Any suggestions? Still in a little rut here.

-m

Hi again! The video's total duration is 16.282 seconds. However when it ends on the first run it needs to loop back to frame 318 (or whatever the quivalent that is in seconds). After it loops back to frame 318 it should play to the end again ( at 16.282 seconds) and then loop back to 318 ad infinitum.

I tried the ns.seek script using seconds instead of the frame #, the project is still freezing on the last frame of the video. I took a screenshot to give a visual of my timeline / actionscript window. Maybe it will be of some assistance. If need be I can post a .swf.

Here is the code once again:

var video:Video = new Video(1980, 1020);

addChild(video);

 

 

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

 

 

var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

 

 

var meta:Object = new Object ();

meta.onMetaData = function (meta: Object)

{

          trace(meta.duration);

}

 

 

ns.client = meta;

 

 

video.attachNetStream(ns);

 

 

ns.play("All.flv");

meta.onPlayStatus = function(obj:Object):void{

if(obj.code=="NetStream.Play.Complete"){

ns.seek(10.18);

}

}

A little greek to me. I vaguley understand that the trace(meta.duration) is giving me the exact time length in my log when the video stops though. What line of code would I need to insert?

So, I implemented the track code as posted above. Still freezes at the final frame of the video. My output log doesn't post any new meta information besides the time length of the FLV video. Please advise if those two lines of code need to be adjusted/changed in anyway.

Okay, I downloaded the water.flv, i had no problems playing the video in the FLV video player (so no problems with the FLV itself). I then moved water.flv into my project directory. Upon moving the water video into the project directory I changed the actionscript lines "ns.seek(4);"  and the  "ns.play(filename);" as you suggested. The same issue happens, the video plays and freezes on the last frame. Here is my code again for reference:

var video:Video = new Video(1980, 1020);

addChild(video);

 

 

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

 

 

var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

 

 

var meta:Object = new Object ();

meta.onMetaData = function (meta: Object)

{

          trace(meta.duration);

}

 

 

ns.client = meta;

 

 

video.attachNetStream(ns);

 

 

ns.play("water.flv");

meta.onPlayStatus = function(obj:Object):void{

trace(obj.code);

if(obj.code=="NetStream.Play.Complete"){

trace("seek");

ns.seek(4);

}

}

I also decided to run a debug on the FLV video in flash, using the debug movie command and I received this bit of output:

Attempting to launch and connect to Player using URL /Users/mitchp*****/Desktop/ART/Art (DO NOT DELETE!)/Digital work/Views/View I/L2.swf

[SWF] Users:mitchpatrick:Desktop:ART:Art (DO NOT DELETE!):Digital work:Views:View I:L2.swf - 1842 bytes after decompression

*** Security Sandbox Violation ***

Connection to All.flv halted - not permitted from file:///Users/mitchp*****/Desktop/ART/Art (DO NOT DELETE!)/Digital work/Views/View I/L2.swf

SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file file:///Users/mitchp*****/Desktop/ART/Art (DO NOT DELETE!)/Digital work/Views/View I/L2.swf cannot access local resource All.flv. Only local-with-filesystem and trusted local SWF files may access local resources.

          at flash.net::NetStream/play()

          at L2_fla::MainTimeline/frame1()[L2_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:25]

From reading this, and from what I can understand, it seems like it's having an issue with  file system / access permissions. I think this debug log is pointing to the possible culprit, and hopefully a solution can be made!

Thanks for sticking with me. Let me know if I can corroborate any more details.

-m

For the coded you provided above the trace output is 7.347. No the video continues to freeze on the last frame, eventhough it's accessing it from a URL. This is strange.

Flash CS 5 (11.0.2.489) I am publishing it as a .swf to be embedded in an html file for a website.

There are no buttons, the video I'm trying to loop will have no interactive attributes. So the final output will just be a video (.swf) to be viewed.

Okay this did the trick! Just one detail that makes all the differenence. Fortunately there is no 1 second pause in the loop which is perfect, however there is a glitch, and I don't know if this is just the nature of the program or it's exsisting in some form of as3 syntax. I've provided a link for reference:

http://mitchpatrick.com/INT.swf

I determined the exact time it needs to hit for it to be a perfect palindrome loop, I programmed it to loop back to (frame 319) in seconds that is 10.6106, so in theory it should be looping seamlessly. However it's glitching, and I've toyed around with the timecode in the "ns.seek" line, but it seems nearly impossible due to the fact that I can get so damn infinitesimal with those numbers. Here is the code for further reference:

var video:Video=new Video(1980,1020);

addChild(video);

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusF);

ns.client = this;

video.attachNetStream(ns);

ns.play("All.flv");

function onMetaData(obj:Object):void{

 

 

    trace(obj.duration);

 

 

}

function netStatusF(e:NetStatusEvent):void {

 

 

        switch (e.info.code) {

 

 

              case "NetStream.Play.Stop":

 

 

              ns.seek(10.6106);

 

 

              break;

 

 

        }

 

 

};

Okay let me try and get this checked through you before I attempt to implement what you've recommend for a seamless loot at the aformentioned time in the previous post:

var video:Video=new Video(1980,1020);

addChild(video);

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

ns.addEventListener(

var video:Video=new Video(1980,1020);

addChild(video);

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

ns.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,);  <-----not too sure about the rest of the syntax here

ns.client = this;

video.attachNetStream(ns);

ns.play("All.flv");

function onMetaData(obj:Object):void{

 

 

    trace(obj.duration);

 

 

}

function netStatusF(e:NetStatusEvent):void {

 

 

        switch (e.info.code) {

 

 

              case "NetStream.Play.Stop":

 

 

              ns.seek(10.6106);

 

 

              break;

 

 

        }

 

 

};

Hmmm, curious about where the"loop" and ns.time syntax should be placed.

Hi Kgald, I made the adjustments to the code, but for some reason it's reverting back to the problem I had to begin with as the video is freezing on the last frame. Here is the code for reference:

var video:Video=new Video(1980,1020);

addChild(video);

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

ns.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,f);

ns.client = this;

video.attachNetStream(ns);

ns.play("All.flv");

function onMetaData(obj:Object):void{

 

 

    trace(obj.duration);

 

 

}

function f(e:Event):void {

if(ns.time>16.2){ 

ns.seek(10.6);

};

}

No syntax errors were given, I also tried tweaking the ns.time and ns.seek numbers but to no avail, the video still freezes upon entering the last frame.

Hey Adn,

The previous method before using this netstream approach was importing the FLV and extending all the frames of it in the time-line and using the "gotoAndPlay" function, this didn't work because the loop wasnt seamless, there was an annoying 1 second pause before it looped back to the frame I wanted. (see my first post)

The as3 code I'm using now is just calling up the .flv video from the folder the .FLA project file is located in, it's pure code at this point. See post 7 for a screenshot of my project area.

Okay, some good news, I received the proper trace output :

16.282

14.014

14.047

14.08

14.114

14.147

14.181

14.247

14.247

14.314

14.314

14.348

14.381

14.414

14.448

14.514

14.514

14.547

14.58

14.647

14.647

14.681

14.747

14.747

14.814

14.814

14.848

14.881

14.914

14.948

14.981

15.015

15.048

15.081

15.115

15.148

15.182

15.248

15.248

15.282

15.315

15.349

15.382

15.415

15.449

15.515

15.515

15.548

15.581

15.615

15.648

15.715

15.715

15.748

15.782

15.815

15.849

15.915

15.915

15.949

15.982

16.016

16.049

16.082

16.116

16.149

16.183

16.249

16.249

14.047

14.08

14.08

14.147

14.147

Here is my current set of codes, it's looping once again, but still glitching upon hitting the last frame.

var video:Video=new Video(1980,1020);

addChild(video);

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();

nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);

this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,f);

ns.client = this;

video.attachNetStream(ns);

ns.play("All.flv");

function onMetaData(obj:Object):void{

 

 

    trace(obj.duration);

 

 

}

function f(e:Event):void {

if(ns.time>14){

trace(ns.time);

}

if(ns.time>16.24){

ns.seek(10.61);

};

}

I tried tweaking the >16.24) and the (10.61), but no difference was made in fixing the glitch to get a seamless loop.

The video has the same situation as exhibited in post 21, it gets to the last frame, loops, but it cannot exactly land on the correct time position so the loop can be smooth. There doesn't seem to be a delay/pause upon the rewind position.