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May 5, 2006
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How can i preload a Flash 8 file thats playing a movie?

  • May 5, 2006
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How can I preload the movie in Flash 8 (if not the entire thing, at least some of it) while its using the streaming features to play the (.flv) file in Flash 8?
Thanks a ton
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    Inspiring
    May 6, 2006
    You will need to have a preloader that follows the code that does the
    streaming. Example would be frame 1 could contain the FLVPlayer Flash
    Component that would play the flv and frames 2-4 the preloader loop and
    frame 5 + the movie content.

    In the preloader loop you can select measuring by number of frames
    downloaded or number of bytes downloaded and you can decide if the numbers
    should be a percent of the total possible or a fraction depending on your
    design needs.

    In case you are not sure what a preloader code looks like, you can look at
    some examples I provide for students in my Flash courses at
    http://www.hosfordusa.com/ClickSystems/courses/flash/. Scroll down to
    preloaders.

    Not show there is the Flash ProgressBar component that is also a preloader.

    --
    Lon Hosford
    www.lonhosford.com
    May many happy bits flow your way!
    "rohan_ghosh" <rohanghosh@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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    How can I preload the movie in Flash 8 (if not the entire thing, at least
    some of it) while its using the streaming features to play the (.flv) file
    in Flash 8?
    Thanks a ton