How to control SWF Video using JavaScript?

Hi,
I'm developing a web page which will use Flash Videos. I need
to control the video without using a typical skin. The current tool
I'm using to convert my wmv to SWF FLV is Coffee Cup. A hex edit
suggests this is a Version 8 SWF.
I am trying to write some javascript to control which Frame
is displayed. I have seen code such as movie.TGotoFrame(...); and
movie.GotoFrame, movie.StopPlay() etc. Unfortunately I cannot seem
to use these methods. Eventually I suspected that my SWF simply did
not make these methods available and when I run my video in my web
page a RightClick shows a Context Menu that has no Reverse,
Forward, Back options. Other SWF videos do have these options
(obviously). This seems to prove that nothing I could code would
make the GotoFrame work (ie no Forward (by one frame) option in
menu suggests it could never work from javascript).
Some Questions
Is there a tool to examine a SWF to see what methods are
available to javascript control? (expose the API) and is there a
setting required in the <object> setup to enable javascript
interaction?
Is there something about SWF V8 files that is the problem or
is likely that the CoffeeCup Web Video Player can only make
partially functioning SWF Videos?
What is the difference between GotoFrame and TGotoFrame and
have these perhaps been superceeded by something else (there is an
Adobe page which suggests they are only available up to Version 5
(not sure if that means Version 5 of SWF files or Version 5 of the
FlashPlayer - to add to my confusion).
I'm not currently a Flash type developer and have no tools to
speak off and don't know ActionScript. I'm thinking of heading in
the Flash direction but not sure how to move forward.
Cheers
Stuart

Thanks Alex,
quote:
You need to learn to move forward :)
I have a Greek friend who when I asked him how he was getting
on with his dissertation project stated "in Greece we have a saying
- every start is different".
In this case my start is to dip a toe in the Flash water and
not get scalded.
Anyhow,
One clarification from the CoffeeCup forum helped me to
understand that my SWF used an external FLV and that may explain
why the rightclick context menu did not have the more movie
specific Back, Forward etc. Sounds plausible. So assume external
FLV.
quote:
it is very easy to add a small script into the root timeline
of your SWF file
A little hand holding here would be appreciated. I have
downloaded the Flex SDK. Can I use this free tool to do what you
suggest? Using MXML and ActionScript. If so, a little bit more info
would help.
quote:
That's all, it should work. Of course, you can tell me that
your movie
already has an onEnterFrame() eventhandler at the root
timeline.
What's a problem? Just create an empty movieclip and add this
script
into its frame 1 (it maybe the only frame). But do not forget
to
change "this.xxxx" to "_root.xxxx" within such script.
Hhhmmm. A bit stumped. I've had a look at the SWF using
FlashDig. I noticed what appears to be Assembly Language (Push,
Pops, Jumps etc) and presumably in amongst all of that may be an
onEnterFrame. Perhaps linked to a DefineFunction2 node.
Unfortunately the SWF is very large (60K) and there is no
search/find tool so that makes finding functions a bit harder than
expected. Struggling a little with the concept of _root and Level0
etc.
I assume you are suggesting manually building a replacement
SWF (empty movieclip?) if the onEventHandler happens to be used for
something else. Presumably set/getVariables only interacts with
this function so if it is 'booked' in my SWF I would be in a spot
of bother with your suggested approach?
I wonder if you are assuming I have some sort of Flash tool.
Possibly like this one shown in this tutorial
WebWasp
Panorama tutorial
Note. The panorama is actually close to what I eventually
want to do except I intend to make a video of a scene by rotating
clockwise by 360 degrees. Then add buttons onto the SWF (or DHTML)
which communicates with the SWF to move forward or back through the
video. Moving forward would be like a clockwise rotation and moving
back would create anticlockwise rotation. This explains the need to
GotoFrame (or similar). From that perspective I don't need to
become a Flash guru (for now) and can't justify buying all the
expensive flash tools for this one (apparently) simple task: Frame
by Frame control of an external FLV via the SWF.
Note. I've started using SWFObject. Might this library help?
In summary.
How do I add the onEnterFrame ActionScript sample (or
something similar) into a SWF using only the Flex SDK command line
tools or similar in order to control an external FLV?
Cheers
Stuart

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