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flv occasionally will not auto play using flvplayback component

May 17, 2012 2:42 PM

Howdy,

 

So, I think the topic says it all.  I have had this website for several years, and have never seen this problem before.  It seems to have cropped up in the past few months.

 

Not sure if it's caused by an update to the flash player or what.

 

Also, I don't know if connection speed can set this off either.  It seems to happen more often when I am at a slower connection, or if others in the office are streaming a lot of video from others sites, etc.

 

Would that matter?  Shouldn't the flvplayback compnent buffer accordingly?

 

When the component fails to auto play, I can clearly see that the video IS loading.  It will load the entire video into memory, but will not play - even if I hit the play button.  The only way to get it to play is to refresh the page with the browser.  After I refresh the page, and the video has been patially or fully loaded, it will play fine.  But, if I clear my browser cache and start fresh, I get the same problem.

 

And again, this only happens SOMETIMES.  Other times with a cleared cache and a fast connection, the video will autoplay with no problem what so ever.

 

Any ideas?

 

Thanks so much.

 
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  • Currently Being Moderated
    Jun 19, 2012 2:29 PM   in reply to transistor06

    Yes I have observed this behaviour as well and found no solution.

     

    In my case I have a percent loading counter and observer the counter going all the way to 100% and it still does not play. Happens approx 1/10 - 1/20 times I test.

     

    Does anyone have any ideas?

     
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    Aug 1, 2012 5:45 AM   in reply to transistor06

    Hello, i have the same problem. But it happens more in chrome or firefox. Could be the flash player version? I am using the last one (11.3.300.268).

    Have anyone found a solution other than change the player?

     
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  • kglad
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    Aug 20, 2012 6:45 AM   in reply to transistor06

    disable autoPlay and use a progress listener to start your playback after about 50kb of the video is loaded.

     
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