[With timelinelite/ max is there a way to create a listener for labels?]

is there a way to set up a listener and function that gets fired every time a label in the "timeline" is reached?

 

I've tried

tl.addCallback(myFunction, "label1")

 

But it only fires when I hit that one label.

[VideoLoader, MetaData, and Cuepoints]

Thanks Jack. I appreciate the followup.

 

So here's a strange thing that happened. The code below works:

var video:VideoLoader = new VideoLoader(flashVars.v, {name:"myVideo", container:this, width:stage.stageWidth, height:stage.stageHeight, scaleMode:"proportionalOutside", bgColor:0x000000, autoPlay:true, volume:1, requireWithRoot:this.root, estimatedBytes:75000});

//start loading
video.load();
video.addEventListener(LoaderEvent.INIT, VIDEO_INIT);
function VIDEO_INIT(event:Event):void {

		trace(event.target.metaData)

		for (var n:int=0; n				var cp = event.target.metaData.cuePoints[n];
			trace('  '+cp.time+' "'+cp.name+'" ('+cp.type+')');

		}//end for

}

 

Which works, but the strange thing is when I opened it on another machine that uses a new version of green sock I get an error:

TypeError: Error #1010: A term is undefined and has no properties.

at MethodInfo-200()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEventFunction()

at flash.events::EventDispatcher/dispatchEvent()

at com.greensock.loading::VideoLoader/_metaDataHandler()

 

 

 

 

 

This is the version of green sock that works:

CHANGE LOG : GREENSOCK TWEENING PLATFORM

----------------------------------------

 

2011-07-07

 

but the latest build doesn't. Am I doing something wrong?

[VideoLoader, MetaData, and Cuepoints]

var video:VideoLoader = new VideoLoader("video.f4v", {name:"myVideo", container:this, width:stage.stageWidth, height:stage.stageHeight, scaleMode:"proportionalOutside", bgColor:0x000000, autoPlay:true, volume:1, requireWithRoot:this.root});

//start loading
video.load();
video.addEventListener(LoaderEvent.INIT, VIDEO_INIT);
function VIDEO_INIT(event:Event):void {
	trace(event.target)
}

 

What am I missing here?

[VideoLoader, MetaData, and Cuepoints]

I'm trying to figure out a way to get all the cue points contained in a video file, but I can't seem to get the metadata out either once the video loads. Help!

[SWFloader: POSSIBLE to detect if the loaded swf is playing?]

Thanks Jack! I thought maybe you might have built something like that in. I appreciate your help none the less. I love the loadermax by the way.

[SWFloader: POSSIBLE to detect if the loaded swf is playing?]

Is there a property to determine if the loaded swf is playing or not?

 

Say I have a SWF being loaded in. In that sub SWF there are several stops on the timeline animation. Is there a way to detect if that sub SWF is playing or if it's stopped? Without dispatching and even?

[videoloader and progress problem]

ok to thicken the plot...

 

I have gotten the player to trace the progess.

 

function updateDownloadProgress(event:LoaderEvent):void {

trace(event.target.progress)

trace(event.target.bytesLoaded, event.target.bytesTotal)

}

 

The problem seems to be rather than tracing the whole progress it traces just the buffered amount (bufferMode is set to true).

 

What can I do?

[videoloader and progress problem]

I've created a video site, but I've run into and error. In order to not allow the scrub bar to be fast forwarded beyond what's already downloaded I'm trying to limit it's width. BUT the problem is that both:

 

event.target.progress

and

event.target.bytesLoaded/event.target.bytesTotal

 

equal 1. Meaning the whole file has downloaded. BUT that's not the case. I know the video is on a different server out side my home location. Help please.

[Is there a way to set the stroke around an image?]

I know you can set the bgColor, but is there a way to set a line stroke around the image?

[Version: 11.68, Updated 2011-06-28 breaks videoloader]

Hey Jack, I just updated to the latest version of greensock and noticed that all my videoloaders in loadermax are BUSTED. Any suggestions?

[TimelineLite in a for loop?]

Thanks. I'll have to give them some thought and see which will work best. I appreciate the reply.

[TimelineLite in a for loop?]

Say I have a banner rotator that builds each banner based on an XML file that is looped though. Each banner has different text, images, etc. Could I also create a for loop that creates a timelinelite of the banner building in? And each time the banner is brought to the top of the rotator the timelinelite would be told to gotoAndPlay(1)?

 

I know I can loop, but how would I go about calling the timeline? Can I give it a name? and say timeline("number1").gotoAndPlay(1)?

 

I'm lost. Help!

[Can you move a img inside the crop?]

Ok. Solved it. In the OnItemComplete I added the following and it worked as hoped:

 

TweenLite.to(event.target.content.rawContent, 0, {x:"-145"})

[Can you move a img inside the crop?]

is there a way to position a loaded image inside the crop? for instance:

 

var image2:LoaderCore = LoaderMax.parse(xml.page[2].img[0].@src.toString(), {name:"image2",container:this, noCache:false, width:145, height:stage.stageHeight, scaleMode:"proportionalOutside", hAlign:"center", vAlign:"center", crop:true});

 

And what I want to do is put the hAlign:"center"-145

Is there a way to do that?

[Can you change a loader's property after the fact?]

Genius Jack. It really is amazing!

[Can you change a loader's property after the fact?]

And it appears that you can:

 

why_video1.content.vAlign = "center"

why_video1.content.bgAlpha = 0 //Changes the bgColor to zero alpha.

 

Love it. What can loaderMax not do!

[Can you change a loader's property after the fact?]

is it possible to change the settings of a loader after the files been loaded? Take for instance a loader with these params:

 

{name:"why_video1", bgColor:0xffffff, width:stage.stageWidth, height:stage.stageHeight, scaleMode:"proportionalInside", hAlign:"left", vAlign:"top", crop:true})

 

and say you wanted to change hAlign to center and vAlign to center when the file goes into fullscreen. Is it possible to change these on the fly? Or once their set their set?

[fitWidth question]

Ok I think this is the trick:

 

video1.content.rawContent.width

[fitWidth question]

So in my loader I define the size of a video file... width:stage.stageWidth, height:stage.stageHeight, scaleMode:"proportionalInside", hAlign:"left", vAlign:"top"

 

And in my stage listener I have code the sets the fitWidth and fitHeight. It works as it should. I love it.

 

But I'm wondering if there's a way to get the file's actual dimensions? Because with proportionalInside the file fits in the space defined maximizing either height or width, but even though the width is set to stage.stageWidth if the height doesn't allow it it's width is actually less than stage.stageWidth. So code:

 

in my stage resize function:

 

video1.content.fitWidth = swfWidth

video1.content.fitHeight = swfHeight

 

trace(video.content.width, video.content.height) // THESE just return the stage.stageWidth and height even if the actual video isn't that width.

 

 

I'm looking to get the actual displayed width.

 

Any ideas?

[Mixed loaders and not getting great progress when loading]

Ah, excellent. I'm an idiot.

 

Thank you for the reply I really appreciate it. I'll upload the file and see if that fixes it. Thank you again.

[Mixed loaders and not getting great progress when loading]

http://flash.dev.axis41.com/axis41/_test/_loader.zip

 

I'm not using IE. I'm just testing in the flash IDE bandwidth profiler (which usually seems to work). Take a look and let me know what you think. Thanks Jack.

[Mixed loaders and not getting great progress when loading]

Have a Queue of imageLoaders and videoLoaders, and I've defined the estimatedBytes, but I still get very poor progress reports. It starts at 0 then jumps to .2 then .9 and then the remaining progress reports .9945413412, .9956341435. Here's the trace:

 

trace(event.target.name, "progress: " + event.target.progress);

 

returns:

why progress: 0.8593410590073448

why progress: 0.8594171019451604

why progress: 0.859893932453896

why progress: 0.8673481144808071

why progress: 0.8675188586030212

why progress: 0.9898047009946656

why progress: 0.9899934945196937

why progress: 0.9957593552804853

why progress: 0.995928129077478

why progress: 0.9961149535479457

why progress: 0.9962897743205523

why progress: 0.9964796674055109

why progress: 0.9966514195636268

why progress: 0.9968322873118477

why progress: 0.9970191117823154

why progress: 0.9971939325549221

why progress: 0.9973838256398806

why progress: 0.9975555777979965

why progress: 0.9977364455462174

why progress: 0.997926338631176

why progress: 0.9980980907892919

why progress: 0.9982909622353737

why progress: 0.9984597360323663

why progress: 0.9986406037805872

why progress: 0.9988214715288081

why progress: 0.999002339277029

why progress: 0.9991832070252499

why progress: 0.9993640747734708

why progress: 0.9995449425216917

why progress: 0.9997258102699126

why progress: 0.9999066780181335

why progress: 1

 

What do I need to do to get better results? Is it the videoloaders? Here's what I'm doing for the video loaders.

 

var v0_loader:LoaderCore = LoaderMax.parse(xml.page.video[0].@src.toString(), {volume:0,bufferMode:false,container:v0_mc, noCache:false, estimatedBytes:Number(xml.page.video[0].@estimatedBytes)});

parentQueue.getLoader(QUEUE_NAME).append( v0_loader );

v0_loader.addEventListener(VideoLoader.VIDEO_COMPLETE, loopVideo);

 

Anyone have any ideas? HELP!

[Is there a way to get loader "Type" in onComplete?]

In my onComplete function is there a way to get what type of loader just completed?

 

trace(event.target)

 

lists what I need but it also list a whole bunch of other stuff I don't need. Fo example I get:

VideoLoader 'loader2' (videos/video5.f4v)

 

But all I want is the "VideoLoader" part?

 

I can't seem to figure it out for the life of me.

 

Help!

[Resize loader container and keep the set properties. HELP!]

I have several images and videos that are loaded in my loaderMax. And I have an stage resize event, but I'm trying to figure out how to target the loaders or the movieclips that contain the image or video, but still keep the settings or proportions I originally set. Does that make sense?

 

For example say I have:

var mc:MovieClip = new MovieClip()

addChild(mc)

var video2:VideoLoader = new VideoLoader("woman.f4v", {name:"myVideo", y:300, container:mc, width:1200, height:720, scaleMode:"proportionalOutside"});

 

in my stage event listener I would want to resize the video but keep the scaleMode and different parameters.

mc.width = stage.stageWidth

mc.height = stage.stageHeight

 

Is there a way to target the loader and not the "mc"?

 

Thanks in advance.

[TimelineMax timeScale how to?]

timeline.timeScale = 2

 

Figured it out. Doh.