Video / flv player question

http://us.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaticPageDisplay?storeId=13052&catalogId= 33060&identifier=tsus2-kate-moss-aw10&cmpid=20108_15&_$ja=tsid:19907
I have a client who wants a video on their site similar to the link above. How complicated is this to do? Would I need to create a skin myself for the player. What about the player not showing until the user clicks the arrow? How does that work is that part of the player? Also will the video load fast enough as an .flv or does it need to be on a server? I assume an flv is sufficient.
The part I'm not sure of is the player, how will I get it to look exactly as I want? Any help is appreciated!!
Thanks.

You can edit the player skin if you like. There's no need to do that to get the effect that you want, however. The flvPlayer component is just a tool, you don't have to use it at all. You can load an external .flv file into a sprite or movieClip and play it as you like. Here's a tutorial on bulding the custom controls: http://www.developphp.com/Flash_tutorials/show_tutorial.php?tid=89 Caution: turn down the audio in the top video when you get to the site!
Having the controls appear or disappear is just a matter of adding that code to functions for other actions.

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1. When you embed a .FLV on a .HTML page running on your
server, do you
always have to upload a .SWF player for it also?
2. I want to design my own player. Are there any limitation
as to how
the player can be designed? Could it be any size, shape,
color, etc.
3. Does anyone know of any good tutorials for designing your
own FLV player?
Thanks.

I feel dumb for having to ask this, though I do not see a
tutorial for
this on your blog.
Lee wrote:
> I'm using Thunderbird on a mac and do not see a sig for
you in any of
> your posts.
>
> thanks for the responses!!!!
>
> funkysoul wrote:
>> lol,
>> 1. no limitations any size, any shape, any color,
any animation
>>
>> 2. don't you see my sig?
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Flash video loaded into FLV Player choppy

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and got nowhere :(
The Flash video that's being loaded into the FLV Player is
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Any help is GREATLY appreciated. I'm at my wits end with this
and confused as to why I can't preload the movie. The preloader
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gets choppy every now and then.
thanks!

Actually I did try setting the buffer to 10 and it didn't
correct the problem. Tried adding the suggested FLV Preloader but
it doesn't work with this instance (component loading external
movie file) so I ended up having to use a different FLV Player
altogether and it worked fine. Seems like there is something wrong
with the built-in component -i f another FLV Player works perfectly
without any additional programming or tweaking and was developed by
an outside source (other than Adobe.)
Thanks for your reply though.

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arunbe,
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Hi All
Right, where do i start - i have just spent the last 3
months learning HTML and CSS for a website that i run. We are a
video production company, and we need to have a bank of videos that
will be updated on an almost weekly basis.
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JP

thewakeplace.com wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Right, where do i start - i have just spent the last 3
months learning HTML
> and CSS for a website that i run. We are a video
production company, and we
> need to have a bank of videos that will be updated on an
almost weekly basis.
> I want to use some sort of flash video set up, where the
main video plays and
> there is a slideshow of other videos below - wrapped up
in a XML file.
>
> BUT - I can't find any up to date tutorials on making
your own FLV player that
> is compatible with XML style lists. When i say make my
own FLV player, i mean i
> have made a skin in PS and imported it to Flash. I can
import a video that is
> Actionscript controlled - but from there, all the
tutorials i come across seem
> to use old code that CS3 doesn't understand.
>
Just set the export to Flash 8 AS 2.0 version and you will be
set. All the flv players
will work for you.
Best Regards
Urami
"Never play Leap-Frog with a Unicorn."
<urami>
If you want to mail me - DO NOT LAUGH AT MY ADDRESS
</urami>

FLV Player rollOut

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hi ...
i have a project , i put all my project in 1 scene
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also i have layer that i put some menu and script them to goto these pages ...
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Dear Kglad
i found another threat that you answer this Question with this tip :
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Introducing the Ginger FLV Player, the most expansive media player available!

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like you to take a look!
Ginger is a full XML media player that allows for the most
flexibility. All you need is a text editor to start editing the
most expansive media player on the market. You can even integrate
other languages such as PHP and JS to take total control of the
application; and everything is parsed at runtime! Ginger really has
no boundaries, and you can download the fully featured free version
to take a trial run.
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watch the developer tutorial videos (we are working on more!), or
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Hey Dave - I don't think you're missing anything, I get the same - Adobe Media Player is just a soon-to-be discontinued product. Check here for a couple more details.
You could uninstall it I guess but it's only 3Mb, may as well leave it there. Cheers - Chris

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Another day, another issue...
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It works without problem when I test it locally. Trouble is when I upload it, everything displays correctly but the flv movie file doesn't play. Here's the test link:
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A collection of FLV downloader, FLV player, and FLV converter for Mac

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A collection of FLV downloader, FLV player, and FLV converter for Mac
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Of course, I am not speaking this to depress you, but to share my collections of these tools to show my kindness. Sure, just for people who have these needs.
At first, I’ll introduce you several FLV downloaders for Mac, I have tried all of them, and basically they can achieve my goal of downloading FLV videos online.
Free FLV downloaders for Mac:
Web Video Downloader for Firefox
Free Video Downloader for Mac
Free YouTube Downloader for Mac
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Adobe Media Player
Wimpy FLV Player
QuickTime, after installation of the Perian video plugin
SWF & FLV Player
CorePlayer
(Tip: the above pieces of software can easily be searched in Google, so I do not give you the links here. I’m sure you can get them with ease.)
Well, we have gone through the FLV downloaders and FLV players in the above passages, now it’s time to introduce you a FLV converter for Mac. This program I recommend is Pavtube FLV Converter for Mac, which can perfectly convert FLV videos to a wide range of video formats, so that you can do whatever you like with the resulted videos, such as playing on your iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, PSP, Apple TV, etc. or exporting to iMovie, Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express to do further editing, or doing something else as you like. But how to use it? You may ask me. Take it easy, a step-by-step instruction is involved in the following part.
1. Download, install and run this program
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Hi Greg,
So if I understand correctly, your findings are:
Flash Player 10.1.85.3 + Flash Media Interactive Server = Jerky Video
Flash Player 10.0.x.x + Flash Media Interactive Server = Smooth Video
Flash Player 10.1.85.3 + Wowza = Smooth Video
And what about Flash Player 10.0.x.x + Wowza?
Also, if you could check the network traffic to confirm if it's Flash Player causing the issue or it is receiving it like that from FMIS.
Cheers
--Vikas

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I'm looking to get some kind of audio/video media player for a website. I would like it to be customizable, and also most likely read a play list from some kind of text file or xml file.
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I don't know of any QuickTime media players - any links to get me started?
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http://www.cidigitalmedia.com/tutorials/qt/play_qt.html
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FCP Freezes When Exporting to Flash Video (FLV)

Final Cut Pro 7.0.2 freezes when exporting to Flash Video (FLV). The resulting FLV file contains only a few seconds of the exported video. A 2009 Apple Support notice offers this re. FCP 6 and CS3 Flash Video Encoder...
===
Final Cut Pro: May quit unexpectedly when exporting to Flash
Last Modified: February 13, 2009
Article: TS2593
Symptoms
Final Cut Pro may quit unexpectedly when you export using QuickTime Conversion if you choose Flash Video (FLV) from the Format menu.
Products Affected
Final Cut Pro 6.x, Adobe Creative Suite 3 Flash Video Encoder
Resolution
This can happen if you use the Adobe Creative Suite 3 Flash Video Encoder and Final Cut Pro together. This issue does not occur with the Flash Video Encoder in Adobe Creative Suite 4. To work around the issue:
Choose File > Export > QuickTime Movie.
Be sure to enable Make Movie Self-Contained.
Open the exported movie in QuickTime Player.
Export the movie to Flash from QuickTime Player.
===
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oh well.

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Hi,
I wanna play flv videos (downloaded from youtube) and it seems i'm not able to do so. I installed 'SWF and FLV player' from apple website and it doesn't work and then I installed perian component for quick time and again it doesn't work
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Has anyone actually been able to build a FLV player with Flex 2?

I have been playing around with a FLV player in Flex 2, but I
keep on running into one big problem: I never get a picture. Sound
is not a problem, and all code seems to do exactly what it should.
Except for the video showing up... I have tried loads of examples,
read all of the docs I could get my hands on, but it all ends the
same: no picture.
The best solution (imho) I found is listed below, but still
it does not do what it is supposed to do. Still, I only get audio.
If there's anyone who's got a player working with the Video
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Michiel.
The source:
package Assets {
import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.net.NetConnection;
import flash.net.NetStream;
import flash.media.Video;
import flash.text.TextFieldAutoSize;
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.TimerEvent;
import flash.events.NetStatusEvent;
import flash.utils.Timer;
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private var _video:Video;
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private var _duration:uint;
private var _timer:Timer;
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_duration = 0;
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_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
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_video = new Video();
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Client.onMetaData = onMetaData;
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_stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS,
onNetStatus);
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addChild(_playbackTime);
private function onMetaData(data:Object): void {
_duration = data.duration;
private function onNetStatus(e:NetStatusEvent): void {
_video.width = _video.videoWidth;
_video.height = _video.videoHeight;
private function onTimer(t:TimerEvent): void {
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}

Hi Chielosos,
In your code, after
import flash.utils.Timer;
You may need to add
NetConnection.defaultObjectEncoding =
flash.net.ObjectEncoding.AMF0;
SharedObject.defaultObjectEncoding =
flash.net.ObjectEncoding.AMF0;
Hope it works,
Jeffrey

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