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Control Movieclip symbol from main time line.

Dec 8, 2012 7:45 AM

Tags: #start #line #video #stop #time #movie #clip #control #main #movieclip()

I am new to AS3. So what I have done is create 3 buttons on the main timeline, each button will goto a framelabel/keyframe. This all works, however in that keyframe I have a movie symbol with an FLV video embedded in it. I want to hit a button on the main timeline, goto that keyframe and the movie plays. So far this works, the problem is I want to stop the movie when I slect a different button. If I select a differnt button the movie keeps playing and if I hit that same but and go back t the movie, then the movie starts playing and I have 2 instances playing at the same time. I tried to search here, but I can't seem to find anything like what I am doing.Untitled-2.jpg

So here is the main timeline, I have 3 buttons on the menu layer, and separte content on each of the 3 frames at the label points.

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As you can see I have a flv video embedded into a symbol (type Movie Clip), so when I select button 2 it goes and plays the movie, however when I select either button 1 or 3 to change the placement, the movie keeps playing in the background, (I can hear the audio), was hoping someone can tell me how to add code to stop this when I select a different button Below is my code I have now,

Untitled-4.jpgUntitled-5.jpg

Here you can see that the video is embedded in the movieclip. I am doing this because I want to have only 1 file, I do not want an external file. I am trying to create a mobile app, so want only 1 file.

 

Any help help is greatly appriciated.

574 Views   7 Replies   Latest reply: kglad, Dec 8, 2012 10:11 AM
 
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  • kglad
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    1. kglad,
    Dec 8, 2012 7:51 AM   in reply to reichert2012
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    use an Event.REMOVE_FROM_STAGE listener attached to your flvplayback instance to stop the play, if you're using an flvplayback component.

     
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    2. reichert2012,
    Dec 8, 2012 8:29 AM   in reply to kglad
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    I am not using a flvplayback component, but I will look into how to use this. As of now I just have the video embedded in the symbol, so when I goto that frame the symbol plays automatically

    thanks

     
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    Dec 8, 2012 9:16 AM   in reply to reichert2012
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    then you can just stop the movieclip timeline that contains the embedded video:

     

    your_mc.addEventListener(Event.REMOVED_FROM_STAGE,f);

    function f(e:Event):void{

    your_mc.stop();

    }

     
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    4. reichert2012,
    Dec 8, 2012 9:52 AM   in reply to reichert2012
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    So I changed my code to this:

     

    stop();

    btn_page1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage1);
    btn_page2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage2);
    btn_page3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage3);

    function onPage1(event:MouseEvent):void
    {
      gotoAndStop("page1");
    }
    function onPage2(event:MouseEvent):void
    {
      gotoAndStop("page2");
      var dot:Dot= new Dot;
      addChild(dot);
       dot.x=10;
       dot.y=10;
    }
    function onPage3(event:MouseEvent):void
    {
      gotoAndStop("page3");
    }

     

    where Dot is the class name of mcDot where the video is embeded. So how could I remove from stage if I press btn_page1

    I tried to put removeChild(Dot) but that does not work.

     

    any ideas

     

    thanks

     
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  • kglad
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    5. kglad,
    Dec 8, 2012 9:58 AM   in reply to reichert2012
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    use:

     

     

    stop();

      var dot:Dot;

    btn_page1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage1);
    btn_page2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage2);
    btn_page3.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onPage3);

    function onPage1(event:MouseEvent):void
    {

    removedotF();

      gotoAndStop("page1");
    }
    function onPage2(event:MouseEvent):void
    {
      gotoAndStop("page2");
    dot= new Dot;

      addChild(dot);
       dot.x=10;
       dot.y=10;
    }

    function removedotF():void{

    if(dot){

    dot.stop();

    removeChild(dot);

    dot=null

    }

    }

    function onPage3(event:MouseEvent):void
    {

    removedotF();

      gotoAndStop("page3");
    }

     

    p.s.  please mark helpful/correct responses.

     
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    6. reichert2012,
    Dec 8, 2012 10:10 AM   in reply to kglad
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    HEY THANKS A LOT, works great I really appriciate that,

     
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    Dec 8, 2012 10:11 AM   in reply to reichert2012
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    you're welcome.

     
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