Trying to buffer on Flash Media Server

Question

Hi all, I am very embasarred about this as I should really have studied more but I am having massive difficulty in getting my videos to buffer from Flash Media Server 3.5. The videos are on the web and streaming fine so really I just need to put some actionscript in to make them work... sounds easy. Also, I come across an article by Fabio Sonatti which seems to offer the solution I need. He states the following script.
function initConnection() {
   // Create a NetConnection
   nc = new NetConnection();
   // Define onStatus event handler
   nc.onStatus = function(info) {
   trace("Level: "+info.level+" Code: "+info.code);
   // Initialize the stream after the connection is successful
   if (info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success") {
      trace("--- connected to: " + this.uri);
      startStream(); //Inizialize the stream
   // try to connect, to be changed with your app path
   nc.connect("rtmp://127.0.0.1/dualBuffering/demo");
function startStream() {
   //Define stream and buffers parameters
    stream_name="test_stream";  //your stream
    startBufferLength=2; //keep this in the range 2-4+
    expandedBufferLength=15;  //arbitrarily high
   // create a netstream
   ns = new NetStream(nc);
   // Define onStatus event handler
   ns.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object) {
      if (infoObject["code"]=="NetStream.Buffer.Full"){
      ns.setBufferTime(expandedBufferLength);
      trace("set expanded buffer");
      if (infoObject["code"]=="NetStream.Buffer.Empty"){
      ns.setBufferTime(startBufferLength);
      trace("set start buffer");
   // attach the NetStream to a video object
   // change from videoObj to your istance name if needed
   videoObj.attachVideo(ns);
   ns.setBufferTime(startBufferLength);
   ns.play(stream_name, 0);
initConnection();
stop();
Now, please appreciate that I know very lkittle about ActionScript but I do know to change the path "rtmp etc etc" to the location of my video on the FMS, so thats fine. However this is where I have a problem I am afraid. I am 100% sure that I need to replace some other items within the code to make it work (as I get errors when I test the video in Flash) but I am afraid and embarassed that I have no idea which items to change. I know the code is perfect but I dont know what a NetStream is and this I think is letting me down.
I apologise in advance for being an idiot but I am just desperate to get these videos buffering, I know this is the codfe to do it but I need someone to just talk to me in dead simpl;e terms to put me in the right direction. Can anyone help ? : Many thanks : Dom  

Answer 1

MediaPlayer.stop() will only stop playback of the stream, but not close the connection.
If you set MediaPlayer.media to null, then it will close the connection.