[flashpro] Best practice for creating FLV video files

[Stevio]

Thanks Elu. What do you think however about the issue of just going with the 
video for the Flash 8 player and directing users to install the update? 
Acceptable or bad practice or ?

Stephen


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "elusive" <elu at elusive.de>
To: "Mailing list for professional Flash designers and developers" 
<flashpro at muinar.org>
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: [flashpro] Best practice for creating FLV video files


> Hi Stephen,
>
> i took a look at the code and it's basically what the flash help says  - 
> so it wont make sense to paste it into this email.
> simply hit help/actionscript dictionary
>
> what you need is
> video class
> NetConnection Class
> and NetStream Class
>
> here's the example from video class/ Video.attachVideo:
>
> var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
> nc.connect(null);
> var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(my_nc);
> my_video.attachVideo(ns); // my_video is a Video object on the Stage
> ns.play("myVideo.flv");
>
> it's realy simple.
>
> but dont forget to put a video object onto the stage. see "To place a 
> Video object on the Stage:..." in video class
>
> hope this helps
>
> elu
>
>
>
> Am 28.10.2005 um 15:30 schrieb Stevio:
>
>> Would you say it is acceptable to just code it for version 8 and  put a 
>> note on the web site saying to install the version Flash 8  player when 
>> prompted?
>>
>> If not, are you able to direct me to a help file or guide with 
>> instructions for using those classes to create a version 7 file?  The 
>> difference in quality between Sorenson and On2 codings is quite 
>> noticeable.
>>
>> Stephen
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "elusive" <elu at elusive.de>
>> To: "Mailing list for professional Flash designers and developers" 
>> <flashpro at muinar.org>
>> Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 8:35 AM
>> Subject: Re: [flashpro] Best practice for creating FLV video files
>>
>>
>>
>>> i just did it using the netStream, vidStream and video classes.
>>>
>>> it's easy.
>>>
>>> e
>>>
>>> Am 27.10.2005 um 23:58 schrieb Stevio:
>>>
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "eric choisy" <bbp at bbp- online.com>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>> If so, I have another question - when I coded the video using 
>>>>>> Sorenson for Flash player 7, and then created the SWF file in   Flash 
>>>>>> and set the Publish settings for Flash Player 7 version   and hit 
>>>>>> Publish, I get a warning saying that this movie uses   features that 
>>>>>> are not supported in Flash Player version 7:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Scene=Scene 1, layer=Layer 1, frame=1:The component   'FLVPlayback' 
>>>>>> requires Flash Player 8 or later."
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How can that be if I have coded it using Sorenson?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> you certainly use the flvplayback component that require flash 8 
>>>>> player !!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> How do you create a swf file that plays an FLV file for Flash   player 
>>>> 6 or 7 without using the flvplayback component?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Stephen