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Flash Encoding (FLV): What are the prefered bitrates?

I inherited a project that is sending videos off to a remote encoder to encode into FLVs. Today, I noticed that we are asking them to encode at 1024kbps To me, this seems extremely high. What is everyone else using? What is YouTube using for "standard" vs. "high quality" versions? Thank you in advance. ...

zend framework losing session

I am trying to implement a Flash uploader in my Zend framework application but I am having problems with the session. The Flash does not send any cookie headers and this is why the session is lost. I am trying to send the sessionId as a post param and in my bootstrap file I added a session_id($_POST['session_id]) but this doenst seem to...

Flash play() processed immediately?

Does the play() function in Flash: move the playhead of the MovieClip to the next frame -- as soon as play() is called change the MovieClip's state to "playing" -- actually move MovieClip to next frame, when movie moves to next frame ...

Flash 9: How to determine if a streaming track is mono?

I've been trying to lick this problem for months now... In Flash 9 I'm trying to load a streaming MP3 file and calculate its track length. I can do that fine, But when the mp3's channel is mono, the time is double that of the original track length. How did I figure this out? Well, I tested my player by recording into Sound Recorder on Wi...

LoaderContext and ApplicationDomain changes with Adobe AIR ?

Hello, I'm currently experimenting with loading external SWF files from both an standard AS3 application, and an AIR application. It seems that the AIR application doesn't act the same way a standard SWF run by the Flash Player does. According to the documentation, the applicationDomain property of LoaderContext is usable in an AIR app...

using colorTransformer to make color fading out effect

Is there a good sample how to make a color "fading out" demo effect, something like this: colorTransformer.redMultiplier = colorTransformer.redMultiplier -.2 ; colorTransformer.greenMultiplier = colorTransformer.greenMultiplier -.2 ; colorTransformer.blueMultiplier = colorTransformer.blueMultiplier -.2 ; ...

Impossible to achieve a Zoom in/out with webcam using actionscript?

Hi I am guessing this is not possible based on the fact that my Google search did not yield anything! So asking the stackoverflow talent, is it possible for me to get webcams to zoom in and out providing the webcam has zoom capability? I am guessing no? This is for an image capture project that I am doing. Thanks all ...

Flash Video - Creating a Virtual Video Clip

I have a requirement to play only a portion of a larger video file in Flash and I am wondering if this is possible in a dynamic way. We want to avoid having to cut up a larger video into smaller clips that will appear at different locations on the site. thanks Michael ...

flex preloader not working with # in the url (deep linking)

I can't get flash preloaders to work when there is a a # in the url of my page (even without any deep linking libraries or logic). I am using flex 3.3. Flash plugins 9 and 10, all browsers. There is this bug regarding # in the url preventing preloaders from working: http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/SDK-14162 However, somehow, someon...

Best way to stream files in ASP.NET

What's the best way to stream files using ASP.NET? There appear to be various methods for this, and I'm currently using the Response.TransmitFile() method inside an http handler, which sends the file to the browser directly. This is used for various things, including sending FLV's from outside the webroot to an embedded Flash video pla...

Flash: .as vs .fla - loaderInfo.loader

I have this code that works from an .as file if (loaderInfo.loader) loaderInfo.loader.dispatchEvent(new Event("pageFinish", true)); Then I put the above code into an .fla file (another existing Flash file), but (loaderInfo.loader) always returns false, eventhough it is loaded from another swf. Hence the event is never dispatched. Ed...

Is there a Flash onload error event?

Hi people, Is there any way of detecting an error when a Flash-plugin loads its content? Basically, what I want to do is to provide some alternate content, in case something goes wrong when the Flash-plugin tries to load it's .swf file. The .swf file is managed by the client and hence I want to create some kind of fall back default c...

Flex 3 and flash plugin error

Hi guys, I have built a flex 3 application using Flex Builder. I am then embedding it in a portal application but having problems with installing the Flash Player When i load up my application in Firefox or IE6 (without Flash installed) i get a message where my flex app should be, ("Additional plugins are required to display all the m...

How to make a movie with transparent background in a flash with transparent background

I want to make a flash like the one here http://www.multisoft.com/ (wait for the page to load). The nice lady in the bottom right of the page has a transparent background. I'm not interested in background of the flash (not the wmode stuff), but in the background of the movie itself. Is there an easy way to do that? Maybe a script that ta...

Can Flex/Flash Record the Screen?

This question is pretty straight forward, I literally just want to stream video of a user's computer. Just like recording from a webcam, but with the source coming from the desktop (think "screencasting tool".) I specifically want to do this in pure Flash, no downloads or add-ons. This would be an easy question for Google, but it is co...

TextField gets FocusEvent type="focusIn" even when its not true

It seems that my TextField() gets "FocusEvent type=focusIn" even when there is no real keyboard focus (cursor not blinking) I am calling "stage.focus = mytextfield;" in main constructor and it seem to cause it: However, there is no focus in the whole flash application yet unless I click the flash area, focusIN event appears while the f...

swfobject getFlashPlayerVersion does not work in IE

swfobject.getFlashPlayerVersion doesn't work in IE, any alternatives? ...

FLASH AS3 spme External streams urls not working from my server

Some external streaming urls working from my server, some streams urls not working , what is the reason ?I am using as3 flash 9player. external urls like this http://38.96.174.38:9568 this is not working . Please let me know. thanks ...

Flash Movie Not Loaded in IE6

I have a .swf file that I try to browse to and it loads fine in Firefox, but in IE6 it doesn't load. When right-clicking it says "movie not loaded". Any suggestions? ...

Embedding multiple instances of a flash component in a Flex application

I have a flash application (pure AS, no Flex framework) that I'd like to embed inside of a flex application using SWFLoader. Embedding one instance works well. However, when I try to embed multiple instances (each with a separate SwfLoader), there is really strange behavior that seems to be caused by clashes among the class definitions ...