Generate thumbs of video objects ?

Hey guys!              

Didn't think this one is getting so tricky ...

I need the first frame of a video-object.

My first guess was to pause the netstream object immediately after the play method and use the seek / close methods when the bufferLength is > 0.1.

But I dont get a picture yet 😕😕 ...

Is there a more effecient way to to that? How do you guys solve that issue when you have to display video-thumbnails?

Thanks a lot

wambo (-:

Code:

    public class VideoThumb extends MovieClip
    {
       
        private var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
        private var ns:NetStream;
        private var vid:Video = new Video(200,140);
        private var netClient:Object = new Object();
       
        private var prjInfo:ProjectInfo;
        private var _duration:Number;
       
       
       
        public function VideoThumb(pi:ProjectInfo){           
           
            this.prjInfo = pi;
                    
       
            this.buttonMode = true;
           
           
           
            /*### VIDEO SETUP ##########*/
            this.addChild(vid);
           
            nc.connect(null);
            ns = new NetStream(nc);           
                                   
                       
            addChild(vid);
           
            vid.attachNetStream(ns);
                       
           
            ns.play("assets/video/two.flv");
            ns.pause();
           
            ns.client = netClient;                       
                                           
           
            netClient.onMetaData = function(meta:Object)           
            {           
                    trace(meta.duration);
                    _duration = meta.duration;                                                               
            };
           
                       
            ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netstat);
            this.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop);                        
           
           
        }
       
        private function loop(e:Event):void{
           
            if(ns.bufferLength >= 0.1){               
                ns.seek(0.1);
                ns.close();                                  
                this.removeEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, loop);
            }
        }

}