Actionscript 3 Video loop - actionscript-3

Question

I want to have embed video in flash game and have it looped. Is there a way to do it? As my code or more likely .seek or .resume dont give any effect? Am I using wrong commands or?
[Embed(source = "fast.flv", mimeType = "application/octet-stream")]
public var bytes:Class;
public var vidNS:NetStream
public var video:Video = new Video(1280, 720);
public var ns:NetStream;
public function Main() {
Doit();
}
private function Doit():void{
addChild(video);
var vidNC:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); vidNC.connect(null);
vidNS = new NetStream(vidNC);
var metaListener :Object = new Object(); metaListener = { onMetaData: process_Metadata };
vidNS.client = metaListener;
vidNS.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, videoStatusHandler);
vidNS.play(null);
var file:ByteArray = new bytes();
vidNS.appendBytes(file);
video.attachNetStream(vidNS);
}
function process_Metadata (in_Data :Object):void
{
trace("duration is : " + in_Data.duration );
}
function videoStatusHandler (event:NetStatusEvent):void
{
if (event.info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty")
{
trace('loop')
vidNS.seek(0); vidNS.resume();
}
}

Answer 1

You can loop by just simply re-feeding the bytes to the decoder (NetStream)
It's possible that you also need to involve the option RESET_BEGIN:
yourNS.appendBytesAction( NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_BEGIN );
Try setting your code like below:
[Embed(source = "fast.flv", mimeType = "application/octet-stream")]
public var bytes:Class;
public var vidNS:NetStream;
public var video:Video = new Video(1280, 720);
public var ns:NetStream;
//# declare these vars outside of a function for global access
public var file:ByteArray = new bytes();
public var vidNC:NetConnection;
public var metaListener :Object;
public function Main()
{
Doit();
}
private function Doit():void
{
addChild(video);
vidNC = new NetConnection(); vidNC.connect(null);
vidNS = new NetStream(vidNC);
metaListener new Object(); metaListener = { onMetaData: process_Metadata };
vidNS.client = metaListener;
vidNS.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, videoStatusHandler);
vidNS.play(null);
//var file:ByteArray = new bytes();
vidNS.appendBytes(file); //# feed video bytes to decoder
video.attachNetStream(vidNS);
}
function process_Metadata (in_Data :Object):void
{
trace("duration is : " + in_Data.duration );
}
function videoStatusHandler (event:NetStatusEvent):void
{
if (event.info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty")
{
trace('now doing: looping...')
//# there is no timeline ".seek" in appendBytes mode, use ".seek" to clear the buffer for a new re-feed
vidNS.seek(0); //clears the current buffer (video data is removed)
vidNS.appendBytesAction( NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_BEGIN ); //re-set timestamps for decoder
vidNS.appendBytes(file); //re-feed video bytes to decoder
}
}

Answer 2

So Thanks to VC. One i ended up with this code:
[Embed(source="1.flv", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
public var bytes:Class;
public var vidNS:NetStream;
public var video:Video = new Video(1280, 720);
public var file:ByteArray = new bytes();
public var vidNC:NetConnection;
public var metaListener :Object;
public function Main()
{
Doit();
}
private function Doit():void
{
addChild(video);
vidNC = new NetConnection(); vidNC.connect(null);
vidNS = new NetStream(vidNC);
metaListener new Object(); metaListener = { onMetaData: process_Metadata };
vidNS.client = metaListener;
vidNS.play(null);
vidNS.appendBytes(file);
video.attachNetStream(vidNS);
}
function process_Metadata (in_Data :Object):void
{
trace("loop ");
vidNS.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_BEGIN);
vidNS.appendBytes(file);
}
Its working like it should, but i'm not sure if thats the right way of doing it ^^.