video player, multiple FLVs and PHP

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Bloke - 07 Feb 2008 01:15 GMT

have a client that wants a video archive. Example
http://buccaneers.com/multimedia/videoarchive.aspx Looks like the list is
pulled from a database. Then the script generates a list and serves it to the
player. When you hover over the links they are sending name of the file. Does
anyone have an idea how to do this? I have done a video player with a selection
box but it was all handcoded and not hooked up to a database. I will be using
PHP. Also he may want it like the media player on the home page. Does that
look like its hardcoded in the fla or is it dynamic too?

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Bloke - 09 Feb 2008 03:40 GMT

I tried the http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player but it is
one unit. The list and the player. I want a PHP that serves up a list. Then you
click on a link and the player loads that file.
Here is another example. http://www.hillaryclinton.com/video/

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dzedward - 09 Feb 2008 05:15 GMT

Using the FLVPlaybacks' source property (AS3) or contentPath property (AS2),
you can load different flvs as links are clicked. The buccaneers site is using
a URL variable to pass in the file location to the SWF via FlashVars, which is
then being used as the 'source' or 'contentPath'.

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Bloke - 09 Feb 2008 13:57 GMT

Thanks for the reply. Do you have example code to do this? How do I send the variable?

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dzedward - 09 Feb 2008 15:24 GMT

http://www.youvideosite.com/?video=myVideo

using AS2, access that like so:

myflvplayer.contentPath = _root.myVideo+".flv";

using AS3, access that like so:

myflvplayer.source = root.loaderInfo.myVideo+".flv";

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Bloke - 10 Feb 2008 05:01 GMT

Thanks. Now would I put myflvplayer.contentPath =
_root.myVideo+".flv";[i]myflvplayer.contentPath = _root.myVideo+".flv";[/i] in
the ContentPath in the parameters inside Flash on the FLV component? Or put it
on an actions layer?

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Bloke - 16 Feb 2008 14:41 GMT

Anyone have any more ideas? I have tried using myFlvPlayer.contentPath =
_root.myvideo+".flv"; plus some javascript to transfer the file name in the
URL. But still not working. I really am trying to get this working for a
client this week. Thanks in advance for anything you can do.

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video player, multiple FLVs and PHP