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feklee
Inspiring
May 8, 2008
Question

Finding bytes loaded?

  • May 8, 2008
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How do I find out how much of a streaming video has been buffered? The variable stream.bytesLoaded is zero (stream is of type NetStream). Why?

The platform: AS3 + MediaServer 3

File format being streamed: MP4
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    fekleeAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 8, 2008
    Hm, I think I found the solution. The sum of _stream.time and _stream.bufferLength gives one the position of the current "end of the buffer".
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    fekleeAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 8, 2008
    Playing with this solution brings up two new questions:

    * Why does _stream.bufferLength not increase smoothly (it somewhat jumps ahead)?

    * Is it correct that AS3 does empty the buffer when seeking in the stream? Can this be avoided? For example, in YouTube, when a video is completely loaded, one can seek around without having to wait again for any buffering. Is that not possible with videos streamed through the media server?
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    fekleeAuthor
    Inspiring
    May 10, 2008
    Anyone? How do I properly find out till what time the buffer is filled?

    Other than that: How do I get quick and decent answers to questions such as this? Are there addditional places to watch out for? Is there official support from Adobe concerning programming issues?
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