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June 29, 2013
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Ipad/Iphone Video Question

  • June 29, 2013
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Hello, I am kind of new to developing for the iphone so any simplified responses would be very appreciated.

I am currently building an iphone/pad movie player and have it all working splendidly using external f4v's.  Unfortunately when I deploy to my ipad, my interface, buttons and all work splendidly, but the program does not see the movie files nor does it draw the video player (I am using the standard flv playback component). 

I am also including the videos in with the files for the ios package, maybe the directory is being seen differently i am assuming their location to be the same as the location as relative to the flash player...  for me it is in the same directory?

Any idea what i might be doing wrong?

Thanks All

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Correct answer Colin Holgate

Well, this is a converted dvd to a chaptered video app.  I have no expectation of keeping this below 50mb as only a few files will equal that.  I am guessing the total size to be more like 400-500 mb.   I know it is not ideal, but it is a video app / instructional specifically so, im hoping people will understand. We are considering doing the chapters as all seperate apps.  That will bring the size of each down to 1/3 per app as there are 3 chapters.  Even still it will be a big download and will have to be done over wifi.

Ok, so I have gone ahead exported a handfull of the files to on2 but it seems that didnt work either.  I am pretty sure the flv playback component is not load.  I am also getting an error...

Warning: ActionScript contained in externally loaded SWF files will be ignored on iOS devices.

The only external swf is the flv playback component.  So, i must be missing something.  What a pain...  grrrr (twisted mangley frustrated face)  =)


That error is because you’re using a custom skin. You have to set it to None, and then either do your own buttons to control it, or use the Video components.

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Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
June 29, 2013

F4Vs are usually H.264, and the FLV playback component only plays On2 VP6 on iOS. Either switch to On2 VP6, or play the H.264 videos inside StageWebView or StageVideo.

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Authentic7Author
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June 29, 2013

well, currently if I play the swf file (not the iphone app) the video plays perfectly so I know that locally f4v's are aok.  Are you saying that f4v's wont work in the iphone?

Colin Holgate
Colin Holgate
Inspiring
June 29, 2013

F4Vs can work on iPhone if played in StageWebView or StageVideo, I would imagine. They just don’t work in FLVPlayback component.

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