netstream problem

Hi

Ok here is a overview of how i have thing set up, i will try and keep it clear:)

>The site is fully flash based and uses swf address for navigation. So basicially all navigation is handled by a function that is called every time swf address changes

>When a user clicks a video a new instance of watch video class is created. That basically creates the netstream object, loads it in and plays it (amongst other stuff like creaitng panel movie clips and comments etc).


code form watch video class that creates stream:

private function connectStream():void {
stream = new NetStream(connection);
stream.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netStatusHandler);
stream.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);
client = new Object();
client.onMetaData = onMetaData;
stream.client = client;
video = new Video();
video.width = 380;
video.height = 285;
video.attachNetStream(stream);
video.x = 25;
video.y = 27;
stream.play(baseURL + "video.php?v=" + fileName);
trace("Trying to play:" + baseURL + "video.php?v=" + fileName);
videoDisplay.addChild(video);
_scrubbing = false;
addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME, frameLoop);
_thumb.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN, startScrub);
displayLoc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP, stopScrub);
displayLoc.parent.parent.watchVideoPlaying = true;


The last line sets up a variable that used to see if a video is playing when the user makes another navigational choice.

The follwoing code is conditional within the handleswfaddress function (that controls all navigation and removal and adding of data and screen elements):


if (watchVideoPlaying == true) {
if (channelName == "watchVideo") {
WatchVideo(currentDisplay).killStream();
} else {
DisplayLightbox(currentDisplay).killStream();
}
}

So bascially if a user is watching a video and than say clicks a channel to go to. The code sees that a video is playing and calls to kill the stream. That function looking like:


public function killStream(){

displayLoc.parent.parent.watchVideoPlaying = false;
stream.close();

}


Thats kind of it in its simplest sense. Now what happens is that the video stops playing when the close occurs, but the actual connection stays open. So when the channel data is trying to load in the swf just hangs an dhangs until eventually it says it cant open the xml.

Then say i close down the swf and retest the intial homepage doesnt load in again becasue the connection seems to be open and blocking any further connections. This then crashes flash. So when i go back in all is fine and the intial screen is loaded. Like i mentioned in the initial post, if all of the video is downloaded all is fine and works a dream. I can try and upload the entire code base if that will help, but its quite a beast:)

any help would be great as this is an absolute killer usability wise:|