Question

I’m new at actionscript and not sure how to do this.

I have a button named btnPlay and an flv video named valerie.flv
I would like it when the button is pressed, the flv video plays in the same flash file through the standard flv player.

I tried everything I could and I just have no idea. I would really appreciate the help.

Answer 1

AS3 solution:

This all takes place on one frame in the timeline.

1. Components Panel > Video > FLV Playback <– drag this component on to the stage

2. In Component Inspector panel, with flv playback instance selected, set:

   • source: valerie.flv (this is a relative html path that will only work if flv in same folder as your html and swfs)
   • autoplay: false

3. Then, with flv playback instance selected, in Properties panel, set:

   • myVideo as the instance name

4. Components Panel > User Interface > Button <– drag on to stage

5. With button instance selected, in Properties panel, set:

   • myButton as the instance name

6. In Component Inspector panel, with button instance selected, set:

   • Label: Play Video

7. With the frame selected that both these components are on, open Actionscript window and enter this:

   import fl.controls.Button;
   import fl.video.FLVPlayback;

   var playBtn:Button = myButton;
   var flvVideo:FLVPlayback = myVideo;

   playBtn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, buttonClick);

   function buttonClick(e:MouseEvent) {
   var button:Button = Button(e.target);
   button.enabled = false;
   button.label = “Playing…”;
   flvVideo.play();
   }

8. Upload your valerie.flv file to the same folder where your html and swf will go.

9. Publish the Flash movie and copy the html and 2 swfs to that folder.