Webmaster Forum / Flash / General Flash Topics / July 2008

Hey everyone!

I have long avoided flash, now I'm giving it a shot. I got stuck this evening
trying to work my way through a template. As I describe my problem please bear
with me, I am only half certain that I know what's going on. This is what I'm
up against :

I have a flash template that has an image index. Each thumbnail in the index
launches the same timeline, but goes to a certain frame on that timeline and
sits, showing the image that's on that one frame of the timeline. There is then
a navigation bar that allows you to cycle through the images (or frames) on the
timeline.

I am wanting to dispell the images in each of these still frames and, in their
place, put a video flv box and text. Ideally the FLV would not be playing, but
you would be able to control the playback with buttons. I have been able to
make this work in a new document using the following Actionscript :

var netConn:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
netConn.connect(null);
var netStream:NetStream = new NetStream(netConn);
netStream.onStatus = function(infoObject) {
status_txt.text += "Status (NetStream)" + newline;
status_txt.text += "Level: "+infoObject.level + newline;
status_txt.text += "Code: "+infoObject.code + newline;
};
my_video.attachVideo(netStream);
netStream.setBufferTime(5);
netStream.play("composed.flv");
netStream.playPauseButton = play_pause_1;
netStream.seekBar = seek_1;
netStream.volumeBar = volume_1;

However, when I try and apply this to my single still frame, the video does
play when you initially enter the frame, but none of the buttons work. I am
assuming it has something to do with the fact it is sitting on a paused frame
and flash doesn't like having active buttons in that state? Or am I completely
off? Can anyone offer me an approach to how I might go research this at least?
I've been hammering at it for 12 hours now!

Inversely, I did try the FLVPlayback component, and it doesn't work at all! In
a brand new document I get it to work easily, but when I try and put it
anywhere in this template I'm working with - it looks fine in work mode but as
soon as I preview it completely disappears - I have no video, no audio, no skin
- it's like I never put it there.

If anyone has any insight, I'd very much appreciate it.

Thanks!

Ryan