Where's the new video component?

Question

I just installed the 9.0.2 update (on my Mac Pro) which is
supposed to have a new video component that allows the use of h.264
video. However, there doesn't seem to be any new components and the
old FLYPlayback component still doesn't recognize anything other
than a .flv file. Is there a problem with the updater or am I
missing something here?

Answer 1

> try using NetStream/NetConnect on a video object. I
haven't
> tried this yet, but give it a shot.
That's a good thought, and it certainly does work with a
Video object
and AS3. However, I did try this with the FLVPlayback
component and, well
... it works -- but it's not especially intuitive. Not an
ideal situation,
unfortunately.
For one, it's difficult to browse for the non-FLV file (in
my case, an
MP4). Why? Because the file filter only looks for FLVs. I'm
on a Windows
machine, so I just typed *.* into the "File name" field of
the browse
dialog. That overrides the "Files of type" filter and that's
when I was
able to see my MP4s. After that, I selected my video file by
double-clicking on it. That updated the FLVPlayback.source
parameter to the
file path, as expected, but after I clicked OK (after a
verrrrrry long
pause), Flash gave me an error message, saying "Failed to
load FLV: [name of
file]." ("Hmm," I thought, "that would be because I didn't
ask for an FLV
file.") But I tested the SWF anyway, and the thing played
just fine. Which
means the IDE is now capable of using the latest Flash Player
to display (to
test, versus debug) SWFs. That part is good. I would have
expected the IDE
not to have such a hard time with it, though.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."