Video stream halts every few seconds

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Originally posted by: JayCharles
About buffering the entire video file, that's not a great idea unless the video is very short. Buffered data is held in RAM, so if you try to buffer a 2gb video file, you'll consume 2gb of RAM on the client side, and things like that lead to crashed browsers (and sometimes crashed OS's).

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I never said that it was a good workaround, nor one that I want to keep. :)

Here's the code, which is a one-frame job:

stop();

function tell_length() {
this.onResult = function (returned) {
_root.totaltime = returned;
output = format_time(returned);
progressBar_mc.time_total.replaceText(0,progressBar_mc.time_total.length, output);
// format has to be reset in order to display the text
progressBar_mc.time_total.setTextFormat(myformat);
};
function checkBytesLoaded() {
progressBar_mc.time_now.replaceText(0,progressBar_mc.time_now.length, format_time(totaltime-my_stream.time));
progressBar_mc.time_now.setTextFormat(myformat);
_root.progressBar_mc.bar_mc._xscale = my_stream.time/_root.totaltime * 100;
if (amdragging == false) {
progressBar_mc.scrubber._x = ((my_stream.time/_root.totaltime) * 220) - 6.5;
}
if (_root.totaltime == my_stream.time) {
clearInterval(loaded_interval);
}
}
var loaded_interval:Number = setInterval(checkBytesLoaded, 500, my_stream);
}

function majorversion() {
//get the major version of the player. We'll need 8+ for this to work
verstring = System.capabilities.version;
thisVer = verstring.split(",");
thisVerSpaceNum = thisVer[0].indexOf(" ");
//finally, a major version number (eg 6)
thisMajorVer = Number(thisVer[0].substr(thisVerSpaceNum));
return thisMajorVer;
}

function checkBytesLoaded() {
//movie for this player is known to be 207.504s long
var pctLoaded:Number = Math.round(_root.in_ns.time/207.504*100);
_root.progressBar_mc.bar_mc._xscale = pctLoaded;
if (pctLoaded>=100 && !isNaN(pctLoaded)) {
clearInterval(loaded_interval);
trace("checkBytesLoaded done");
}
}

function playBackVideo() {
// control path for pause/resume
trace("play_status: "+play_status);
if (play_status == "stop" || play_status == "play") {
var loaded_interval:Number = setInterval(checkBytesLoaded, 500, in_ns);
}
if (play_status == "play") {
_root.pp.gotoAndStop(2);
//next command will be 'pause'
play_status = "pause";
in_ns.pause();
return;
} else if (play_status == "pause") {
// next command will be "play"
play_status = "play";
_root.pp.gotoAndStop(1);
in_ns.pause();
return;
}
createConnection(my_nc);
}

function createConnection(nc) {
NetConnection.prototype.onBWCheck = function() {
return ++counter;
// Serverside, just ignore any return value and return the call count
};
nc.fpadOnly = false;
nc.fpadPort = Number(67);
nc.fpadZone = Number(-1);//was 0: now "do not use FPAD"
nc.connect("rtmp://video.fnord.co.uk/client/video/", true);
createStream(nc);
}
function createStream(nc) {
prefix = "";
if (_root.availbandwidth >450) {
buffertime = 3;
prefix = "400";
} else {
buffertime = 10;
prefix = "100";
}
buffertime = 5;
prefix = "400";

in_ns = new NetStream(nc);
in_ns.setBufferTime(buffertime);
// set short buffer to get metadata - was 1/10, but let's increase it
play_video.attachVideo(in_ns);
if (_root.whichmovie == undefined) {
_root.whichmovie = "fnord_";
}
nowplaying = _root.whichmovie + prefix;
// trace("movie name: " + nowplaying);

in_ns.play(nowplaying, 0);
// trace(in_ns.bytesTotal);

in_ns.onPlayStatus = function(info_object){
if (info_object.code == "NetStream.Play.Complete") {
stopPlayBack();
}
}
in_ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if(info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success"){
in_ns.call("getStreamLength", new tell_length(), _root.whichmovie);
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
play_status = "stop";
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Play.Start") {
play_status = "play";
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full") {
_root.buffy._visible = false;
my_timer = new Date();
newbuffer = _root.in_ns.bufferTime * 2
trace(my_timer.getHours()+":"+my_timer.getMinutes()+":"+my_timer.getSeconds()+"."+my_timer.getMilliseconds()+" buffer full, setting buffertime to "+newbuffer);
in_ns.setBufferTime(newbuffer);
}
if (info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty") {
_root.buffy._visible = true;
my_timer = new Date();
trace(my_timer.getHours()+":"+my_timer.getMinutes()+":"+my_timer.getSeconds()+"."+my_timer.getMilliseconds()+" buffer empty, setting buffertime to 2");
in_ns.setBufferTime(2);
}
/*Netstream.Play.Complete is called by onPLAYstatus, not onStatus. */
};
// It's new to FMS 2 status event
// NetStream.Play.Complete event and etc are captured
in_ns.onMetaData = function(info) {
video_duration = info.duration;
if (autoSize_cb.selected && info.width && info.height) {
video_width = play_video._width;
video_height = play_video._height;
play_video._width = info.width;
play_video._height = info.height;
} else {
video_width = info.width;
video_height = info.height;
}
};
}

function stopPlayBack() {
trace("Playback stopped at "+in_ns.time);
my_nc.close();
play_status = "stop";
//show play button
_root.pp.gotoAndStop(2);
_root.progressBar_mc.bar_mc._xscale = 0;
clearInterval(loaded_interval);
in_ns.setBufferTime(0)
}

if (_root.introtext == undefined) {
_root.introtext = "fnord";
}

if(majorversion() < 8) {
gotoAndStop(2);
}

//test connection speed
nc = new NetConnection();
NetConnection.prototype.onBWDone = function(p_bw) {
// app logic based on the bandwidth detected follows here
_root.availbandwidth = p_bw;
// close the Netconnection to bwcheck
this.close();
}
NetConnection.prototype.onBWCheck = function() {
return ++counter; // Serverside, just ignore any return value, For now return the call count
}
nc.connect("rtmp://video.fnord.co.uk/bwcheck", true);

//tween the title in
import mx.transitions.Tween;
import mx.transitions.easing.*;
import flash.filters.GlowFilter;
var iTweenObject:Number;
var theTween:Object;
var timeline:MovieClip = this;
//this.bitbox.introbit._alpha = 50;
theTween = new Tween(bitbox, "_alpha", Regular.easeOut, 5, 100, 3, true);
theTween.onMotionFinished = function() {
theOtherTween = new Tween(bitbox, "_alpha", Regular.easeOut, 100, 0, 1, true);
theOtherTween.onMotionFinished = function() {
theglow = new GlowFilter(0xffffff, .50, 10, 10, 1, 2, false, false);
_root.gogogo.filters = new Array(theglow);//_y = 105.5;
};
};

//initialize buffer monitoring bar
var video_duration;
var video_width;
var video_height;
var progress_interval;
var play_status = "stop";
var my_nc = new NetConnection();
var in_ns;

/*progress bar*/
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("progressBar_mc", this.getNextHighestDepth());
progressBar_mc._x = 200;
progressBar_mc._y = 355;

progressBar_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("bar_mc", progressBar_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
with (progressBar_mc.bar_mc) {
beginFill(0xFF6600);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(200, 0);
lineTo(200, 10);
lineTo(0, 10);
lineTo(0, 0);
endFill();
_xscale = 0;
}

progressBar_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("stroke_mc", progressBar_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
with (progressBar_mc.stroke_mc) {
lineStyle(0, 0x000000);
moveTo(0, 0);
lineTo(200, 0);
lineTo(200, 10);
lineTo(0, 10);
lineTo(0, 0);
}

playBackVideo();

Its ancestors have worked without problems in the past, so I find myself wodering whether the server settings are the problem.