Streaming Video Progress Bar

Question

I need to create a progress bar for my streaming video to let
the user know how much of the video has already been
downloaded/streamed. Making a progress bar for a progressive
download is easy, just check the bytesLoaded vs the bytesTotal. But
apparently with a streaming video those do not work. What exactly
do I need to check in order to create a progress bar for a
streaming video. Here is my sample code that doesn't work for the
progress bar.

Answer 1

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"quovadimus02" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I need to create a progress bar for my streaming video to
let the user know
>how
> much of the video has already been downloaded/streamed.
Making a progress
> bar
> for a progressive download is easy, just check the
bytesLoaded vs the
> bytesTotal. But apparently with a streaming video those
do not work. What
> exactly do I need to check in order to create a progress
bar for a
> streaming
> video. Here is my sample code that doesn't work for the
progress bar.
>
> var startingCheckX:Number = loader_mc.seek_mc._x;
> // updates loader bar as well as progress indicator
> function checkBytesLoaded() {
> amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
> loader_mc.bar_mc._width = amountLoaded * 280;
> loader_mc.seek_mc._x = startingCheckX + (ns.time /
duration * 280);
> var minsElapsed:Number = Math.floor(ns.time / 60); //
find number of
> minutes
> var secsElapsed:Number = Math.floor(ns.time % 60); //
find remaining
> seconds
> var minsTotal:Number = Math.floor(duration / 60); //
find total number of
> minutes
> var secsTotal:Number = Math.floor(duration % 60); //
find total number of
> seconds
> // add leading zero for single digit values
> minsElapsed = (minsElapsed < 10) ? "0" + minsElapsed
: minsElapsed;
> secsElapsed = (secsElapsed < 10) ? "0" + secsElapsed
: secsElapsed;
> minsTotal = (minsTotal < 10) ? "0" + minsTotal :
minsTotal;
> secsTotal = (secsTotal < 10) ? "0" + secsTotal :
secsTotal;
> loader_mc.counter_txt.text = minsElapsed + ":" +
secsElapsed + " / " +
> minsTotal + ":" + secsTotal;
> }
>
> loadedInterval = setInterval(checkBytesLoaded,100);
>