Flash .fla embed banner add - actionscript-3

I need to create a Flash web banner. The .swf file size needs to be >40k so I made a .fla video and tried to stream it into the file however I'm getting no luck.
I can't find anything on the internet so I thought I'd ask here.
Im using Flash CC AS3
When I run the file through the
https://flashval-temp.appspot.com/validator/
the .swf uploads but the .fla doesn't play at all.
The code I was using was:
var vid:Video;
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
var customClient:Object = new Object();
customClient.onMetaData = metaDataHandler;
ns.client = customClient;
ns.play("300x250.flv");
vid = new Video();
vid.attachNetStream(ns);
addChild(vid);
function asyncErrorHandler(event:AsyncErrorEvent):void
{
trace(event.text);
}
function metaDataHandler(infoObject:Object):void {
vid.width = infoObject.width;
vid.height = infoObject.height;
}
It seems to work fine offline, the files are in the same directory too.

Without knowing the full environment it's hard to tell you what's wrong, but you may want to check these:
(1) upload your video file to a server and grab the full url to the file, then update your code with it:
ns.play("http://www.YOUR_DOMAIN.com/300x250.flv");
(2) add the following as3:
Security.allowDomain("*");
(3) If that still doesn t work, look into crossdomain.xml at the root of your server hosting the video.
But (1) is likely to be the issue.

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AS3 browse and load video

I'm currently working on a AS3 AIR project which involves allowing the user to browse a video file and load that same video onto the stage. I've managed to allow the user to browse for a video file type and according to my traces it completes loading the video but this is as far as I've got. There is plenty of tutorials which involve how to load video files from local sources or external links but nothing to show me what to do with a browsed file to display it on the stage. Here is the code so far for browsing to the video file:
private function browseVideo():void {
fileReference = new FileReference();
fileReference.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, videoFileSelected);
var videoTypeFilter:FileFilter = new FileFilter("Video files", "*.3g2; *.3gp; *.asf; *.asx; *.avi; *.flv; *.m4v; *.mov; *.mp4; *.mpg; *.rm; *.swf; *.vob; *.wmv;");
fileReference.browse([videoTypeFilter]);
}
private function videoFileSelected(e:Event):void {
fileReference.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onVideoFileLoaded);
fileReference.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onVideoFileLoadError);
fileReference.load();
}
function onVideoFileLoaded(e:Event):void {
var fileReferenceTarget:FileReference = e.target as FileReference;
var data:ByteArray = fileReferenceTarget["data"];
fileReference.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onVideoFileLoaded);
fileReference.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onVideoFileLoadError);
var videoLoader:Loader = new Loader();
videoLoader.loadBytes(data);
videoLoader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onVideoLoaderComplete);
trace("video file loaded");
}
function onVideoFileLoadError(e:Event):void {
fileReference.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onVideoFileLoaded);
fileReference.removeEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, onVideoFileLoadError);
trace("video file load failed");
}
function onVideoLoaderComplete(e:Event):void {
var loadedContent:DisplayObject = e.target.content;
var loader:Loader = e.target.loader as Loader;
scope.addChild(loader);
}
To play a video using AS3 ( Flash ) you can use a Video object on which you can attach a NetStream object, you can also use an FLVPlayback component. For flex, take a look on my answer of this question where I put an example of playing a video stream. And in all cases, I think that you don't need a FileReference object because a File is suffisant to get the path of your local file and then play it with any manner you want.
Take a look on this example :
function browseVideo():void {
var file:File = new File();
file.addEventListener(Event.SELECT, videoFileSelected);
file.browse([videoTypeFilter]);
}
function videoFileSelected(e:Event):void {
playVideo(e.currentTarget.nativePath);
}
function playVideo(video_path:String){
// using a Video + NetStream object
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
ns.client = this;
var video:Video = new Video();
video.attachNetStream(ns);
addChild(video);
ns.play(video_path);
// using an FLVPlayback component inserted on the Stage
flvplayback.load(video_path);
flvplayback.play();
}
For more details on how to work with video, you can take a look here, you can find all what you need to know about video ( loading videos, supported formats, cue points, ... ).
Hope that can help.

embed sound so that when publish we do not have to include it in the same folder as the swf file

i have a flash animation with sound that have play,pause,stop,go to start and go to end button.
when i publish it i have to include the mp3 file along with the swf file.
how do i do to get the swf file alone in order to play the whole thing?
i am using flash cs 3 and actionscript 3.0
here is my codes:
var mySound:Sound = new Sound();
var myChannel:SoundChannel = new SoundChannel();
var lastPosition:Number = 0;
var soundIsPlaying:Boolean = true;
mySound.load(new URLRequest("saloma.mp3"));
myChannel = mySound.play();
all those buttons will go to functions,
go.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,govid);
function govid(event:MouseEvent):void{
play();
if(!soundIsPlaying){
myChannel = mySound.play(lastPosition);
soundIsPlaying = true;
}
}
i am also using scenes to navigate them,
gte.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,gotoend);
function gotoend(event:MouseEvent):void{
gotoAndStop(1,"ending");
}
thank you :)
I would have written the answer, but this has been answered already...
First, in your library, set the class linkage of a sound file by right clicking, selecting properties and editing the Class field in the Linkage section. In this example it will be Class:FogHorn
import flash.utils.getDefinitionByName;
var SoundClass:Class = getDefinitionByName("FogHorn") as Class;
var newSound:Sound = new SoundClass();
newSound.play()
source: #Allan in Actionscript 3: playing sound from library with name from string
import your mp3 file to your library
select your mp3 file in the library and right click on it
a pop-up window will appear (click on advanced if it is not yet clicked)
under the actionscript linkage, you will see class field, type "sound1" for example (no 5. quotations, this can be any other name aside from sound1)
instead of var mySound:Sound = new Sound(); this code, type
var mySound:Sound = new sound1(); //sound1 is the name of your linkage/class
You don't need this codes anymore. You need to omit your myChannel variable.
mySound.load(new URLRequest("saloma.mp3"));
myChannel = mySound.play();
To play the sound, simply type
mySound.play();

Preload a bit of FLV or F4V with the main project loader

My project has a main loader that load all the assets for the project. I need to load a bit of my video with it.
The video has 16mb, i want to load 3mb to use after the main loader is completed.
I've tried to open a new connection using Netconnection/Netstream to load 3mb and close the connection, but when the project starts and the video is played, a new connection is opened loading it from beginning.
I'm trying to find a way that i can use those 3mb already loaded. Doing this way, the user don't need to wait a main loader and a secondary loader (buffertime).
That's my code, sorry guys.
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
var client:Object = new Object();
var swfRatio:Number;
var videoRatio:Number;
function init():void
{
nc.connect(null);
client.onCuePoint = cuePointHandler;
client.onMetaData = metaDataHandler;
ns.client = client;
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressLoader);
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, progressTotal);
loader.load(new URLRequest("swf/main.swf"));
ns.play("f4v/main_movie.f4v");
ns.pause();
}
function progressLoader(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
swfRatio = (event.bytesLoaded / event.bytesTotal);
}
function progressTotal():void
{
//Here i get the amount that i want to preload from my video, in this case i want 3mb or 3072000 bytes
videoRatio = (ns.bytesLoaded / 3072000);
//This is a variable that i use to fill my loader asset and verify if my content its totaly loaded.
var frameValue:int = ((videoRatio + swfRatio) / 2) * 100;
if (frameValue >= 100)
{
removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, progressTotal);
// Here i close my connection, i suppose that i need to use the same connection in my player.
ns.close();
ns = null;
nc.close();
nc = null;
loaderComplete();
}
}
function loaderComplete():void
{
removeChild(assetLoader);
//Here i add my player to the stage, i want to use the preloaded video with him.
addChild(loader.content);
}
function cuePointHandler(infoObject:Object):void {
trace(infoObject.name);
}
function metaDataHandler(infoObject:Object):void {
trace("metaData");
}
Then in my player that i've just loaded and added to the stage i'm using OSMF to help me with controls.
To test the "preloaded video" i'm doing this:
private var mediaPlayer:MediaPlayerSprite;
private function _init(e:Event):void
{
this.removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, _init);
mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayerSprite();
addChild(mediaPlayer);
//And here OSMF start to load the entire main_movie.f4v again.
mediaPlayer.resource = new URLResource("f4v/main_movie.f4v");
}
It looks like your strategy would work if you let the video download completely. I'm assuming if the video downloaded completely, the browser may cache it and make it available to the next NetStream that comes along.
Your strategy looks OK otherwise. What you are doing (playing, then pausing the video immediately) is the way to start buffering the video. But since there are two NetStream's being used (one by the main loader, the other by the OSMF player) this won't work.
Perhaps you can devise a scheme where you pass the NetStream from the main loader into the loaded SWF (main.swf). So that it can use the data it's already downloaded. Just a thought, I've never tried this.
Another idea would be to get the OSMF player in your main.swf to do the buffering. That would mean the buffering would start happening only after main.swf is loaded (which may be too late).

Unable to save video on Red 5 server using Flash cs3 and AS3

I am trying to capture my web cam and then try to save it to the red5 server ,and then i want to retrieve it back(thats the next part).I am able to play the web cam on my web page using the Flash but i am not able to record the video to the red5 server.Every time i am getting the exception
ArgumentError: Error #2126: NetConnection object must be connected.
at flash.net::NetStream/flash.net:NetStream::construct()
at flash.net::NetStream$iinit()
at WebCam_fla::MainTimeline/click1()
onBWDone
My AS3 is as follows:
BtnStart.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click1);
BtnStop.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, click2);
var camera;
var video;
var bandwidth:int = 100;
var quality:int = 100;
var nc:NetConnection;
var ns:NetStream;
function click1(event:MouseEvent):void
{
camera=Camera.getCamera();
camera.setMode(320,240,10000);
video = new Video(camera.width, camera.height);
video.attachCamera(camera);
video.smoothing;
txtCameraName.text=camera.name;
nc = new NetConnection();
nc.client = { onBWDone: function():void{ trace("onBWDone") } };
addChild(video);
nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/oflaDemo");
ns = new NetStream(nc);
ns.attachCamera(camera);
ns.publish( "file1", "record" );
}
function click2(event:MouseEvent):void
{
if(video)
{
video.visible=false;
}
}
Can anyone please tell me that what mistake i am committing here.Please guys help me.Do i have to do any other stuff to make this happen.Do i have to changed the link which i am giving in the line nc.connect("rtmp://localhost/oflaDemo");.This is the line which is giving me the error.Please help.Any help will be appreciated.
I was doing the mistake of creating the stream before the connection was established.So made a slight change in the code to check if the connection is made then only creating the stream with the connection.That solved my problem.Cheers :)

loading images and video in AIR without HTTP

I'm curious what the correct methodology is for loading image and video data directly from the file system, without employing HTTP.
I'm writing an AIR slideshow application, and it works great but currently relies on a local MAMP server to hand the app all the media via the standard, tried and true, FLASH media loading methodologies.
I know that since FLASH was developed as a web plugin it handles this way of receiving data best, but I'd really like to extricate this rather onerous and unnecessary bit and have the app as a stand-alone player, however, I'm unclear what the "correct" way is to load the media.
I have the File objects ready and I've gotten as far as having the user select the local directory from which to pull the media and I'm getting a list of the files (based on their extensions) from the list... but now what?
You first have to put the content of your file in a ByteArray (code from FileStream documentation)
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
var myFileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
var myFile:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath("test.jpg");
myFileStream.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
myFileStream.openAsync(myFile, FileMode.READ);
function progressHandler(event:ProgressEvent):void
{
if (myFileStream.bytesAvailable)
{
myFileStream.readBytes(bytes, myFileStream.position, myFileStream.bytesAvailable);
}
else
{
myFileStream.removeEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, progressHandler);
loadImage();
}
}
Then you may load these bytes in a Loader to display the image (see method Loader.loadBytes)
function loadImage():void
{
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.loadBytes(bytes);
addChild(loader);
}
Cheers
With this code the Loader fires the Event.COMPLTE event and you will be able to manipulate the Bitmap from it:
var bytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray();
var myFileStream:FileStream = new FileStream();
var myFile:File = File.documentsDirectory.resolvePath(YOUR_PATH);
myFileStream.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fileCompleteHandler)
myFileStream.openAsync(myFile, FileMode.READ);
function fileCompleteHandler(event:Event):void
{
myFileStream.readBytes(bytes);
var loader:Loader = new Loader();
loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, imageLoaded);
loader.loadBytes(bytes);
function imageLoaded(e:Event):void
{
addChild(Bitmap(loader.content));
myFileStream.removeEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, fileCompleteHandler);
myFileStream.close();
}
}
PS: Thanks Kodiak, I made my code based on yours.