Loading a single flv from an Array

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Hi. I've been using the extreemly awesome TweenMax class like a maniac, so now I feagured I wanted to try out the LoaderMax class.

Please understand I'm a AS3 newb, missing some basics yet.

 

In a new project of mine, I want to make a showreel DVD. The DVD will contain 6 videos, each to be loaded once a button is clicked and a animation has finished playing. I feagured to use an Array, so I can preload the videos before they get added? [button click]. The videos will be running directly from the DVD.

 

With Netstream I would go about it like this, I think:

TweenMax Animation plays and triggers onComplete
TweenLite.to(mc, 1.5, {x:100, ease:Elastic.easeOut, delay:0.5, onComplete:myFunction});
function myFunction():void {
   myvideo.play(myvideoarray[3]);
}

 

I'm currently studying the GetLoader_Video file to learn some more. Could any of you give me a push in the right direction how I should go about this? Do I even need them toi load when streaming from a DVD?

 

 

Cheers

[Carl]

The code you showed is a bit lacking, so there isn't a whole lot to offer advice on.

 

 

What you want to do is create a VideoLoader that points to the location of your video file. ( i have never tried loading off of a dvd )

if it is a single video file, there is no need for an array or a LoaderMax. A single VideoLoader will handle it just fine.

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... -list.html

 

 

If you are loading multiple videos, you could:

 

1: append VideoLoaders to a LoaderMax

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... erMax.html

 

2: create an array of video urls and throw it into LoaderMax's parse method:

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... tml#parse()

 

3: keep all of your video urls in an external xml file and once the xml is loaded all the videos will start loading using XMLLoader:

http://www.greensock.com/as/docs/tween/ ... oader.html

 

 

LoaderMax is very powerful and offers a lot of features, with that though there is a bit of study time involved at the beginning.

 

 

When learning LoaderMax, I found this tutorial very very helpful as it covers a large percentage of what you will need LoaderMax to do when working with video.

http://active.tutsplus.com/tutorials/ac ... e-premium/

 

I would strongly recommend starting small with one VideoLoader and get it to work as you need, then look into adding multiple VideoLoaders to a LoaderMax.

 

Once you get some code working, feel free to come back with questions.