Pause on Cue Point

I have set a cue point in my FLV at 58 seconds. Can someone
tell / show me
how I can add a pause to the video when it reaches that first
cue point. I
have it set (intially) called break and it is set to 'Event'.
Thanks. I am an eager noobie to Flash video and actionscript.

NetStream events have nothing to do with cue points.
onCuePoint method belongs to NetStream client. So, you will need
something like this:
client.onCuePoint = pointListener;
function pointListener (cuePoint:Object):void {
trace(cuePoint.name + " " + cuePoint.time);
In a nutshell NetStream events are fired when changes occur
in video delivery (buffer, start, pause, etc.) - not video content.
More information:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/net/NetStream.html
As for your code, your syntax is not correct.
You wrote: vid.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
"myFirstCuePoint");
If you listener function is myFirstCuePoint you need to
write:
vid.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
myFirstCuePoint); - no quotes.
Also, I don't use FLVPlayback - it has it's own methods and
events. What I wrote pertains to the cases when NetSream and
NetConnection are used stand alone.

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have a good understanding of the Event Listener process for AS 3.0
but am not sure how to address the the action of the pausing once
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NetStream events have nothing to do with cue points.
onCuePoint method belongs to NetStream client. So, you will need
something like this:
client.onCuePoint = pointListener;
function pointListener (cuePoint:Object):void {
trace(cuePoint.name + " " + cuePoint.time);
In a nutshell NetStream events are fired when changes occur
in video delivery (buffer, start, pause, etc.) - not video content.
More information:
http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/flash/net/NetStream.html
As for your code, your syntax is not correct.
You wrote: vid.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
"myFirstCuePoint");
If you listener function is myFirstCuePoint you need to
write:
vid.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
myFirstCuePoint); - no quotes.
Also, I don't use FLVPlayback - it has it's own methods and
events. What I wrote pertains to the cases when NetSream and
NetConnection are used stand alone.

Use cue points to automatically pause flv

I have a video that I would like to make play in steps. I
already have a custom flv playbar, so I would like to use cue
points to control it
Thanks in advance

i am looking for this same answer. i am not a pro at flash
but good enough to make my way around. Here is what I have done so
far....
using components i dragged the FLVPlayBack onto stage, i set
the source of the playback to my flv. as of right now, 'cuepoints'
is set to none. i'd like to be able to set in about 5 cue points
and have them auto pause each time they come up. any help would be
appreciated!
thanks,
travis

Using audio cue points in a flash movie

Hello all,
I am trying to put together some simple videos for my kids to
play on their ipods to study on the way to school.
I put together a real simple slide show, and prepared an
audio track. I polished it up in soundbooth, and included some
markers in the audio track. I was hoping to find a way to pause the
slideshow, until the marker is reached in the audio track. I have
done this before in director, but just cannot seem to figure it out
in flash cs3. Any help you can give would be appreciated.
Thanks, BobR

Hi,
The following AS2 code may help you
stop();
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.ready = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
<your flv playback instance name>.addEventListener("ready", listenerObject);
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.cuePoint = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
<your button instance name>.onRelease = function () {
playback.seekToNavCuePoint("<your cue point name>");
<your flv playback instance name>.addEventListener("cuePoint", listenerObject);
\\replace all the placeholder things including the < >
Also just take a look at the description at http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=Liv eDocs_Parts&file=00003003.html for more details
Thanks!
ps: pls mark this post as answered if this is of help to you

Cue Point in FLV Help

I have a progresive flv with an instance name of myVid which
is already on the stage and set to autoplay via the component
parameters tab. When the video plays and gets to a cue point I want
the flv to pause. The cue point names (embedded when I used Flash
Video Encoder) are cp01, cp02, and cp03. The video doens't stop on
the specified cue point and instead just keeps playing. Can anyone
help me with my code? Is there a better way to do it? Here is what
I have so far:

necie,
> The video doens't stop on the specified cue point and
instead
> just keeps playing. Can anyone help me with my code?
This is definitely the best Adobe forum for your question,
but since you
happened to post in the General forum first, I answered your
thread there.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Jumping to Specific URL from a cue point in video

Hello,
I am having a video play within flash CS3 and it does fine.
Now, I need to tell Flash that when it reaches cue point "end", it
should go to a specific web page. How can this be accomplished? I
am new to Actionscript 3.0 and after trying different things, I
don't seem to be able to accomplish this.
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Why yes indeed, just move the mouse to where you want to start playing on the timeline. Now press on the Spacebar and Voila, it starts playing from that point forward. Stop, just hit spacebar again. It's like play/pause button on a cd player or vcr.

Using cue points to trigger events on the main timeline...

Hi--
I have successfully placed an flv (video) file (progressive
download) on the main timeline of my movie with controls to play
and pause (Flash 8 Professional). So far, so good!
NOW TWO PROBLEMS: Does anyone know how to set it up so that
when a specific cue point is reached in the video, it triggers an
action on the main timeline? In this case, once the video is over,
I want the main timeline to gotoAndPlay frame 3. Specific script to
do this would be great!
The other action I'd like to happen is that when the video
begins, it targets a scrolling text mc ("text") in the main
timeline and tells it to gotoAndPlay frame 2.
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I usually start off solving problems with the livedocs, as I
recommend for anyone. The following link will take you to the
NetStream.onCuePoint handler. This is what you need.
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context= LiveDocs_Parts&file=00002561.html
You can have this code on the main timeline. When the
cuepoint is hit, it will invoke this event handler and inside is
where your gotoAndPlay( ) should go.
Your other question about the text will get activated by the
same handler. Just have a conditional statement (if, switch, etc.)
to differentiate between the two events. The text itself can be
mask inside a movieclip.
Does this help?

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function cp_listener(eventObject:Object):void
if (eventObject.object.name == "site_end");
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please tell me what i'm doing wrong and how it's really supposed to be done. i'm feeling very hopeless and blonde right now. help a girl out?

you're welcome.
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Cue point question

Hello all,
I have a question abou cue points. I have a script, see below. In that script I define some cue points. Now I want to define a action for each cue point seperate.
The script:
// Requires an FLVPlayback instance called my_FLVPlybk on Stage
import fl.video.*;
import fl.video.MetadataEvent;
my_FLVPlybk.source = "1.flv"
var cuePt:Object = new Object(); //create cue point object
cuePt.time = 2.02;
cuePt.name = "ASpt1";
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Ok starting to get the hang of this, in my actionscript are the following:
btn_start.visible=false
import fl.video.MetadataEvent;
MainVid.addEventListener(MetadataEvent.CUE_POINT, Pause);
function Pause(event:MetadataEvent):void
    trace(event.info.name);
    MainVid.stop();
import fl.video.MetadataEvent;
MainVid.addEventListener(MetadataEvent.CUE_POINT,BtnStart);
function BtnStart(event:MetadataEvent):void
    btn_start.visible=true
import fl.video.MetadataEvent;
MainVid.addEventListener(MetadataEvent.CUE_POINT,btnVisible);
function btnVisible(event:MetadataEvent):void
    btn_start.visible=true
btn_start.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Resume);
function Resume(event:MouseEvent):void
    MainVid.play();
MainVid.addEventListener(MetadataEvent.CUE_POINT, Pause2);
function Pause2(event:MetadataEvent):void
    trace(event.info.name);
    MainVid.stop();
btn_start.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Resume2);
function Resume2(event:MouseEvent):void
    MainVid.play();
MainVid.addEventListener(MetadataEvent.CUE_POINT, Pause3);
function Pause3(event:MetadataEvent):void
    trace(event.info.name);
    MainVid.stop();
I wanted after the Resume to have the button hide again and can't seem to do it.
Also, I had saved the file, then opened again to see that the CuePoints are not in the Properties anymore.
Is this normal?

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Seek() is an asynchronous command. It can only be used if the sprite currently has a mediaStatus of #playing. It is ignored if the mediaStatus is #paused, #stopped or #error.
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Need Help with Cue Points/Custome Code

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Should I hire someone to do that for me? I was thinking elance, but does anyone have any suggestions on how to make an interactive video other ways (or cheaper)ways.
p.s
how much do you think I should charge for that:)?

My advice... start with a very simple "proof of concept" project before you attempt the entire package.
It will be much easier to scale up if you first have a very good understanding of what's going on.
So one simple video with just one cuepoint and only one button and additional display. You'll also have to work out the interaction of pausing the video when a cuepoint is reached or button pushed to display the graph, giving the viewer time to read the graph... then when the viewer closes the graph, the video should "resume".
Start very simple and build on that only after you understand the fundamentals.
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This may mean that you'll need to learn to use a little .xml to bring in the playlist data. You may also find xml an excellant way to bring other data into you project.
At the link listed above there is an excellant tutorial on "Integrating Flash and XML"
"Flash and XML"
"XML Video Playlist"
"ActionScript 3 XML Basics"
"ActionScript 3 Advanced XML"
Personally I would not even begin a project like this without considering how I could use xml to feed data into the project.
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http://www.drheimer.com/video/
Yours is a rather ambitious project and will take awhile to gain the skill and assemble the pieces. So when you come to a new part... first create a real simple "proof of concept" model so you can learn how that section works. Don't expect to be able to assemble the entire project all at once.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

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I am trying to write a Flash movie that will play an FLV and
pause the video dynamically at a specified time without the use of
embedded cue points. Is this possible?
For example, I want to be able to play an FLV for 5 minutes
and automatically pause the playback. I want this pause time to be
defined before each FLV playback. So I cannot use hard coded cue
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set two variables:
_root.tTime =t he time you want to pause
and
_root.hTime = the playhead time at any given moment.
Select your .flv component on the stage & open the
Actions panel, place the following code:
onClipEvent (enterFrame) {
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_root.hTime = _root.FLVPlayback.playheadTime;
//Test repeatedly,to see if playheadTime has reached
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I've recently completed (well, 'completed' is a strong word)
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The video presentation had four sections, each of which could
be arbitratrily browsed to at any point in the presentation, so it
was important that the the movieclips did not need to play in order
and that they could be interrupted at any point without an visual
confusion.
I dealt with this two ways (I am sure these are not the best
ways, which is why I am writing this post):
First, every single movieclip was already on the stage from
the outset, stopped on the first frame, with the alpha property set
to 0 (based on Aran Balkan
http://aralbalkan.com/444).
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that when a clip finished playing it 'reset' itself. I also wrote a
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impressed enough people in my organization (university) that now
the President wants to deliver a similar message. It seemed prudent
at this point to ask a general question about best practices in
this area. I am working with the full Master Collection suite, and
can target later versions of the Flash Player (I believe I can use
AS 3.0, although I will have to learn it). One thing that I am
hoping any pointers you guys might have will cover is this:
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also make sure any currently playing graphical assets also
start/stop/pause on cue? I was thinking of setting a variable on
the second frame of each movieclip, something along the lines of
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control the currently playing clip (would have to bu just one, I
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But there has got to be a better way. I have some down time
to do research and to experiment, but it is going to be very high
profile when it rolls around, so I thought I'd send out some
feelers.
Has anyone done anything like this? Seen a better way? Etc .
Thanks so much.

Best practice is to keep one single file as long as humanly possible.
In this case, you "branched" a version for another format; I'd suggest you don't edit that any further (apart from the formatting stuff you mentioned), but inform your client this version is to be worked on. Work on your "real" version until it's really really done, and only then make other versions.
It's a different story (no pun intended) if the transition between the two versions can be automated; that way you'd still only work on the 'real' version, but then you could generate the other with every edit you make -- you should still not be doing any work in the dumbed-down version.

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I need some help with a Flash project I'm working on. If any
Flash junkies out there are up for sitting down with me through
email or IM and helping me get to the point where I have a template
FLA doing what I want to do, I'd be willing to pay you. It wouldn't
be much, but it would be something. Here's what I'm trying to do:
I need to create an interactive talking-head style flash
presentation with a number of progressive download externally
linked FLV files, playing in succession, supported by movie-clip
text animations and supporting graphics which are triggered by cue
points in the video. I also need a simple navigation menu linking
to the FLV files. I've got some of this down already, namely, I've
laid the FLVs in and they are playing in succession. I'm stuck on
the cue point part. At this point I really just need some hands-on
help. I've bought books, I've scoured the web.
I'm easy to communicate with, and I'm good with computers and
comfortable in many multimedia design programs. Flash is very
powerful, but tougher to learn than I expected, and I'm at the end
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My advice... start with a very simple "proof of concept" project before you attempt the entire package.
It will be much easier to scale up if you first have a very good understanding of what's going on.
So one simple video with just one cuepoint and only one button and additional display. You'll also have to work out the interaction of pausing the video when a cuepoint is reached or button pushed to display the graph, giving the viewer time to read the graph... then when the viewer closes the graph, the video should "resume".
Start very simple and build on that only after you understand the fundamentals.
Second, you mention "video reports"... plural. So that most likely means that you will need a video player with a "playlist".
This may mean that you'll need to learn to use a little .xml to bring in the playlist data. You may also find xml an excellant way to bring other data into you project.
At the link listed above there is an excellant tutorial on "Integrating Flash and XML"
"Flash and XML"
"XML Video Playlist"
"ActionScript 3 XML Basics"
"ActionScript 3 Advanced XML"
Personally I would not even begin a project like this without considering how I could use xml to feed data into the project.
Here's an example of a video player I created that has a playlist, thumbnails, categories, transcipts, "Now Playing" etc. All that data comes into the main .swf via various xml files. Super good way in input data into Flash.
http://www.drheimer.com/video/
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Best wishes,
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