best video compression for Ipad app

[bishopx]

Hi All

I hope you can help. I am currently working on a Ipad 1 app. This app contains video at 640x253 and smaller video at 392x155. I have compiled the app and had a look at it on the Ipad but it runs really choppy. Is there a specific compression I can use to make the playback smoother. I know I can use stage view but it is not ideal for what I need to do. i am aware air 2.7 has a lot more perfomance boost than 2.6 which I am currently using but when is it coming out? If anyone could advise that would be great.

regards Mike

[Colin Holgate]

I still haven't heard a better estimate than the "sometime in June" one for AIR 2.7. Meanwhile, the only way I know to get good performance for video in a Flash app on iPad is to use StageWebView. Then you can play H.264 movies at native speeds.

[bishopx]

Hi Colin

Thanks for that is there a way to scrub through stageweb video as i need to scrub through it and pause and play the video. It that something i can do and where can i find information to do this?

regards Mike

[Colin Holgate]

This is the sort of code needed to play an embedded H.264 file:

import flash.geom.Rectangle;

import flash.media.StageWebView;

import flash.filesystem.File;

var webView:StageWebView = new StageWebView();

webView.stage = this.stage;

webView.viewPort = new Rectangle(0,0,stage.stageWidth,stage.stageHeight);

var fPath:String = new File(new File("app:/moviename.mp4").nativePath).url;

webView.loadURL( fPath );

Once it's running you should be able to touch the video and see the controller.

[bishopx]

Hi Colin

Thanks for that but is there a way to see the controls on start up?

regards Mike