers during
playback even when the files are completely buffered.
The other problem is that these flv files won't play on
computers that have player 9 loaded.
I'm investigating whether there are audio sync issues when
encoding flv files from AE 6.5, but still really
confused about the player 9 issue. I was wondering if there
are updates to 9 I can recommend to my client
or if adobe knows of any bugs that are currently being looked
into.
Thanks,
Kevin

I may just be talking to myself here, but...
Could there be any difference in the way an flv plays when
you
import the flv to the stage, as opposed to playing it
dynamically
using the NetStream class? Could this cause any audio sync
issues? Does Flash Player 9 have any difficulties displaying
flv files loaded dynamically?
Any ideas from Adobe folks would be great. Thanks.

Deactivate progressive download in Adobe Flash Player

Concerning progressive download in Adobe Flash Player, I have these questions:
1) Is it possible to deactivate or disable progressive download in Adobe Flash Player? For instance, if I want to watch a 30 minute video on a video site, and I have Adobe Flash Player installed, then by clicking on the video link, Adobe Flash Player will automatically begin to progressively download the file, thus enabling me to watch the video while it is being downloaded. At the end of the download, the entire 30 minute video file is stored in a temporary folder on my computer's hard disc. Supposing I don't want that file to be fully downloaded unto my harddisk, what options do I have to prevent Adobe Flash Player from progressively downloading the said file?
2) Since Adobe Flash Player utilizes progressive downloads, what happens to the downloaded file? Will it be automatically deleted when the browser is closed, or will it remain in the temporary folder?
3) Are there any settings which I can to configure either on the operating system or in the browser which will prevent or deactivate progressive download?
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What are local storage settings?
Applications that run in Adobe Flash Player may want to store some information on your computer, but the amount they can store is limited to 100 kilobytes unless you agree to allocate additional space. Local storage settings let you specify how much disk space, if any, applications from a particular website can use to store information on your computer. Note that it is the person or company that has created the application you are using that is requesting such access, not Adobe (unless Adobe has created the application that wants to save the information). In the dialog box shown above, [website] represents the name of the person or company requesting access. It is the responsibility of the person or company requesting access to make it clear to you why they want access and how they plan to use the information they save. You should be aware of the privacy policy of anyone who is requesting access to your computer. For example, see Adobe's privacy policy. Contact the website requesting access for information on their privacy policy.
It's important to understand that even though this settings panel is part of Flash Player, the information will be used by an application created by a third party. Adobe assumes no responsibility for third-party privacy policies, actions of third-party companies in storing information on your computer, or such companies' use of such data or information.
What kind of data can an application that runs in Flash Player store on my computer?
The kind of information stored depends on the application. Information can be anything from your user name to your current score in an interactive game to a list of stocks in your portfolio. The application should make it clear what kind of information it wants to store.
Who has access to the information?
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As discussed in What are local storage settings? above, it is the responsibility of the website requesting access to make it clear to you why they want access and how they plan to use the information. For example, will it be available only to you, or will it be posted in a public place? Who will have access to it in the future? Will it be deleted after a certain period of time? The privacy policy of anyone who is requesting access should address these sorts of issues.
I've already set privacy and disk space options in my browser. How do these settings interact with my Flash Player settings?
You may be aware that some websites work together with your browser to store small amounts of data, called cookies, on your computer for their own use in the future. For example, when you go to a website regularly, it may welcome you by name; your name is probably stored in a cookie, and you can use browser options to determine whether you want cookies or not. You may also have specified in your browser that pages you visit can take up only a certain amount of disk space.
When SWF or FLV content is being played, the settings you select for Flash Player are used in place of options you may have set in your browser. That is, even if you have specified in your browser settings that you do not want cookies placed on your computer, you may be asked if an application that runs in Flash Player can store information. This happens because the information stored by Flash Player is not the same as a cookie; it is used only by the application that runs in Flash Player, and has no relation to any other Internet privacy or security settings you may have set in your browser.
Similarly, the amount of disk space you let the application that runs in Flash Player use has no relation to the amount of disk space you have allotted for stored pages in your browser. That is, when SWF or FLV content is being played, the amount of disk space you allow here is in addition to any space your browser is using for stored pages.
No matter how you may have configured your browser, you still have the option to allow or deny an application that runs in Flash Player permission to store the information, and to specify how much disk space the stored information can occupy, as discussed in the rest of this document.
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If you don't want to let applications from this website save any information on your computer, and you don't want to be asked again, select Never. Note that applications from other websites may later ask to store information on your computer. If you don't want applications from any website that you haven't yet visited to store information on your computer, and you don't want to be asked again, use the Global Storage Settings panel.
If you want to let applications from this website save information on your computer, but you want to decide on a case-by-case basis for each application, move the slider to the far left (None). Each time an application from this website wants to save information on your computer, you will see a question asking for more disk space.
If you want to let applications from this website save as much information on your computer as they need to, move the slider to the far right (Unlimited).
If you want to let applications from this website save information on your computer, but want to limit the amount of disk space they can use, move the slider to select 10 KB, 100 KB, 1 MB, or 10 MB. If an application needs more space than you have allotted, you will see a question asking for more disk space while the application is running.
If an application from this website has already saved some information on your computer and you select a value that is lower than the amount of information already stored, Flash Player informs you that any information that has already been saved will be deleted.
If you don't want existing information to be deleted, click Cancel to return to the Local Storage Settings panel, and then select a higher value. Otherwise, click OK to delete the information and return to the application.
How can I change my local storage settings?
You may want to change your local storage settings if, for example, you want to allot more space for information from this website. To display the Local Storage Settings panel:
Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh) the application image while it is running.
From the context menu, select Settings, and then click the Local Storage tab.
You can also change storage settings directly with your browser here: http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager03.htm l

Progressive Download problems

I have created an swf, and imported a .flv using progressive
download. Once imported, I see the video playback box and tools on
the screen. However, when I publish the .swf, or "test movie,"
there is nothing where the .flv should be. The playback tools are
not even there. I have set up a button to goto and stop on the
frame where the flv playback should occur, but it's not there.
This is the case whether I publish the .swf to the web or
not. And I am positive that the .flv is in the correct directory. I
have checked the component inspector a million times, and have
pointed to the local version of the .flv and the .flv on my server
space.
Any help determining why there are no playback tools on my
pubished .swf would be great.

Josh,
I just had this same problem, and after many pulled hairs,
someone within these forums was kind enough to help me, so here's
his same response for you:
A couple of things to check:
If you are getting the can't find file issue while in the
Flash development environment, I found that placing the file on the
server, and then trying to view the file separately through its own
URL in Internet Explorer on the machine you're developing on for
some reason allows the Flash IDE to find the file. I guess it must
be in some interdependent with Internet Explorer..
If you can't access the file separately from its own URL then
its possible your web server hasn't had the MIME type for .FLV set
up, and doesnt allow it to be served. You can check this by
reviewing the MIME settings:
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/c/engineering/archives/adding-flv-mime-type-in-iis-4198
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/mx2004/main_7_2/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm ?context=Flash_MX_2004&file=00000868.html
In my case, it was definitely a case of the server needing to
be updated - if you don't have access, you'll probably need to
contact tech support, but it literally was a couple of very quick
steps for our IT tech to make the update...
Hope that helps - thank someone named "nick" for this tip,
I'm just "paying it forward..."
Jesse

Hanging at white box before playing progressive download

I began this discussion over on the Dreamweaver forum but was advised to move it here.
Been tearing my hair out for days. I have several flv files displaying just fine on my website. All I am am trying to do is replace an enormous .flv file with a smaller file of the same movie. The new smaller file is just 25 MB, compressed with a bitrate of 1000kbps. The test page that contains the smaller file previews just fine of course in Dreamweaver, but after uploading the clip, the html page, the .swf files (in the same directory) and the Scripts folder to my host's ftp server, the browser shows me that dreaded white box on my test page for a full seven minutes until the file loads up completely. Then it plays through beautifully with no buffering. On the other pages of my site, the videos all show up without such a wait, even the enormous 179 mb flv!
Here's the test page:
http://www.ponyhighway.com/emz-test2.html
The original page, which is working fine (except painful to view because of too large .flv file ), and from which the test page was created, is:
http://ponyhighway.com/emz.html
Flash videos also playing fine here:
http://ponyhighway.com/otm.html
I've scoured the code between the two pages (test and original) and can see nothing different except the name of the video clip.
Could there be something quirky with the FLVPlyer_Progressive.swf?
Some issue with moving between CS4 and CS3? (I'm now on CS3)
Something odd or extra in the code on the test page that I'm just not seeing?
BTW, I've asked for AutoRewind, but NOT AutoPlay (through Dreamweaver).
Thanks in advance for any help given.

Well now I get to come back with my tail between my legs to say that the solution was one of those really dumb, DUH kinds of things...
Just in case this can help anybody else I'll tell my sad story.
In an effort to get my flv file size WAY down, I was using a compression formula I got from one of the FCP gurus. But it was meant for making files to upload to youtube, so he had suggested keeping the streaming setting at "None," and setting the bitrate to 4000, since youtube would be adding further compression on their end. Silly me forgot to switch to "Fast start" for the progressive download. That was the key. Along the way to this revelation, I learned a ton about compression...I got my file size WAY down, and lowered my bitrate considerably as well (900), so although there is still some buffering on a slow connection, its not too bad, and a GIANT improvement over what was there before.I can live with it
Here's the new page:
http://ponyhighway.com/emz.html

Flash video Progressive Download Performance

I've rendered a series of Flash Video movies selecting the
HIGH Quality, Progressive Download settings.
Even with a cable modem connection speed of 8 Mbps, these
movies choke badly on playback.
http://www.reikoproductions.com/
I don't imagine the SWF publish settings have anything to do
with this, but I have them set to JPEG Quality 100, and the
Compress Movie checkbox is UNCHECKED.
I am presently rendering a set of movies at MEDIUM Quality
settings, but I'd like to know why these movies choke like this,
with this fast of a connection. I don't know much about the web
hosting server these are posted on, but could it be a slow server?
Something in the HTML code I've missed?
Thanks!

On Wed, 1 Oct 2008 13:50:39 +0000 (UTC), "MontyC"
<[email protected]> wrote:
>I would like to us a flash video in a web page, and don't
want to use
>streaming. If I use the Flash Video Encoder to make a
medium quality video that
>is about six minutes long, will progressive download work
okay, or is it too
>long to work without problems? If this is too long, what
would be a good
>maximum length to use?
This is an incorrect question. Length itself (duration) does
not
matter. Only bitrate does. Check your video bitrate and
evaluate your
channel bandwidth.
Progressive download has two big disadvantages against
streaming:
- it takes all available channel bandwidth regardless to the
video
bitrate. It may cause problems at the client side;
- it does not allow quick navidation across the video unless
it will
be completely downloaded to the user's computer.
If you'd like to avoid such problems and you have a
webhosting with
PHP (or like that), then you could try to use so called HTTP
Streaming, which resolves both of these issues without
special server
usage. You can find some information here:
http://home.openworldpresenter.com/flash/index.php?pid=43

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