keep Ratio in full screen - Extract Ratio from a movie (mp4) flash player

Question

Hi guys

This is what i'm trying to do , get the Ratio 4:3 9:16 etc from an mp4 movie (h264) so when ill open it in fullscreen using a flash player / action script 3 it will still keep the ratio.

regards

Answer 1

there is height and width varibles in the metadata recieved from loaded movies, divide one by the other to get the ratio of the video.

livedocs example

Answer 2

Or, if you are using flex: http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/flash/net/NetConnection.html

(see example at bottom of page)