Preload ALL movie clips?

I am experiencing a delay or pause in the site when my first
movie of content is played ... A frew frames before the initial
animation is finished I add in :
_root.conten.gotoAndPlay("start1");
to start the home page (or the first page of my content
movie, whatever you want to call it)....
Is this a preloader problem? I just can't seem to iron it
out.
To See It:
http://www.itamidesign.com/new.html
The Code is also here:
http://www.itamidesign.com/new.fla
THANKS

no no there's always a way, i was just pointing you in the
direction of the easiest way.
the first thing you need to do is check getBytesLoaded at
regular intervals rather than in a loop on a frame. this can be
achieved several ways - i've used setInterval in the example i
prepared for you.
the second thing you need to do is check that getBytesTotal
has been received from the jpg okay - this can be checked by
ensuring that getBytesTotal>4, which is the size of an empty
movie clip.
the code i have attached is independent of your xml code,
which was really confusing things, as it is unrelated to your
loader code (one problem at a time!). once you're happy with your
loader code, then you can integrate it with your working xml code.
good luck
craig

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Here:
http://www.iaw-atlanta.com/IvyLeague1-13-09.html
I have the menu navigation at the bottom with 4 buttons. When the
buttons are moused over they ascend and when they are moused out
the movie plays in reverse so that they descend. Basically in the
movie clip, I have it stopped as well as gotoAndPlay the next frame
when the button is moused over and then have a script telling it to
reverse when moused out. I know how to do this in AS 2.0 but how
can I translate the script to 3.0?

DjPhantasy5,
> Ok thanks, I'll see what he also has to say as well.
Actually, NedWebs pretty much nailed it. :) The approach
you've taken
is an interesting one, because it scales all the way back to
Flash Player 5,
which didn't yet support the MovieClip.onEnterFrame event.
Without that
event, you need something like your "controller" symbol -- a
separate
looping timeline -- to perform code that depends on frame
loops.
Available as of Flash Player 6, that event would allow you
to
consolidate your code a bit by putting it all in a single
frame and avoiding
the extra movie clip symbol. That doesn't mean your approach
is wrong, by
any stretch. In fact, it's good to know your options, because
if you ever
need to publish to Flash Player 5, you'll probably do best to
use the setup
you've taken.
I'll demonstrate onEnterFrame in just a bit, in case you
want to take a
look at that.
>> there's no _root reference in AS3, but you can use a
>> MovieClip(this.parent) (which replaces what _parent
>> used to do) to locate something outside of the
immediate
>> movieclip.
The term "parent," in this context, is technically a
property of the
MovieClip class, which means all movie clips in AS3 have
access to the
"parent" feature, which points to the timeline that contains
the movie clip
in question. Buttons also feature a "parent" property. In
AS2, this
property acted exactly the same, only it was preceeded by an
underscore.
In fact, NedWebs' suggested code works the same in your
existin file.
Instead of this:
// Your existing code ...
if (_root.animation._currentframe>1) {
_root.animation.prevFrame();
this.gotoAndPlay(2)
if (_root.animation._currentframe<=1) {
this.gotoAndStop(1);
... you could be using this:
// Alternative code ...
if (_parent.animation._currentframe>1) {
_parent.animation.prevFrame();
gotoAndPlay(2)
if (_parent.animation._currentframe<=1) {
gotoAndStop(1);
... because from this scope -- that is, from this point of
view -- the
MovieClip._parent property points to the same timeline that
_root does.
That changes, of course, based on how deeply nested the
current scope is.
The term "this" in the above code is optional, because Flash
understands
what scope you're in. From the point of view of this code,
_parent is
understood to refer to the current scope's parent timeline,
just like
gotoAndPlay() is understood to refer to the current scope's
own timeline.
You could precede either of those by "this" or not.
Many people will argue that _root is probably best avoided,
only because
it's a slippery slope. It doesn't always refer to the main
timeline you
think it does, depending on whether or not your SWF is loaded
into another
SWF at runtime. Meanwhile, _parent *always* refers to the
immediately
parent timeline.
So when you look at it that way, this perfectly valid AS2:
if (_parent.animation._currentframe>1) {
... isn't much different at all from its AS3 counterpart:
if (MovieClip(parent).animation.currentFrame>1) {
It would be nicer if you didn't need to cast the parent
reference as a
movie clip here, but if you don't, AS3 doesn't realize that
the scope in
question is a movie clip.
>> You can string them along as...
>> MovieClip(this.parent.parent)
Exactly.
>> Your _currentframe in the the controller becomes
>> currentFrame. That's about it. The rest of what I
>> saw will fly as is.
Not quite. AS3 doesn't support the on() or onClipEvent()
functions, so
you won't be able to attach your code direction to the
button. Instead,
you'll have to put it in a keyframe -- which you can also do
with AS2. It's
a good idea, in any case, because it allows you to put all
your code in one
place, making it easier to find.
Here's a quick note on direct attachment:
http://www.quip.net/blog/2006/flash/museum-pieces-on-and-onclipevent
To convert your existing FLA structure to AS3, you might,
for example,
do this:
animation.buttonMode = true;
animation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, outHandler);
animation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,
overHandler);
function outHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
controller.gotoAndPlay(2);
function overHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
controller.gotoAndPlay(4);
That takes care of the on(rollout) and on(rollover) code in
your current
version. The first line (buttonMode) is only necessary
because I got rid of
the button symbol and, instead, associated the event handlers
directly with
your animation clip. (Movie clips handle button-style events,
too, so you
don't need the button.) In AS3, event handling is very
straightforward:
you reference the object (here, animation), invoke its
inherited
addEventListener() method, then pass in two parameters: a)
the event to
listen for, and b) the function to perform when that event
occurs.
You can see that spelled out above. In AS2, there are quite
a few ways
to handle events, including on()/onClipEvent(), so it's
harder to know when
to use what approach. For buttons and movie clips, the
princple works the
same as I just showed, but the syntax is different.
Let's take a quick look at reducing all this code by using
the
onEnterFrame event. First, check out this AS2 version:
animation.onRollOut = outHandler;
animation.onRollOver = overHandler;
function outHandler():Void {
this.onEnterFrame = reversePlay;
function overHandler():Void {
this.onEnterFrame = null;
this.play();
function reversePlay():Void {
this.prevFrame();
All of that code would appear in frame 1. You don't need the
controller
movie clip. The animation clip no longer contains an orb
button, because
we're using animation itself as the "button". (You can always
see what
functionality any object has by looking up its class. If
you're dealing
with a movie clip, look up the MovieClip class. See the
Properties heading
to find out what characteristics the object has, see Methods
to find out
what the object can do, and see Events to find out what the
object can react
to.)
In the above code, it's all laid out pretty easily. This is
AS2,
remember. We have two events we're listening for:
MovieClip.onRollOut and
MovieClip.onRollOver. Those events are established for the
animation movie
clip by way of its instance name, and associated with
corresponding custom
functions. The outHandler() function associates yet another
function to the
MovieClip.onEnterFrame event of the animation clip. Very
simply, it
instructs animation to perform the custom reversePlay()
function every time
it encounters an onEnterFrame event. The overHandler()
function kills that
association by nulling it out, and telling animation to play,
via the
MovieClip.play() method. Finally, the reversePlay() function
simply invokes
MovieClip.prevFrame() on the animation clip.
Here's the AS3 version:
animation.buttonMode = true;
animation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OUT, outHandler);
animation.addEventListener(MouseEvent.ROLL_OVER,
overHandler);
function outHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
animation.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, reversePlay);
function overHandler(evt:MouseEvent):void {
animation.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,
reversePlay);
animation.play();
function reversePlay(evt:Event):void {
evt.target.prevFrame();
It looks wordier, but if you look carefully, you'll see that
it's
essentially the same thing. The main difference is the way
scope works in
AS3. In AS2, there are numerous references to "this", because
the event
handler functions operate in the same scope as the object to
which the
association is made. In AS3, the references aren't to "this",
but rather to
the same animation clip by its *intance name*, because in
AS3, the scope
operates in the same timeline in which the code appears
(namely, in this
case, the main timeline).
In the reversePlay() function, in order to emulate a "this"
sort of
setup, I'm referring to the parameter that gets passed to all
event handler
functions in AS3. I happened to name it "evt" (for event),
but you can call
it what you like. In the case of reversePlay(), the evt
parameter refers to
an instance of the Event class, which has a target property.
The target
property refers to the object that dispatched the event --
happens to be
animation, in this case. So evt.target, in this context,
refers to
animation, which is what I invoke the MovieClip.prevFrame()
method on.
I've uploaded a handful of FLA files to my server. I won't
keep them
there forever ... maybe a couple weeks, as of this post:
http://www.quip.net/RewindTestAS3.fla
http://www.quip.net/RewindTestAS3_new.fla
http://www.quip.net/RewindTestAS2_new.fla
David Stiller
Co-author, ActionScript 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
http://tinyurl.com/2s28a5
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Targeting Multiple Movie Clips

Hi everyone,
I'm fairly new to ActionScript so I would really appreciate
any help I can receive.
Right, I have a Flash file which contains a movie clip with
an instance called, 'contentHold_mc'. Inside this movie clip are 4
individual movie clips with instances entitled, 'content1_mc',
'content2_mc', 'content3_mc' and 'content4_mc'. I know these are
not the best names for instances, but this is just for simplicty's
sake. At present all movie clips run at the same time. I want them
to run sequentially. On the last frame of the instance,
'content1_mc', I want to stop the instance from playing and start
playing the instance, 'content2_mc'. On the final frame on
'content3_mc', I want to stop the instance from playing and start
playing the instance, 'content3_mc', and so on until 'content4_mc'
finishes playing. I have tried to use the tellTarget function
without success and anyway, I believe this is now deprecated.
Would anybody be able to provide me some guidance please as
to how I can achieve the previous using the 'dot' notation?
I have tried the using the code found at the bottom of this
message in the final frame of the movie clip instance that I want
to play first ('content1_mc'), however get a compiler error because
of the preceding two full stops '..'
Thank you in advance for any help I may receive with this
query.

Put a stop(); command at the first frame of each of the
clips. On the last frame of the first clip put:
stop();
_parent.contentHold_mc.content2_mc.play();
repeat as needed for each movie clip.
Tell the first clip to play.

Dynamically adding multiple instances of a movie clip to the stage with one button

hello,
I was wondering if there was a way to add several instances
of the same movie clip to the stage dynamically utilizing one
button.
I can do one with the following code placed on the button...
on (release) {
attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled1", 5);
filled1._x = 370;
filled1._y = 225;
But I want the user to be able to hit the button again and
get yet another instance of "filledCircle" on the stage.
I also want the user to be able to drag these instances
around...
Any help would be appreciated...
Thanks,
Muhl

Muhl,
> I was wondering if there was a way to add several
> instances of the same movie clip to the stage
> dynamically utilizing one button.
Sure thing.
> I can do one with the following code placed on the
> button...
>
> on (release) {
> attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled1", 5);
> filled1._x = 370;
> filled1._y = 225;
> }
Gotcha.
> But I want the user to be able to hit the button again
> and get yet another instance of "filledCircle" on the
> stage.
You're in luck, because this isn't very hard to do. The main
thing to
keep in mind is that each instance must have A) its own
unique instance name
and B) its own unique depth. In your example, the instance
name is filled1
and the depth is 5. The next clip's instance name should be
filled2 at a
depth of 6. Then filled3, depth 7, and so on. You can use a
single
variable to handle the incrementation.
// code in a frame
var counter:Number = 1;
// code on your button
on (release) {
attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled" + counter, counter +
4);
With me so far? The variable counter contains the numeric
value 1. The
second parameter of attachMovie() is provided with a
concatenation of
"filled" + 1, which makes "filled1". The third parameter is
provided with
the sum of counter plus 4, which makes 5. Obviously, we need
a bit more.
The button must, in addition, increment the value of counter.
The ++
operator handles this perfectly.
on (release) {
attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled" + counter, counter +
4);
counter++;
Now, it seems you also want to position the attached movie
clip to (370,
225). Are they call supposed to go to the same place? If so,
you may use a
second variable to hold a reference to the newly attached
clip. Look up
MovieClip.attachMovie(), and you'll see that the method
returns the exact
reference you need.
// code in a frame
var counter:Number = 1;
var mc:MovieClip;
// code on your button
on (release) {
mc = attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled" + counter,
counter + 4);
counter++;
mc._x = 370;
mc._y = 225;
Make sense?
> I also want the user to be able to drag these instances
> around...
Then you need to handle a few events. You're dealing with
movie clips
here, so your best bet is to study up on the MovieClip class,
which defines
all movie clips. (Note, also, that the TextField class
defines all input
and dynamic text fields; the Sound class defines all sounds,
etc. This is a
very handy arrangement of the ActionScript 2.0 Language
Reference.)
// code in a frame
var counter:Number = 1;
var mc:MovieClip;
// code on your button
on (release) {
mc = attachMovie ("filledCircle", "filled" + counter,
counter + 4);
counter++;
mc._x = 370;
mc._y = 225;
mc.onPress = function() {
this.startDrag();
mc.onRelease = function() {
this.stopDrag();
Easy as that. You're simply assigning a function literal to
the event
of each new MovieClip instance as you create it. Take a look
and you'll see
each of these class members available to you -- that is, to
all movie clips.
MovieClip.onPress, MovieClip.startDrag(), MovieClip._x, etc.
Wherever it shows the term MovieClip in the Language
Reference, just
replace that with the instance name of your clip -- or a
reference to that
clip (which even includes the global "this" property).
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Improvement Suggestion: Add Animation to Movie Clips in Repositories

Hi there,
I have been trying to post this improvement suggestion by filling-in the corresponding form but it didn't allow me enough characters to describe it correctly. So I am posting it here now and going to reference it in the Improvement Suggestion form...
Currently it's hard to perform a good edit because Adobe Premiere Pro doesn't provide a clip basket showing all available clips running, allowing the user to preview and choose from different takes of the same scene.
I'd like to suggest to animate all movie clips in all repositories, like Media Browser and Project panels, in order to create kind of an animated lightbox.
These clips should be run without audio, in low resolution and, optionally, at a lower framerate, depending on the machine's capabilities and user's preferences.
Clicking (and thereby activating) one of those movie clips should ...
magnify that clip,
enable audio for that clip,
display a timeline,
and display an in-point and an out-point marker.
Using these markers, the user shall be able to limit the preview loop of the clip in that particular repository (e.g. to repetitively monitor only a small scene of the movie clip).
Here's a link to a small movie clip demonstrating the improvement suggestion as a virtual live demonstration:
(While recording I was suffering from a tonsillitis, so the text might be hard to understand from time to time.)

After carrying this thought with me around for a while I'd like to add an update to my original suggestion:
When comparing different takes (= clips) of the same recorded live scenes, the usual editing process while working with Premiere Pro would be to drill down on the take that's supposed to be inserted into the sequence. So if there were 8 takes of the same scene, first there would be 8 clips to compare, then 7, 6, 5, 4... until the final clip is found.
In the course of the comparison process it would be very helpful to be able to "switch off" those takes that have been decided not to be used. So I'd like to update my suggestion to provide the following additional features:
Each preview clip should provide a play/pause feature. So playback shall be switched on and off individually for each of the preview clips.
As mentioned in my original suggestion, when activated (zoomed), the preview should provide buttons for manipulating that clip preview's playback. Originally I suggested a Play Audio button (with a speaker symbol).
I now, additionally, suggest to add a Play/Pause button to an activated (zoomed) clip preview. If playback is active, that button should display a Pause icon. If playback is paused, the same button should display a Play icon.
Given that, an active preview would be displayed something like this:
After a clip has been selected for an insert, the next editing step would be to search a clip from the repository for the next insertion into the sequence. So all tracks would be back in the game.
So there should be a new menu item, resuming playback of all preview clips in the repository: "Edit > Preview > Play all clips".
If the user wants to concentrate on the Program Montitor video, he/she should be able to pause all preview clips. So I suggest the should be a new menu item complementing the previous one: "Edit > Preview > Pause all clips".
Some people might prefer not to see any animation in the repositories at all. For them there should be a new option available in Premiere Preferences to pause all preview clips by default (this setting would equal to the current behaviour).
The user might want to concentrate on a single preview clip and just want to have this single clip being played back when activated (zoomed).
So I suggest there should also be a Solo option available.
By holding the [CTRL] key down while clicking the Play/Pause button suggested in provision #1, all preview clips should be paused and the currently active (zoomed) preview clip should be played back alone.
In my suggestion I have been focussing on using Premiere Pro with the mouse. But there should be keyboard shortcuts available for all these actions, too.

Preload ALL movie clips?

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