Video player in flash

hey,
i am newbie to flash. i wonder whether it is possible to run
video player, such as windows media player, quicktime, realplayer
in the flash. i know you can run those inside a html webpage,
however, what about in flash?
if i want to play a video in flash, does it have to be
converted to flash video format?
thanks.

No, Why would you want to?
Here is a post on this discussion.
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-195518.html
Shane

Similar Messages

Embed video player or flash payer on Jsp page

HI all, I am new to java, and i want store videos in database(Mysql) and also want to retrieve and play videos on my jsp page,like youtube,how can i embed video player or flash payer on my jsp page so that i can play videos of almost all formats. iam doing all this in servlets.
Can anybody help me?? and give details about all that??
Thanks.

Hi thanks for ur response,
Can you please help me more, i am using eclipse on linux OS and trying to play video,using JMF,by using jmf.jar,mediaplayer.jar,multiplayer.jar files in my applications ,and when i run my class it gives error "No media player found" as there is no media player in linux,so how can i play my video in real player or in some other player in llinux using eclipse.
iam using sample code provided by JMF to play video.
Thanks.

What is the best pop-up video player for flash?

I am looking for the best way to create/find a pop-up video player for my flash site.
Meaning, clicking on thumbnails on a site and a new window/video player pops up.
I would love to use Vimeo, but I can work with YourTube if that is all there is.
Any suggestions?
Thank you!

I do not used videolightbox, but it may work just fine....but have created a similar effect on my own:
http://www.hiesequim.com/education_center_test.html
The big blue button in the middle of the page is a Flash .swf which communicates to javascript to show/hide a <div> containing a Flash video player. In this case it's not a separate pop-up window but an overlay. the important thing is that you can communicate between Flash and javascript, which will do the pop-up.
So yes, you can create pretty much any type of pop-up you want. You'll be using actionscript in your tumbnails to communicate with javascript which will pop-open the window.
In AS2 you use getURL or ExternalInterface to communicate with javascript.
http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/156/tn_15683.html
In AS3 :
http://simplistika.com/as3-javascript-communication/
For a pop-up window, you still need to create a second, actual html web page to hold the video player... embed Vimeo or whatever player you want.
You also need the javascript to do the pop-up:
http://www.javascript-coder.com/window-popup/javascript-window-open.phtml
or Google "javascript popup window" for tons more of examples.
If you are looking for more of the overlay type, like the link I posted above, the layout is a little different, you'll just be displaying a <div> which will hold your player instead of a whole separate page. Then you can use javascript show/hide:
http://www.randomsnippets.com/2008/02/12/how-to-hide-and-show-your-div/
or Google "javascript show hide" for tons more of examples.
So in your Flash, you use a thumbnail as a button which communicates to the javascript in the HTML section of your Web page (remember, there is no such thing as a Flash Web page, only HTML, PHP, ASP, etc pages which may happen to have some Flash content). The javascript then responds by opening a pop-up window which displays another HTML web page that you have created and has the Vimeo player displayed on that second, popup page.
Best of luck!
Adninjastrator

Multicast video player with FMS 4.0

I am trying to create a video player in Flash Builder using the new Flash Media Server 4.0 capabilities but I am not able to. The only thread I've seen out there is regarding the P2P player which is not what I want as seen here:
http://www.swfgeek.net/2010/08/10/multicast-streaming-in-flash-player-10-1-revisited/
I want to create a custom player that can retrieve a multicast broadcast.
Here is my code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<s:Group xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
         xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
         xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx" width="650" height="250">
    <fx:Declarations>
        
    </fx:Declarations>
    <fx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
    import mx.core.UIComponent;
    import spark.components.Group;
    private const SERVER:String = "rtmfp://172.22.2.150/multicast";
    private const DEVKEY:String = ""; //removed for now
    [Bindable]
    private var connected:Boolean = false;
    private var video:Video;
    private var netConnection:NetConnection;
    private var stream:NetStream;
    public function init():void{
    writeText("Broadcaster:");
    video = new Video(320,240);
    video.x = 10;
    video.y = 10;
    var uic:UIComponent = new UIComponent();
    uic.addChild(video);
    addElement(uic);
    connect();
    private function connect():void{
    netConnection = new NetConnection();
    netConnection.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatus);
    netConnection.connect(SERVER+DEVKEY);
    private function onNetConnectionNetStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void
    switch(event.info.code){
    case "NetStream.Connect.Success":
    event.info.stream.dispatchEvent(event);
    break;
    private function netStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void{
    writeText(event.info.code);
    switch(event.info.code){
    case "NetConnection.Connect.Success":
    setupStream();
    break;
    case "NetStream.Connect.Success":
    // not using a camera, using another live video source
    //var cam:Camera = Camera.getCamera();
    //stream.attachCamera(cam);
    //stream.publish("multicast");
    //video.attachCamera(cam);
    stream.attach(netConnection);
    stream.publish("myStream");
    video.attachNetStream(stream);
    break;
    private function setupStream():void{
    //var groupspec:GroupSpecifier = new GroupSpecifier("myGroup/multicastOne");
        var groupspec:GroupSpecifier = new GroupSpecifier("fms.multicast.example");
    groupspec.serverChannelEnabled = true;
    groupspec.multicastEnabled = true;
    groupspec.groupspecWithoutAuthorizations()
    stream = new NetStream(netConnection,groupspec.groupspecWithAuthorizations());
    stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatus);
    private function writeText(txt:String):void{
    txtHistory.text += txt+"\n";
    ]]>
    </fx:Script>
    <s:TextArea top="10" bottom="10" id="txtHistory" width="250" right="10"/>
</s:Group>

The QT movie opened promptly for me in Firefox 4.0. The fact that it's intermittent for you with FF indicates that it's a connection issue and not an iWeb issue. For some reason not all of the files are being loaded by FF at those times. (The server is probably being run by an Ohio State graduate )
OT
Go Blue!
Note: using Quicktime for you slide presentation will exclude all those users from the dark side who don't have Quicktime installed on their PCs. You might look into a java based method for the presentation. There are lots of them out there. With the free Jalbum you have over 100 themes/skins to choose from.
Message was edited by: Old Toad

List of variables for included video player?

I wanted to use the included video player from Flash media server but can't find a list of variables and values to pass to the player. Is there a list and could anyone point me in the right direction? I'm specifically looking to pass a stream name for a live stream to the video player.
Thank you,
Dan

Thanks for the reply Honglei!
Still I believe you've misunderstood the question. What I seek is documentation on the features of the player and info on it's parameters/variables.
I've included the FMS startpage object code and here you see a bunch of them. Take the parameters:
dsControl=manual (quess this is dynamic stream control)
dsSensitivity=100 (quess this dynamic stream sensitivity)
DS_Status=true (quess this dynamic stream status)
streamType=vod
....etc
These are just some of the parameters and I'm looking for an overview and explanation of them all.
<object width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' name='videoPlayer' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' classid='clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000' ><param name='movie' value='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' /> <param name='quality' value='high' /> <param name='bgcolor' value='#000000' /> <param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /> <param name='flashvars' value= '&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&DS_Status=true&streamType =vod&autoStart=true&serverURL=rtmp:/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v'/><embed src='swfs/videoPlayer.swf' width='640' height='377' id='videoPlayer' quality='high' bgcolor='#000000' name='videoPlayer' allowfullscreen='true' pluginspage='http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer' flashvars='&videoWidth=0&videoHeight=0&dsControl=manual&dsSensitivity=100&DS_Status=true& streamType=vod&autoStart=true&serverURL=rtmp:/vod/mp4:sample2_1000kbps.f4v' type='application/x-shockwave-flash'> </embed></object>
Thanks

Did you have video problems with Flash Player 10.2?

Hello Flash Player community,
We're getting ready to release Flash Player 10.3 and we'd like to ask for your help and input. If you encountered video related problems with the current version of Flash Player on sites like YouTube, we're especially interested to learn if the change's we've made to 10.3 help you. We've tested this internally, and while we've seen a definite improvement, we really want to expand the scope of hardware and have those previously impacted try again.
Here's all you need to do:
1. Install the latest video drivers for your system (see step 3 on this page for video driver links and instructions.) This is important, as older drivers contain limitations and bugs that can impact hardware acceleration in Flash Player. Flash Player works with all video cards, but it's possible hardware acceleration might not be fully supported on older hardware.
2. Download and install the browser appropriate Flash Player 10.3 from labs.adobe.com. If you encounter problems installing, please let us know. When upgrade issues occur, it's recommended you run the Flash Player uninstaller (Win, Mac), then try installing again.
3. Verify that the Flash setting "Enable hardware acceleration" is checked.
For instructions on finding this setting, please see step 1 of our Troubleshoot video playback issues article. Ignore the instructions to uncheck this setting, we want hardware acceleration to be enabled (make sure “Enable hardware acceleration” is selected/checked.”) If video still fails, please disable hardware acceleration and try again.
4. Navigate to the following two video samples and verify that both video and audio play correctly:
http://www.youtube.com/embed/tgbNymZ7vqY?wmode=direct
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer10/live-player/
Note: The second link is a large 1080p HD video, so don't worry about any buffering/bandwidth issues with this video: what we're looking for here are display issues (black screen, corrupted video, etc.)
That's it! We'd love to hear your success stories, especially if you were one of the ones that ran into problems when 10.2 was initially released! However, we're equally interested in hearing if things don't work correctly. Please let us know on this thread or send email to [email protected]. Please include a brief description of the problem and your hardware diagnostic file.
Thanks,
Chris

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/657743

Video Player X, Acrobat 10.1.4, and Flash

I'm trying to troubleshoot a problem for someone who is troubleshooting it for someone else who is troubleshooting it for one if his users, so I don't have direct access to the machine I'm asking about and some of the info I have could be inaccurate.
The document in question has several RMAs that display swf-based videos using the latest Video Player X (http://www.uvsar.com/projects/acrobat/videoplayerx/), set to begin when the page is opened and loop. For one user with Acrobat 10.1.4, they are not showing up and instead a FLV icon is displayed in the upper-left of one of the three RMAs on the page.
Does anyone know what could be possible causes of this? I realize the captive player was decoupled, but exactly which version of Flash Player should be installed for 10.1.4? Is it different than the one for Acrobat 11? If an external player is not installed, or an insufficient player is installed, should the user be prompted to download the correct version?
Thanks!

Decoupling only affects the Acrobat XI Family and the latest update of the Acrobat 9 Family. At this time, Acrobat and Adobe Reader X are still hanging on to their copies of captive player (which is at 10.3.183.20 as of this morning).
I have no idea where the FLV icon has come from (it's not in VideoPlayerX, if for some reason the media file won't play or the skin won't load, all you get is a blank box). Even if you overload Flash Player's memory stack by playing a heap of videos at the same time, all you should see is a drop in framerate (I've got test PDFs with 12 videos per page that all play in unison, albeit somewhat stuttery).
Ping me offline if there's any stuff you can share, and I'd love to see a screenshot of this mysterious icon.

How to embed a flash video player in iWeb?

I'm using this open source video player:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/extras/readme.html#installing
I've customized it here:
http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.html
I'm trying to imbed it in an iWeb page using the "HTML Snippet" feature.
This is the code that is recommended:
<embed src="http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.swf" width="600" height="600
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage=
"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
.... but I'm left with only a "white box" with the rotating circle...
any ideas?

Here is an updated version of the question which will hopefully make it useful for further users of iWeb... once an answer is found....
I'm trying to embed this player into myspace and also into iWeb 2.0 as a "web widget":
http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.html
This HTML will make it work in Myspace and iWeb 2.0:
<object enableJSURL="false" enableHREF="false" saveEmbedTags="true" allowScriptAccess="never" allownetworking="internal" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.swf" height="300" width="312">
<param name="movie" value="http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.swf" />
<param name="allownetworking" value="internal" />
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" />
<param name="enableJSURL" value="false" />
<param name="enableHREF" value="false" />
<param name="saveEmbedTags" value="true" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="..FFFFFF" />
<param name="wmode" value="opaque" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="scale" value="showall" />
<param name="flashvars" value="file=http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/playlist.xml&autostart=true&lightcolor=0xffcc00" />
...BUT ..... no menu shows up to select the video...
I think the problem is that it's running the SWF file OK, but in order for it to work properly, it has to read data from this HTML file http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/flvplayer.html
and this XML file: http://www.perlstrax.com/alexanderperls_musicvideos/playlist.xml
Here is a recent discussion on placing these players in myspace:
http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=3007

Flash Video Player Need Help

Hello everyone I am hoping someone here can help me. I am going to school and I have an action scripting class. For my final project we have to make a flash video player with a custom skin to upload to our websites. We did something similar to this with our first project which we made a player where the movies where embedded in the file itself but this is supposed to be a youtube like flash player where we can call in the files from another source.
We kind of got pressed for time and were not able to go into detail with this project so the teacher gave us the code and I put it in exactly how it should be but im pretty sure i have something misplaced or I am missing a step. I get 8 different errors when I go to test the movie. and nothing works. Can someone please tell me what I am doing wrong or can you point me in the direction of a tutorial on this as I have been searching for tutorials on this with no luck.
Here is my Action Script 3.0 CODE:
import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
import fl.controls.List;
var vid:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
vid.source= "fashion.flv";
addChild(vid);
vid.skin="SkinOverPlayStopSeekMuteVol.swf";
vid.x=100;
vid.y=300;
vid.skinAutoHide="true";
vid.width=500;
vid.height=280;
var vidList:List = new List();
vidList.x= vid.x+10;
vidList.y= 200;
vidList.width=200;
vidList.height=100;
vidList.addItem({label:"Bathroom Behavior",data: "bathroom.flv"});
vidList.addItem({label:"Chase Scene",data: "chase.flv"});
vidList.addItem({label:"VMCAD Fashion Design Commercial",data: "fashion.flv"});
addChild(vidList);
vidList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,playVid);
function playVid(e:Event):void{
vid.source=e.target.selectedItem.data;
Here is a screenshot of the errors I am receiving.
Please help me
thanks
Message was edited by: BTwardy

I don't know if what you posted is all that is in that as file, but you need to declare a package, then call the import statements, then declare the class name. Like this:
package {
     import flash.display.Sprite;
     import flash.events.Event;
     import fl.video.FLVPlayback;
     import fl.controls.List;
     public class Main extends Sprite {
          public function Main() {
               var vid:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
               vid.source= "fashion.flv";
               addChild(vid);
               vid.skin="SkinOverPlayStopSeekMuteVol.swf";
               vid.x=100;
               vid.y=300;
               vid.skinAutoHide="true";
               vid.width=500;
               vid.height=280;
               var vidList:List = new List();
               vidList.x= vid.x+10;
               vidList.y= 200;
               vidList.width=200;
               vidList.height=100;
               vidList.addItem({label:"Bathroom Behavior",data: "bathroom.flv"});
               vidList.addItem({label:"Chase Scene",data: "chase.flv"});
               vidList.addItem({label:"VMCAD Fashion Design Commercial",data: "fashion.flv"});
               addChild(vidList);
               vidList.addEventListener(Event.CHANGE,playVid);
          function playVid(e:Event):void{
               vid.source=e.target.selectedItem.data;
Then click on your stage in Flash, then open the properties window, and fill the Class text field with:   Main
Make sure the as file is saved in the same folder as the flv.

Dreamweaver Flash Video Player

Hi,
I am a newbie to Flash and DreamWeaver. I thought I posted
this yesterday but cannot find Posting.
Can someone please help? Flash player and video work fine in
Dreamweaver CS3 but do not work at all on Windows Vista PC with IE
7. I have all the files installed on the web server's root. Don't
think wrong path is the issue.
Website: www.wepsicklecell.org
Problem Page: Home page (index.html)
Could someone please tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks
Julie

Html doesn't control flash players. The skins, controls,
buttons, etc are
referenced by the SWF file. You would have better control
over your video
player if you compiled the FLV/SWF in a Flash program instead
of DW.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com

Using Flash player even though YouTube HTML5 video player is enabled

I'm in YouTube HTML5 video player beta program (http://youtube.com/html5), but even with it being enabled, every time I play a YouTube video it's still using Flash player.

try adding '''&html5=True''' to the end of the URL

Video Player Component using Flash Player 6

I'm streaming video using Flash Player 6. The problem I am
having is that the video will only play at a super small size,
something like 180 x 60 (that's a guess). Is there a way to play
the video at the 320 width that I redered it as?
I'm using Flash Player 6 because some code that came with my
purchased Flash Template does not work unless it's published to
Flash Plaey 6.
Thanks in advance!

Hello Melissa,
I might not be understanding the question right, but if you
are using Flash
Player 6, and the Flash Player 6 video player component, you
can resize the
video by resizing the component on the stage (just drag and
make it larger).
Let me know if that works for you.
Jesse H.
Adobe Community Expert
My site:
http://www.jharding.com
Free Blog Radio:
http://www.tornadostream.com
> I'm streaming video using Flash Player 6. The problem I
am having is
> that the
> video will only play at a super small size, something
like 180 x 60
> (that's a
> guess). Is there a way to play the video at the 320
width that I
> redered it as?
> I'm using Flash Player 6 because some code that came
with my
> purchased Flash
> Template does not work unless it's published to Flash
Plaey 6.
> Thanks in advance!

How to connect flash video player(like youtube) to live streaming video the programm like

How to connect flash video player(like youtube) to live
streaming video the programm like webcamXP?
Or through a browser to look in a videoplayer video from
other usual personal computer with the program for a video
broadcasting from the web chamber.

you can use google to search for tutorials on skinning the component.

Best export from FCP4.5 for conversion to Flash video player?

Hi,
I'm prepping a 5 min edit production for the best web presentation w/o excessive file size / loading time. The production has a lot of subtle detail & layered images so there a lot of opportunities for this to turn to mud (shot on low grade digital consumer video camera & also in lower light settings).
I exported in H264 at med quality & got a good looking 75 meg file. Tried uploading to YouTube, fearing the worst, and it actually created something decent from that file. I could just link that embedded file to the intended website, but I dont want that YouTube logo in the corner. I'd rather recreate what they do in Flash w/o the logo.
Does anyone have info on what YouTube does to the videos it processes into those flash video player files? Compression or resolution settings? It looks like going that route will give better results that can be universally viewed than the standard mpeg route. (file size & universal viewing on all platforms are my only reason not to post in H264).
Are these issues best solved going from a big FCP export and handled with settings in Flash? Or is there some export choice in FCP that will give best (size & res) quailty with minimal influence needed from Flash?
I've tried Compressor but havent been able to get any results from it. I just get errors that I dont understand. If thats the solution, I'll dig into that further, but would appreciate any tips / guidance.
thanks
Duane
G5 tower Mac OS X (10.4.8)

You could try Sorenson 3 at 640x480. Try a quality setting of about 80 percent.

Import a video player made in flash cs4 into flash builder 4

I want to import a video player made in flash cs4 into flash builder 4. Are there any pitfalls that i should be aware of?

pdf is not a supported file type in flash.

Video player in flash

Similar Messages

Maybe you are looking for