Progressive download flv

hi
using the following script:
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
ns = new NetStream(nc);
my_video.attachVideo(ns);
ns.setBufferTime(0);
ns.play("test.flv");
only the sound is downloading. anyone knows whay?
thanks

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.

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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 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
FLV):
import mx.video.FLVPlayback;
var pam_vid:FLVPlayback;
if (_root.link == 1) {
pam_vid.play();
if (_root.link == 2) {
pam_vid.seekToNavCuePoint(repeatStory);
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
var):
import mx.video.FLVPlayback;
stop();
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
pam_back.addEventListener("cuePoint",listenerObject);
listenerObject.cuePoint = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
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trace("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.

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
MediaPlayback instead of my_video.attachVideo(stream_ns);
Tanx in advanced!

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.

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.
Cheers... Rick
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How to Load Progressive-Download Video just when I press Play?

I have set the Progressive-Download video instead of Streaming-Video (because my webserver provider "aruba.it" doesn't offer
streaming videos), in Flash CS4 Professional, and exported to Dreamweaver CS4.
I have also inserted the HTML code in Dreamweaver CS4 to enable FullScreen Playback of Flash .flv Videos.
Now I have a problem:
- When the webpage loads into Internet Explorer 7, it take much time to load all the videos at same time!
Thus I want this:
- I want that the videos start to load just when I press the Play button, individually, not at same time.
- I don't not want that start the load immediately when the webpage opens in IE7.
- I want that the videos start to load content in the same manner of YouTube videos, just when I press play.
How can I do?
What is the HTML code that I should insert into DreamweaverCS4?
I have seen this help page:
http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/ActionScriptLangRefV3/fl/video/FLVPlayback.html#lo ad()
At Chapter "Public Methods" I have seen this "load" function:
"Begins loading the FLV file and provides a shortcut for setting the autoPlay property to false and setting the source, totalTime, and isLive properties, if given..."
Can be useful this function?
Horsepower0171.

Excuse me, I am a beginner user of FlashCS4.
OK!
StepByStep:
My site is http://www.cavallodario.it. Please see the third top section called "Sezione 3D">Maya>the last bottom video on the page is published as Streming video (I think)...
There, are all the videos.
I have understood that YouTube video is http streaming.
Instead, in FlashProCS4, I have seen a second Option after ImportVideo Menu (is Flash Media Server streaming?):
1) "Sul Computer" (on the Desktop, local); NOT CHECKED
2) "Già distribuito su un server Web, Flash Video Streaming Service o Flash Media Server"; CHECKED and selected the URL: http://www.cavallodario.it/filmati_Maya/flv/Wagon_01_PAL_Letterbox.flv
> Next > SkinBar with Fullscreen Button (called "SkinUnderPlayStopSeekFullVol.swf") > Next > End.
But I have a doubt if this is a streaming function:
-After published the webpage via FTP with Dreamweaver, in IE7 browser the loading progress bar appears immediately, and loads the video when the webpage appears, not when I press Play Button!
Why this?
How I can do to load the video just when I press the Play button?
- I have seen the "NetConnection / NetStream" classes in the FlashCS4 Help, but I am a confused beginner user and I don't want write an ActionScript code to build a custom navigation bar.
Please response me!
Thanks!
Horsepower.

No progressive download for H.264?

I was encoding a 6 minute video for web delivery in H.264 and it appeared that there is no provision for encoding for Fast Start or other setting to allow progressive download. The 6 minute video compressed in H.264 to about 30MB and was only downloadable off our web host as a full download. This required about 20-25 seconds on cable modem. Not a satisfactory result!
Does anyone know how to set for progressive download? I had the same experience when encoding into the variations in QuickTime.
This is crazy. If this is not currently possible, does anyone know if Adobe is taking steps to remedy? Is this remedied in CS4? I have heard reports of excessive crashing in Premiere CS4 so I have been reluctant to upgrade.
Regards.
Jeff

For a meaningful comparison, would you not have to view the same video,
encoded at the same bit rate for each format and in the same frame size and
frame rate?
I am not the expert here, but it seems to me that this condition would
have to be met to farily compare. Easily done of course if you provide your own
video for comparison, and that is exactly what I am trying to do. Can QT
Pro output an H.264 in MPEG-4 as well as QT wrappers?
I am going to experiment with both formats as well as Real Media and
Windows Media at similar settings. I do not have a program to simply encode
swf's without taking a few extra steps. It is cumbersome. To my knowledge,
flv's need to be embedded into a web page or otherwise incorporated into a swf
to be widely viewable. While I have a few players which can play flv's
directly, these are not as widespread as QuickTime or Real Player. Not sure,
but I think that Window's Media Player can play QuickTime files. I do not
try this too much so I am not positive.
Thanks for the help and best wishes. I will probably bite the bullet for
QT Pro in the next day or so. I think it is only around $30.
Jeff
In a message dated 7/23/2009 5:39:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:
Than H.264?! That has certainly never been my experience. My personal
computer stumbles on several H.264 files because it just ain't powerful
enough, but has never once failed to play a Flash video streamed from a web
site.
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Progressive download doesn't display

I'm attempting to add video to our site using flv files
created in Premiere Pro and creating the swf files in Flash. The
video is intended to popup in a new window. Everything works
wonderfully inside Flash and in my browser, but when I move it to
the server, it doesn't work. When the button is clicked, the popup
opens and the file name and address displays correctly, however,
the window remains white. When I right-click on the window, I can
see the Flash settings.
I verified with our web administrator that flv is a
registered file type. I read about Enabling the FLV MIME. Is that
the same thing as "registering flv"? Any ideas what else could be
my problem?
Thanks.

I figured out my problem by posted in the DW forums. All of
my paths were correct between the HTML, SWF's, FLV's, and the
JavaScript. So, for those of you experiencing the same thing:
End's up it was the MIME types on my host. The host computer
didn't know how to handle FLV files, just like sometimes on a local
desktop you have to sometimes associate certain file types with
certain programs. It has something to do with the HTML header. All
I had to do was go to my host settings through their website and
add the MIME FLV type.
Responding to the last post:
1. You actually want to save your video out from an AVI
straight to FLV, not mp4 if you are planning on having people view
it through a Flash player. Mp4's have some compression so you don't
want to add another compression on top of that once you change it
to FLV. You can even save an FLV file directly out of Premiere
rather than going the AVI to Sorenson Squeeze route. Better yet,
export an AVI from Premiere and open it Flash Video encoder (free
program). The quality will be determined by your encoding settings
in Premiere/SS/FVE.
2. Progressive download works for every Flash player that
supports FLV's (I forget what the first player was, 6 perhaps). The
only difference between 8 & 9 is that 9 also supports the new
compression codec On2 VP6, which lets you do alpha channels and
compresses a little better. Just use Sorenson codec and you'll
cover your bases.

Progressive Download not Playing

I am stuck. I have done this lots of times, but for some
reason, my
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but plays find on
my local IIS development server.
http://palmettogolfclub.net/test/test.html
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Oops, wrong URL...
http://hhwdsandbox.com/test/test.html

Progressive Download Movie

I have Dreamweaver CS3 - I have succesfully embedded a FLV
file on my web page using
Insert- Media - FLash Video - Progressive Download etc
When I test using the local sever - it plays fine - reading
off my hard-drive as I set the path to read off the hard-drive
c: BUT when I upload the web page onto the server and have
the file path as
http://www.mywebsite.com.au/test.flv
and uploading flv file to the hosting server..There is a Blank
page....NO video comes in ??
I have followed the instructions carefully - from all the
Tutorials ?? the file is 3mb but I thought it would start working
and progressively download to my hard-drive as it played...not
having to wait for the whole 3mb to down load then play as it used
to do in the olden days?? HELP - If it plays off the C: drive them
the codecs must be ok ?? Seems so simple but so frustraiting to
work??
Any ideas
Joanne

http://www.yazoogle.com.au/Template1.html
the website address where I put it - this is a TEST page
http://www.yazoogle.com.au/dogs.flv
the FLV file
the code
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0','widt h','320','height','240','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_Progressive','flashvars','&MM_Co mponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.com.au/dogs&autoPlay =false&autoRewind=false','quality','high','scale','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','l t','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Sho ckwaveFlash','movie','FLVPlayer_Progressive'
); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="320" height="240" id="FLVPlayer">
<param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
/>
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="FlashVars"
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.com.au /dogs&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
/>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.co m.au/dogs&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
quality="high" scale="noscale" width="320" height="240"
name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
/>
</object>
</noscript>

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.

Progressive download of SWF file - possible?

With FLV files, it is possible to have progressive downloads.
In other words, while a part of the video is playing, the rest of
it is downloading.
I want to have SWF files that contain frame based animations.
Does Flash work the same way for SWF files also? In other words, is
it possible to play part of SWF file's frames, while the rest of it
is downloading, or does it need to be fully downloaded first and
only then start to play.
Thanks for your help in advance!
hkundra

> I want to have SWF files that contain frame based
animations. Does Flash work
> the same way for SWF files also?
Yes, it works the same. Loading from the first frame to last
in the order they come.
But, take note, if you place animation inside a movie clip
and that clip is on frame
(example) 10, it will need to stop on that frame and load the
entire movie clip to
progress to the frame 11. So the streaming and progressive
loading happens only if your
content is spread across main timeline.
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
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If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
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Why doesn't created swf progressively download?

I thought I had the perfect solution by being able to post a flash created video on a web page, the output is even smart enough to break up the different timelines into separate .flv files but I don't understand why the content that is created doesn't have the ability to progressively or intelligently download the file if the bandwidth required isn't quite enough. It would be really nice if the .swf created that drives the playing of the flv files was smart enough to do a progressive download. Alternatively, if there was a way to play the created file through the Adobe Media Player and it had the intelligence that would also be acceptable. Is adobe planning on adding that capability in any fashion?
Thanks in advance!

Encore's Flash export is a progressive download - maybe you meant streaming download? Encore doesn't support streaming download yet, but that also requires a streaming server (Flash Media Server) to host the FLV files.
If that's not what you meant, then perhaps you meant a preloader? Encore doesn't create a preloader - if you want that, you'd need to create it in Flash, and then try to integrate it with the Encore Flash output.
This is the first version of Encore (or any other DVD authoring tool for that matter) to offer Flash export. File a feature request for the tools that you need for it, and it's sure to improve from version to version.

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