flash

Server bandwidth usage with rtmp streaming of video

Hi all, Quick question - I have the following setup: (1) An ec2 instance with an SWF on it - this SWF plays streaming video - i.e. is a video player like JWPlayer (2) A streaming video distribution set up via Cloudfront If I stream the the video via RTMP from Cloudfront to the SWF (which is on ec2) - would I incur charges for data tra...

How to Display the Javascript Navigation menu On the top of the Flash in all Major Bowsers

My site has a jQuery drop-down navigation menu and that is displayed beneath the Flash. How can I display the navigation menu above the Flash object? I tried with setting wmode="transparent" but it is not work. Please provide some help to solve this problem ...

AS3: Impossible to copy DisplayObjects with content?

How to copying display objects (sprites, movieclips etc) while keeping thier content (graphics, added display objects etc)in AS3? The most commonly suggested solution by Kirupa (http://www.kirupa.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1939827&postcount=172) doesn't seem to copy any graphics or child display objects: // create a sprite var s:Sprit...

Which api in red5.jar can be used to get red5 rtmp port, address, etc?

All these value configed in conf/red5.propperties, and i want to get them using red5 api. I don't want use jdk file/properties api, because it may differ from the runtime actual values sometimes. ...

Change Flash security whilst offline

I've got Flash content that needs to run within a web page off a CD. It works fine if I change the security settings in the Flash Global Security settings screen but that can only be accessed online. So... Can the security violation be overcome with a cross-domain XML on the local drive somehow? Can the Global Security settings screen ...

loading flash files (.swf) webview in android

I have a .swf file and i want to open it into webview and also wanna play flash games loaded there in webview. how to do that? please suggest me.. ...

reading contents of remote html pages with flash actionScript

Hi, I need help writing actionScript code. I'm not an actionScript developer and have been trying to get this to work for hours. The requirement is a script that receives a parameter via javascript. The parameter is a url for a remote html web page. The script needs to load the contents of that html page into a string variable and then c...

Get all movie clips inside a stage area

Is ther a way to get all movie clips inside a area with AS3 I need this to do multiple selection. ...

Flex or flash interface components for developing IOS apps?

Hello, im developing apps for the IOS plattaform using flash CS5, but the interface components (like listbox, combobox, buttons and so) that comes with flash/flex are not optimiced for IOS developing. Is there outthere a free libary of components for interface on IOS??? Thanks! ...

Do pre-loaders actually help in Flash?

I have noticed the use of "pre-loaders" on many sites that heavily use Flash. This is supposed to make the user feel as if the site is loading while the app is downloads and initializes. I have a few questions about this practice. Does this really help? From what I can see, there seems to be a fair amount of graphics in the pre-lo...

AS3 - Loader class problem tracing the swf (document class)

Hello, I am using the Loader class to load 3 external swfs: sharedTopics.swf (does not have a document class) fonts.swf (document class is FontManager) main.swf (document class is Main) The same loader is used to load all 3 assets. __assetLoader = new Loader(); var urlReq:URLRequest = new URLRequest(target.path); __assetLoader.co...

Moving large swf to S3 causes security issues

I have inherited a website which is build entirely in Flash and the main swf is 4.5MB large (ouch!). As you might guess this has caused a large hosting bill for my client. To solve the issue somewhat I want to move this monolithic swf to Amazon S3, however, this is causing security issues. This is how the larget swf is currently being ...

Is it possible to use MongoDB with flash/flex?

Hi, I would like to know if it is possible to connect MongoDB with Flash/Flex? If yes, kindly advise how could this be done? Thank you. ...

How to create a dress up game in Flash?

Hi, I am a newbie at Flash/Flex and Actionscript 3. I would like to know how can I create a dress up game in Flash/Actionscript where users can click on (not drag and drop) the available accessories/clothing and the avatar will display with the new selection immediately, and I can save the settings and take snapshot of the avatar in t...

Voice encoding in Flash/AS3

The only library I found is "shineMP3_alchemy.swc" that encodes to MP3 but I would like to encode in the Speex , Vorbis or some other voice optimized codec. ...

flash/html, how to embed a flash movie so that it scales with the browser window

hello, i would like to show my flash movie in a browser window so that it fills width and height as good as possible without distorting the movie. when i use the width and height attribute to the object/embed tags it only scales the width but not the height. <body bgcolor="#000000" width="100%" height="100%"> <o...

AS3 Change registration point of a MovieClip to be center of width and bottom

Hello! I have a MC in an AS3 animation and I want to increase its height from bottom to top which would mean that the registration point should be bottom of the MC and center of width (horizontal center). How can I do this please? Thank you. ...

Does Facebook tabs allows us using things like this getURL("facebook.com/example","_self")?

I have to make Flash tab on Facebook. There should be links in it, to other tabs(like: images, wall, videos etc). I'm using actionscript 2.0. getURL("facebook.com/example","_blank") is working perfectly, but I have to use "_self". Does Facebook allows developers to use this function? Thank you David ...

Create a library of AS3 components for Flash

I am looking to build a set of components for Flash that our developers can use throughout future projects. The components are not covered by the standard set of Flash UI components and I don;t think I need to really extend the UI Interface. Instead I would like to be able to distribute a library of FLA (non-compiled) components so that...

Calling a custom FLASH method from IE7 & IE8

I am trying to call a custom method of an embedded flash like so: var flash = navigation_get_flash_movie_object('main'); if (flash) { flash.continentOut(id); } Which works great in Chrome ans Safari, but fails utterly in IE7 & IE8. The browsers throws an error that the object doesn't have such a metho...