Cannot Get Video Playing On IOS

Question

Hello,I am working on a Flex mobile project that requires me to play mp4 videos stored locally within the ipa file. I'm trying to use a simple class that utilizes NetStream, basically it's the same as the example posted in the docs: http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetStream.html#play()Those docs imply that the NetStream class will play mp4 videos, but so far I can only get it to play flv videos on my iPad 2. I've read where many people are using StageVideo for this, but I have to get that to work either. Can anyone make a suggestion on the best approach for this, or at least confirm that this will work?I've also read about others using StageWebView, but I don't see it listed anywhere in the offical AS3 documentation.thanks

leejk · Answer

Hi,Well, I have looked at the example from smoothblur and implemented parts of it into my class, but I still have problems. If I implement this class into my main Flex mobile project, it crashes on the iPad when the video component is activated. If I use this class in a very basic Flex mobile view based template, it does not display anything. I'm beginning to think that the AIR SDK in Flash Builder 4.6 is broke. I can't figure it out... does anything look wrong with my class?thxpackage{ import flash.display.Bitmap; import flash.display.BitmapData; import flash.display.Sprite; import flash.display.StageAlign; import flash.display.StageScaleMode; import flash.events.Event; import flash.events.StageVideoAvailabilityEvent; import flash.events.StageVideoEvent; import flash.geom.Rectangle; import flash.media.StageVideo; import flash.media.StageVideoAvailability; import flash.media.Video; import flash.net.NetConnection; import flash.net.NetStream; import mx.core.FlexGlobals; import mx.core.UIComponent; public class CatVideoPlayer extends UIComponent { private var _defaultHeight:Number = 360; private var _defaultWidth:Number = 640; private var _ns:NetStream; private var _obj:Object; private var _source:String; private var _sourceChanged:Boolean; private var _stageBitmap:Bitmap; private var _stageVideoAv:Boolean = false; private var _sv:StageVideo; private var _vd:Video; private var _vidMask:Sprite; public function CatVideoPlayer() { super(); mouseEnabled = false; addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, onAddedToStage); } public function onCuePoint(info:Object):void { } public function onMetaData(info:Object):void { } public function onPlayStatus(info:Object):void { } public function onXMPData(info:Object):void { } public function set source(value:String):void { _source = value; _sourceChanged = true; invalidateProperties(); } override protected function commitProperties():void { super.commitProperties(); if (_sourceChanged) { setState("showVideoPlayer"); _sourceChanged = false; } } private function convertStageToBitmap():void { var bitmapData:BitmapData = new BitmapData(FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.width, FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.height); _stageBitmap = new Bitmap(); _vidMask = new Sprite(); _vidMask.graphics.beginFill(0x000000); _vidMask.graphics.moveTo(0, 0); _vidMask.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, _defaultWidth, _defaultHeight); _vidMask.graphics.endFill(); //bitmapData.draw(this); bitmapData.draw(FlexGlobals.topLevelApplication.document); _stageBitmap.bitmapData = bitmapData; _stageBitmap.cacheAsBitmap = true; _vidMask.cacheAsBitmap = true; addChild(_vidMask); _stageBitmap.mask = _vidMask; addChild(_stageBitmap); //backgroundImg_mc.visible = false; //playerWindow_mc.visible = false; initVideo(); } private function handleInterfaceClick(e:Event):void { e.preventDefault(); switch (e.target.name) { case "playBtn_mc": { setState("showVideoPlayer"); break; } case "closeVideo_mc": { setState("closePlayer"); break; } default: { //do default } } } private function initVideo():void { var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection(); nc.connect(null); _ns = new NetStream(nc); _obj = new Object(); _ns.client = _obj; _ns.bufferTime = 2; _ns.client = _obj; //_obj.onMetaData = MetaData; //_obj.onCuePoint = CuePoint; if (_stageVideoAv) { //use stageVideo trace("using stage video in CatVideoPlayer.initVideo()"); _sv = stage.stageVideos[0]; _sv.addEventListener(StageVideoEvent.RENDER_STATE, onRender); _sv.attachNetStream(_ns); } else { //fallback to video class trace("using normal video in CatVideoPlayer.initVideo()"); _vd = new Video(_defaultWidth, _defaultHeight); //_vd.x = 152; //_vd.y = 143; addChild(_vd); _vd.attachNetStream(_ns); } //addChild(videoUI_mc); _ns.play(_source); } private function onAddedToStage(event:Event):void { trace("onAddedToStage fired in CatVideoPlayer"); stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE; stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT; stage.addEventListener(StageVideoAvailabilityEvent.STAGE_VIDEO_AVAILABILITY, onStageVideoAvailability); } private function onRender(e:StageVideoEvent):void {// if (!videoUI_mc.fsMode)// {// _sv.viewPort = new Rectangle(152, 143, 720, 480);// }// else// { _sv.viewPort = new Rectangle(0, 0, _sv.videoWidth, _sv.videoHeight); //} } private function onStageVideoAvailability(e:StageVideoAvailabilityEvent):void { _stageVideoAv = (e.availability == StageVideoAvailability.AVAILABLE); } private function setState(currentState:String):void { trace("setState fired in CatVideoPlayer"); switch (currentState) { case "showVideoPlayer": { //playBtn_mc.visible = false; //addChild(playerWindow_mc); //addChild(closeVideo_mc); //playerWindow_mc.visible = true; //closeVideo_mc.visible = true; //TweenLite.from(playerWindow_mc, 1, { alpha:0, onComplete:function(){ convertStageToBitmap(); } }); //TweenLite.from(closeVideo_mc, 1, { alpha:0 }); convertStageToBitmap(); break; } case "closePlayer": { //removeVideoPlayer(); //playerWindow_mc.visible = false; //playBtn_mc.visible = true; break; } default: { //do default } } } }}

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