Load unique .FLV's into .SWF player

[ericahlstrom]

Here is the situation.

(1) you have many .FLV's with many more to come in the future.
(2) You create an .SWF wrapper for the (Flash Object) in AMS to see.
(3) The .FLV plays in AMS great.
(4) Now it's time to load another .FLV into the same .SWF wrapper.

Question: How can I do this in AMS without having to create an unique .SWF for each and every new .FLV I create?

[reteset]

hope this heps a bit

Flash :

_root.AMS_command = "";
_root.FLVpath = "";

this.onEnterFrame = function()
{
    if ( _root.AMS_command eq "Load")
    {
        _root.AMS_command = ""; // clean for next time ,and block a endless loop
        _root.FLVpath = "";
        player_mc.Load(FLVpath); // load flv movie with path
        
    }
} 

AMS :

Flash.SetFlashVariable("Flash1", "FLVpath", "C:\\MyMovie.flv");
Flash.SetFlashVariable("Flash1", "AMS_command", "Load");

[reteset]

sorry it is too late to edit

flash side needs a correction

_root.AMS_command = ""; 
_root.FLVpath = ""; 

this.onEnterFrame = function() 
{ 
    if ( _root.AMS_command eq "Load") 
    { 
        player_mc.Load(FLVpath); // load flv movie with path 
        _root.AMS_command = ""; // clean for next time ,and block a endless loop 
        _root.FLVpath = ""; 
        
         
    } 
} 

[ericahlstrom]

I really appreciate your help.

Should I load PHP code into frame one of my Flash Doc?

Also, is it loading the playing automatically or do I need to import a .flv into flash to create the player first as a template?

[reteset]

i assumed you have fimiliarity with flash,

1 : create a new flash project
2: new project comes with an empty layer & frame
3: put this code to frame's action pane

_root.AMS_command = "";  
_root.FLVpath = "";  

this.onEnterFrame = function()  
{  
    if ( _root.AMS_command eq "Load")  
    {  
        player_mc.Load(FLVpath); // load flv movie with path  
        _root.AMS_command = ""; // clean for next time ,and block a endless loop  
        _root.FLVpath = "";  
         
          
    }  
}

4: create a new layer and put a player component to this layer
5: set properties of player compnent
6: set player component's instance name as player_mc
7: compile

8: put autput swf into a folder in your AMS project
9: move that swf to your AMS page
10 : put a button on page surface
11 : and put his code to button's On click Event with correct arguments

Flash.SetFlashVariable("Flash1", "FLVpath", "C:\\MyMovie.flv");
Flash.SetFlashVariable("Flash1", "AMS_command", "Load");

[ericahlstrom]

I followed your instructions but file isn't loading. I have attached both my ams file as well as my flash doc.

If you have time and could check the files it would be most appreciated.

[reteset]

here is a working sample

this is a Flash 8 project and Actionscript 2.0 used
fla document is in Flash folder of AMS project

you should set file path to yours (in button's on click event)

[ericahlstrom]

Thanks again for your time. It works and has helped a lot.

[aae991]

Is there a way to get the flash component to go full screen when adding the wrapper in Flash? So far I have been unable to get the flash object in AMS 7.5 to go full screen (toggle).

Thanks.

[Michael]

Reteset,
longedge pointed me to your flv example and it works great. I now need to make a "pause" button in addition to the play button. AMS's flash commands don't work directly, so I'm thinking that the actionscript:

_root.AMS_command = "";
_root.FLVpath = "";
this.onEnterFrame = function ()
{
if (_root.AMS_command eq "Load")
{
player_mc.load(FLVpath);
player_mc.play();
_root.AMS_command = "";
_root.FLVpath = "";
}
};

needs an addition for that to work. Is it possible to add it? My knowledge of flash is limited, but would appreciate any help with this.
Thanks,
Michael

[reteset]

here is a more advanced one

FLVPlayer Example

[Imagine Programming]

here is a more advanced one

FLVPlayer Example

Aaah Flash 8, finally a fla i can open lol

It's hard to find old fla's these days

[reteset]

yes , i agree

Flash 8 is more stable , more easy , more clean and looks more professional than Adobe's **

i do not want to install an Operating system for make a flash movie

just my idea

[Imagine Programming]

yes , i agree

Flash 8 is more stable , more easy , more clean and looks more professional than Adobe's **

i do not want to install an Operating system for make a flash movie

just my idea

hehe i totally agree, at my college we had to install flash cs4 on our college laptops. But first we had to install more ram (on top of the 1,5 gb in it) before it would do anything...

So we stuck with Macromedia flash 8

[longedge]

Hah..... I struggle with Actionscript and have to make use of autocomplete (after you put the "." in) so I was a bit foxed as to how to get a pause. Typing "player_mc.pa" doesn't show "pause" as an option. I started thinking about getting the current position and then doing something like a gotandplay *but* player_mc.pause(); works I've said it before - I hate flash :lol

Thanks Reteset for the example :yes