Sounds like an AIR thing. Is what you want possible via PhoneGap/Cordova? We are looking into having the AS to JS conversion create PhoneGap apps.
On 4/5/13 10:38 AM, "Christian M. Cepel" <puddleg...@marshwiggle.org> wrote: > I'm not certain how things stand with Apache incubating Flex and Adobe > developing AIR. > > I'm wondering if this is something on the radar as far as the SDK > development team goes, and if so, where it might stand, what we might > expect. The below is specifically regarding iOS, but the non-existing API > methods of course > > Specifically, the SDK lacks any way to > > - CameraRoll.browseForVideo() similar to CameraRoll.browseForImage() > - Using the CameraUI to take a video creates a file in the system tmp > that is not immediately available w/o first using FileIO to move it > elsewhere. > - Directly/simply accessing local video on the filesystem without > involving a far more complex server/streaming model that is simply > unnecessary (so far as I understand things) > - Harvest frame BitmapData directly for display of thumbnails > > I've, personally had no luck with using Video or StageVideo to simply > display a video file on the local file system that was -created/captured- > using the delegated system level functionality. More directly stated... > Native Video format doesn't seem to be playable on the device that created > it (though this may just be my shortcomings as a developer). > > So... I can create videos using the delegated system camera util, but not > play them. I can create videos outside of my software using the system > camera which are then stored in the system CameraRoll, but I can in no ways > use the existing native functionality to browse and select those videos in > the way I can images. > > Is any of this being addressed? > > ANEs seem to be my only solution, but I've not found what I need so far and > I've absolutely no time to dedicate to learning a new technology. > > Cheers. -- Alex Harui Flex SDK Team Adobe Systems, Inc. http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
