[Flashcoders] compiling swf without flash

2007-05-15 Thread Bas Quentin // Byontik

I would like to know if you know a solution for the following problem.. I
just would like to know if it's possible and what tools you would use..

I need to build a flash mediaplayer that plays swf and mp3 files. BUT
because the mediaplayer will be used in an environment that doesn't support
external files the media files must be included with the player in 1
swffile. This will be done by people that don't know how to use flash.

My guess would be making a page where the user can select a media file and
change the desired settings (title, fontsize,..) and that compiles a new swf
file for the user.

Creating the player is no problem but I would like to know if it's possible
to generate a single swf file from 2 separate files without using flash. The
process would be similar to: importing the media file to the library of the
media player and exporting the file.

thx


Gr
Bas
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Re: [Flashcoders] compiling swf without flash

2007-05-15 Thread eka

Hello :)

you can use http://swfmill.org/ and http://www.mtasc.org/ to do it :)

EKA+ :)

2007/5/15, Bas Quentin // Byontik [EMAIL PROTECTED]:


I would like to know if you know a solution for the following problem.. I
just would like to know if it's possible and what tools you would use..

I need to build a flash mediaplayer that plays swf and mp3 files. BUT
because the mediaplayer will be used in an environment that doesn't
support
external files the media files must be included with the player in 1
swffile. This will be done by people that don't know how to use flash.

My guess would be making a page where the user can select a media file and
change the desired settings (title, fontsize,..) and that compiles a new
swf
file for the user.

Creating the player is no problem but I would like to know if it's
possible
to generate a single swf file from 2 separate files without using flash.
The
process would be similar to: importing the media file to the library of
the
media player and exporting the file.

thx


Gr
Bas
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[Flashcoders] Urgent timeout problem

2007-05-15 Thread Berkay Unal

Hi Coders

I am capturing and image from swf to jpg with the following code. It
sometimes gives the output. But sometimes cause timeout A script is causing
flash player . Is there a way to make it not timeout.

I have used http://www.buraks.com/swfsli/ with the cmdline swfsli
index.swf/t200 /b /d /v

Code:

who = mixer_mc.holder_mc;
var pixels:Array = new Array();
//var snap = new BitmapData(33, 43);
var snap = new BitmapData(331.5, 432.9);
snap.draw(who);
var w:Number = snap.width, tmp;
var h:Number = snap.height;
var a:Number = 0;
while(a=w) {
 b = 0
 while(b=h) {

  tmp = snap.getPixel(a, b).toString(16);
  pixels.push(tmp);
  b++
 }

 perc = int((a*100)/w)/2;
 _root.mixer_mc.outputLoading_mc.bar_mc.gotoAndStop(perc);
 a++
}


  outputImage(pixels, h, w, action);
  snap.dispose();




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Re: [Flashcoders] tracking or receiving

2007-05-15 Thread dr.ache

hello.

can you explain more detailed what that means: i was asked to load a 
1x1 pixel

... so i figured i would receive the following ...  !?

when someone asked you to load the gif bye applying the mentioned url
excactly the same person has to make sure, that you will get a gif in 
return.


maybe he meant you should send the name of the gif you want to load via
variables like: loadMovie(http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=1x1.gif;);

?

For other informations ask the person you get that info from :)

greets,
dr.ache

Helmut Granda schrieb:

Thanks,

My other idea is to send the variables necessary with a regular 
sendandload
method. my only concern is that the server might not recognize the 
variables
since I'm not sending the headers along with it and I'm not sure if 
they are

necessary. I have been reading in different places trying to determine
exactly what variables are neccesary and it looks to me like just sending
the variables through an object would suffice.

Anyone has experience with this kind of tracking? I'm surprissed no 
none yet
has blogged about this specific item. at least not that I have found 
between

flash and asp/.net/php and such.


On 5/14/07, dr.ache [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


hi.

depends on what that server returns on that request. the asp file must
return a gif
in the response, otherwise the loadClip method fails.

greets,
dr.ache


Helmut Granda schrieb:
 I was asked to load a 1x1 pixel gif to one of my movies so I figured I
 would
 receive the following:

 http://www.server.com/thepixel.gif

 but I received this:

 http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...

 to me it looks more like I need to send some variables to the server
 rather
 than loading a gif.


 If i do the regular:

 var theHolder = this.createEmptyMovieClip(holder,
 this.getNextHighestDepth()
 );
 theHolder.loadMovie(
http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...

 );

 Would it still be able to track the gif?

 TIA
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Re: [Flashcoders] simple movie scroller Bug.

2007-05-15 Thread dr.ache

hi

i cant figure out what you mean? you load a movie with that mentioned 
code in frame one or on frame one of your main movie?

what means you want to load it in the middle frame?

dr.ache

Paul V. schrieb:

Hello, I should probably not need to ask this. But I am running a movie.  move. 
 about 300 frames.  I am looking at have it load into the middle frame and 
having a simple movie scroll.  I start with this in frame 1.


stop();
btn.onRelease = function(){
 gotoAndStop(start);   //   start label is in the middle of the  mov about 
frame 150.
 this._alpha = 0;
// I turn off the buttons vis.  I will probably load it and unload it in the final copy. Not sure on the edicate for this.  less code this way.  Less clutter the other way unloading the movie.


 frameNav();  //call the function
}

function frameNav(){

 onEnterFrame = function(){  //simple onEnterFrame

 movFrame = _xmouse; 


 //movie frame which is about 300 frames should run from _xmouse = 0  to 
_xmouse = 300
 gotoAndStop(movFrame);  //gotoAndStop Movie pans as long as you slide the 
mouse, stops where you want it to stop.
}

}

here is the problem  the mov for some reason behaves exactally as you would 
expect from reading the code. except one thing. For some annoying reason, it 
stops at frame 177 or 178.  So my code does not refer to that frame, nor do I 
have any stops, labels, mcs or any actionscript at all on that frame.  So I 
really am stumped.  Again this is something I am asking because, it seems to me 
at this point that there is an increasing chance that there is a common bug.  
Otherwise???

Let me know.

and thanks guys and gals.

Peace

Vdst.
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RE: [Flashcoders] tracking or receiving

2007-05-15 Thread Smeets, Ben
Hi, I think you are trying to load some sort of tracking gif of an
outside provider right? In that case, just load the gif through the
exact url you have been given. So if the url mentioned said
bla.asp?a=5b=7c=8 etc, use that in your load function. The external
provider will make sure it is a gif being returned. 

Ben

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To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] tracking or receiving

hello.

can you explain more detailed what that means: i was asked to load a
1x1 pixel
... so i figured i would receive the following ...  !?

when someone asked you to load the gif bye applying the mentioned url
excactly the same person has to make sure, that you will get a gif in
return.

maybe he meant you should send the name of the gif you want to load via
variables like:
loadMovie(http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=1x1.gif;);

?

For other informations ask the person you get that info from :)

greets,
dr.ache

Helmut Granda schrieb:
 Thanks,

 My other idea is to send the variables necessary with a regular 
 sendandload method. my only concern is that the server might not 
 recognize the variables since I'm not sending the headers along with 
 it and I'm not sure if they are necessary. I have been reading in 
 different places trying to determine exactly what variables are 
 neccesary and it looks to me like just sending the variables through 
 an object would suffice.

 Anyone has experience with this kind of tracking? I'm surprissed no 
 none yet has blogged about this specific item. at least not that I 
 have found between flash and asp/.net/php and such.


 On 5/14/07, dr.ache [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 hi.

 depends on what that server returns on that request. the asp file 
 must return a gif in the response, otherwise the loadClip method 
 fails.

 greets,
 dr.ache


 Helmut Granda schrieb:
  I was asked to load a 1x1 pixel gif to one of my movies so I 
  figured I would receive the following:
 
  http://www.server.com/thepixel.gif
 
  but I received this:
 
  http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...
 
  to me it looks more like I need to send some variables to the 
  server rather than loading a gif.
 
 
  If i do the regular:
 
  var theHolder = this.createEmptyMovieClip(holder,
  this.getNextHighestDepth()
  );
  theHolder.loadMovie(
 http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...
 
  );
 
  Would it still be able to track the gif?
 
  TIA
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RE: [Flashcoders] simple movie scroller Bug.

2007-05-15 Thread Danny Kodicek
 
 
 stop();
 btn.onRelease = function(){
  gotoAndStop(start);   //   start label is in the middle of 
 the  mov about frame 150.
  this._alpha = 0;
 // I turn off the buttons vis.  I will probably load it and 
 unload it in the final copy. Not sure on the edicate for 
 this.  less code this way.  Less clutter the other way 
 unloading the movie.
 
  frameNav();  //call the function
 }
 
 function frameNav(){
 
  onEnterFrame = function(){  //simple onEnterFrame
 
  movFrame = _xmouse; 
 
  //movie frame which is about 300 frames should run from 
 _xmouse = 0  to _xmouse = 300  gotoAndStop(movFrame);  
 //gotoAndStop Movie pans as long as you slide the mouse, 
 stops where you want it to stop.
 }
 
 }
 
 here is the problem  the mov for some reason behaves 
 exactally as you would expect from reading the code. except 
 one thing. For some annoying reason, it stops at frame 177 or 
 178.  So my code does not refer to that frame, nor do I have 
 any stops, labels, mcs or any actionscript at all on that 
 frame.  So I really am stumped.  Again this is something I am 
 asking because, it seems to me at this point that there is an 
 increasing chance that there is a common bug.  Otherwise???

I think I understand what you're asking. Is this 'movie' you're scrolling
through a FLV? I wonder if you're having trouble scrubbing through it
because it doesn't have enough keyframes?

Danny

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[Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Paul Steven
Hi there

A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for their site and I
was thinking of doing it in Flash. However the client is concerned that not
everyone has Flash plugin. Therefore I need to consider the alternatives,
one of which is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% of internet
users do not have javascript turned on.

I would appreciate any advice on what the best technology is to create this.
Hopefully Flash is the answer:)

Thanks

Paul

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Re: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Matthias Dittgen

Two things, that quickly came into my mind:

1) Try the new OpenLaszlo Version, which can render to Flash as well
as to DHTML(upps, needs Javascript, :-))

2) Use Flash and offer a projector (exe or the like) for those, who
can't install the FlashPlayer plugin - which I can only imagine within
a coorporate environment. On the other side, I can't think of a
company that don't allow flash these days.

I would use Flash7/Actionscript2.0 which is really widely spread these days.

hth,
Matthias

2007/5/15, Paul Steven [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

Hi there

A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for their site and I
was thinking of doing it in Flash. However the client is concerned that not
everyone has Flash plugin. Therefore I need to consider the alternatives,
one of which is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% of internet
users do not have javascript turned on.

I would appreciate any advice on what the best technology is to create this.
Hopefully Flash is the answer:)

Thanks

Paul

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[Flashcoders] AS2 - erase bitmap?

2007-05-15 Thread Dave Mennenoh
Hi guys - I have a small bitmap (a stain) on stage that needs to be erased 
by dragging an eraser over it. It's easy ennough to reveal it, by drawing 
into a dynamic mask, but I'm having trouble going the other way. I can, of 
course, use the mask method and just reveal a chunk of background above the 
stain, but I need to remove the alpha too, as the clip will be placed 
randomly on a page, so I need to be able to see whatever page is behind the 
stain when it's gone. Lastly, I also need a way of determining if the stain 
has been fully 'erased' - or close enough...



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RE: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Amandeep Singh
I suggest go for flash. As it is widely spread plug-in for web browsers.


Amandeep Singh,
Senior Flash Engineer,
Synapse Communication Pvt. Ltd.
F-18, Sector 11, NOIDA, UP
www.synapse.co.in
Mobile: +91 92161 03894
Office: +91 120 4330500 

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Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 4:14 PM
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com; 'Paul V.'
Subject: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

Hi there

A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for their site and I
was thinking of doing it in Flash. However the client is concerned that not
everyone has Flash plugin. Therefore I need to consider the alternatives,
one of which is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% of internet
users do not have javascript turned on.

I would appreciate any advice on what the best technology is to create this.
Hopefully Flash is the answer:)

Thanks

Paul

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RE: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Danny Kodicek
  Hi there
 
 A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for 
 their site and I was thinking of doing it in Flash. However 
 the client is concerned that not everyone has Flash plugin. 
 Therefore I need to consider the alternatives, one of which 
 is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% of internet 
 users do not have javascript turned on.
 
 I would appreciate any advice on what the best technology is 
 to create this.
 Hopefully Flash is the answer:)

I'd say the only option for people with no javaScript is going to be a
server-based solution like asp. Certainly your web user with no Javascript
won't be likely to have Flash either. 

Danny

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Re: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?

2007-05-15 Thread Muzak
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetration.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/PC.html



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To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com; 'Paul V.' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:43 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] Mortgage calculator in Flash or other technology?


 Hi there

 A client has asked me to create a mortgage calculator for their site and I
 was thinking of doing it in Flash. However the client is concerned that not
 everyone has Flash plugin. Therefore I need to consider the alternatives,
 one of which is to do it in javascript. However I read that 7% of internet
 users do not have javascript turned on.

 I would appreciate any advice on what the best technology is to create this.
 Hopefully Flash is the answer:)

 Thanks

 Paul


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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - erase bitmap?

2007-05-15 Thread Ian Thomas

I don't quite understand the bulk of what you wrote - but for the last bit:


Lastly, I also need a way of determining if the stain
has been fully 'erased' - or close enough...


Capture whatever clip you've ended up with into a BitmapData and use
getColorBoundsRect() (a truly wonderful function).

Ian

On 5/15/07, Dave Mennenoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi guys - I have a small bitmap (a stain) on stage that needs to be erased
by dragging an eraser over it. It's easy ennough to reveal it, by drawing
into a dynamic mask, but I'm having trouble going the other way. I can, of
course, use the mask method and just reveal a chunk of background above the
stain, but I need to remove the alpha too, as the clip will be placed
randomly on a page, so I need to be able to see whatever page is behind the
stain when it's gone. Lastly, I also need a way of determining if the stain
has been fully 'erased' - or close enough...


Dave -
Head Developer
http://www.blurredistinction.com
Adobe Community Expert
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - erase bitmap?

2007-05-15 Thread Dave Mennenoh
I don't quite understand the bulk of what you wrote - but for the last 
bit:


Nice. Thanks for that tip. I'll try to explain more clearly. I have an 
'eraser' that can be dragged over a 'stain' image. When the user clicks I 
need to have the eraser remove bits of the stain image. The trouble I'm 
having with it is that I need the actual alpha of the stain to be removed as 
well, so that the user can see a varying background image underneath.



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[Flashcoders] FLV Script embedding

2007-05-15 Thread Anthony Backhouse

Hello,

this is a bit of a newbie question but I wanted to check this out before
diving into learning Flex development.

Can you embed scripts into an FLV file (preferabbly when encoding)? I'm
looking to do something similar to the script embedding in Windows media
encoder to trigger timeline image loading. For example when the flv stream
gets to a particular timeline point it will execute a script? I'm hoping to
create an app that plays a live stream and updates power point style image
information.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry in advance if this is an
obvoius answer, I have checked the docs and the archives and couldn't seem
to work out if this possible.

Cheers.
ant.
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - erase bitmap?

2007-05-15 Thread Ian Thomas

Oh, okay.

Most obvious, I think, is to paint into the BitmapData of the stain,
copying BitmapData from the background image behind it. If your
background image is static, that should do what you want it to.

Alternatively, you could copy a rect from the background into a clip
in _front_ of the stain, give it an empty mask (so it's invisible i.e.
you see the stain to start with) and gradually reveal the background
(i.e. cover up the stain) by drawing into the mask. If you need the
background animated in some way, you could copy the pixels from the
background into this clip once a frame.

There's probably some clever manipulation that can be done by a
ColourMatrixFilter to flip an alpha value and to use copyPixels - but
I'd need to experiment. :-)

HTH,
  Ian

On 5/15/07, Dave Mennenoh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Nice. Thanks for that tip. I'll try to explain more clearly. I have an
'eraser' that can be dragged over a 'stain' image. When the user clicks I
need to have the eraser remove bits of the stain image. The trouble I'm
having with it is that I need the actual alpha of the stain to be removed as
well, so that the user can see a varying background image underneath.


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[Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

2007-05-15 Thread Jake Prime

Hi

Is there any way to uniquely identify a single Flash plug-in? Perhaps
there is an indentity code, or is there anyway to get something unique
from a user's computer through Flash (something like the MAC address)?

Basically we need to know whether a user has played a game before but
we don't want them to register / login, and we can't rely on cookies /
local shared objects.

Thanks
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[Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Alistair Colling
Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading an XML  
file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it. What I would  
like to do is load all the information from an XML file but only if  
an attribute in the first node has changed (this is like an ID that  
the Flash app can use to decide whether or not to load all of the XML  
unless it is a new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is  
this wishful thinking?

Thanks :)
Ali



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Re: [Flashcoders] compiling swf without flash

2007-05-15 Thread Bas Quentin // Byontik

thanks i'll give it a try

On 5/15/07, eka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hello :)

you can use http://swfmill.org/ and http://www.mtasc.org/ to do it :)

EKA+ :)

2007/5/15, Bas Quentin // Byontik  [EMAIL PROTECTED]:

 I would like to know if you know a solution for the following problem..
I
 just would like to know if it's possible and what tools you would use..

 I need to build a flash mediaplayer that plays swf and mp3 files. BUT
 because the mediaplayer will be used in an environment that doesn't
 support
 external files the media files must be included with the player in 1
 swffile. This will be done by people that don't know how to use flash.

 My guess would be making a page where the user can select a media file
and
 change the desired settings (title, fontsize,..) and that compiles a new
 swf
 file for the user.

 Creating the player is no problem but I would like to know if it's
 possible
 to generate a single swf file from 2 separate files without using flash.
 The
 process would be similar to: importing the media file to the library of
 the
 media player and exporting the file.

 thx


 Gr
 Bas
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Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Script embedding

2007-05-15 Thread Berkay Unal

Hi Anthony

The Cue point are the things u are looking for.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/3484.html
http://theflashblog.com/?p=78


Best


On 5/15/07, Anthony Backhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hello,

this is a bit of a newbie question but I wanted to check this out before
diving into learning Flex development.

Can you embed scripts into an FLV file (preferabbly when encoding)? I'm
looking to do something similar to the script embedding in Windows media
encoder to trigger timeline image loading. For example when the flv stream
gets to a particular timeline point it will execute a script? I'm hoping
to
create an app that plays a live stream and updates power point style image
information.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry in advance if this is an
obvoius answer, I have checked the docs and the archives and couldn't seem
to work out if this possible.

Cheers.
ant.
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Re: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Ian Thomas

In AS2, you can certainly do some initial checking before it's
_parsed_ by overriding the onData function of the XML object. You
could do some very simple string-checking on the raw string (to check
your attribute) and then decide whether or not to pass it on for
parsing.

How much speed that'll gain you, I don't know.

I suspect there are ways to part-load objects in AS3.

The other fairly obvious way would be to do the work server-side,
proxying your true data source and sending only minimal data if
nothing has changed.

HTH,
  Ian

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Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading an XML
file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it. What I would
like to do is load all the information from an XML file but only if
an attribute in the first node has changed (this is like an ID that
the Flash app can use to decide whether or not to load all of the XML
unless it is a new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is
this wishful thinking?
Thanks :)
Ali



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RE: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

2007-05-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
You can grab something like the IP address with Javascript and/or server
scripts, and use ExternalInterface or FlashVars to get the value.  

Lots of links if you Google get ip address with javascript

Other than that, the Flash security model does not allow you to access
much at all about the local machine, especially if you say you cannot do
logins/cookies/shared objects.

Jason Merrill
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Of Jake Prime
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 9:53 AM
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

Hi

Is there any way to uniquely identify a single Flash plug-in? 
Perhaps there is an indentity code, or is there anyway to get 
something unique from a user's computer through Flash 
(something like the MAC address)?

Basically we need to know whether a user has played a game 
before but we don't want them to register / login, and we 
can't rely on cookies / local shared objects.

Thanks
Jake
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS2 - erase bitmap?

2007-05-15 Thread Dave Mennenoh

If your background image is static, that should do what you want it to.


It isn't... I got it working the way I wanted though. I made a transparent 
'brush' bitmap, then copypixeled that into my stain bitmap... works 
perfectly and affects the alpha like I need.


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RE: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Smeets, Ben
Try the onData event handler of the XML object. Needs some extra magic I
think though. 

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Subject: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading an XML
file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it. What I would like
to do is load all the information from an XML file but only if an
attribute in the first node has changed (this is like an ID that the
Flash app can use to decide whether or not to load all of the XML unless
it is a new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is this
wishful thinking?
Thanks :)
Ali



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RE: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

2007-05-15 Thread Danny Kodicek
 
 Hi
 
 Is there any way to uniquely identify a single Flash plug-in? 
 Perhaps there is an indentity code, or is there anyway to get 
 something unique from a user's computer through Flash 
 (something like the MAC address)?
 
 Basically we need to know whether a user has played a game 
 before but we don't want them to register / login, and we 
 can't rely on cookies / local shared objects.

No, without cookies/shared objects there's no way to be sure. If you need to
be reliable, they have to log in; if you only need reasonable reliability,
then you can go for cookies (incidentally, logging in is better because it
means different users can share a computer, and one user can use different
computers). Alternatively, I find 'skip intro' to be a reasonably effective
option :)

Danny

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RE: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Danny Kodicek
  Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading 
 an XML file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it. 
 What I would like to do is load all the information from an 
 XML file but only if an attribute in the first node has 
 changed (this is like an ID that the Flash app can use to 
 decide whether or not to load all of the XML unless it is a 
 new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is this 
 wishful thinking?

You could parse the initial text manually, but in fairness the XML object is
pretty fast and I'd imagine you're better off just letting it load. If you
want to have an ID for whether the xml has changed, why not just put one
into a different file?

Danny

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Re: [Flashcoders] Curves question for math gurus

2007-05-15 Thread leolea

Regarding those curve math questions... I truly appreciated everyone's help!

Here is the result (clothesline navigation!)
http://www.nfb.ca/cannes/

Many thanks!



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 Hello,
 
 Thank you, I redid my whole thing using your classes!
 Really super, more flexibility + less code !
 Is there any doc online ?
 
 http://www.bezier.ru/eng/AS2/ru/bezier/geom/Bezier.html


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Re: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

2007-05-15 Thread Jake Prime

Thanks Jason. Unfortunately if we can't use IP addresses as if you
have multiple computers behind a proxy server (e.g. universities) they
all have a single IP address. It really needs to be something unique
to a single machine. However the more I look the more it seems
impossible to do...

jake

On 15/05/07, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

You can grab something like the IP address with Javascript and/or server
scripts, and use ExternalInterface or FlashVars to get the value.

Lots of links if you Google get ip address with javascript

Other than that, the Flash security model does not allow you to access
much at all about the local machine, especially if you say you cannot do
logins/cookies/shared objects.

Jason Merrill
Bank of America
GTO Learning  Leadership Development
eTools  Multimedia Team




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Subject: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

Hi

Is there any way to uniquely identify a single Flash plug-in?
Perhaps there is an indentity code, or is there anyway to get
something unique from a user's computer through Flash
(something like the MAC address)?

Basically we need to know whether a user has played a game
before but we don't want them to register / login, and we
can't rely on cookies / local shared objects.

Thanks
Jake
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Re: [Flashcoders] FLV Script embedding

2007-05-15 Thread Anthony Backhouse

Thanks Berkay.

perfect. :)

On 15/05/07, Berkay Unal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Hi Anthony

The Cue point are the things u are looking for.

http://livedocs.adobe.com/flash/8/main/3484.html
http://theflashblog.com/?p=78


Best


On 5/15/07, Anthony Backhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hello,

 this is a bit of a newbie question but I wanted to check this out before
 diving into learning Flex development.

 Can you embed scripts into an FLV file (preferabbly when encoding)? I'm
 looking to do something similar to the script embedding in Windows media
 encoder to trigger timeline image loading. For example when the flv
stream
 gets to a particular timeline point it will execute a script? I'm hoping
 to
 create an app that plays a live stream and updates power point style
image
 information.

 Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Sorry in advance if this is an
 obvoius answer, I have checked the docs and the archives and couldn't
seem
 to work out if this possible.

 Cheers.
 ant.
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Re: [Flashcoders] actionscript cuepoint question

2007-05-15 Thread Rich Shupe
Josh, I¹m pretty sure this has nothing to do with cue points. Although you
can seek to cue points, this is an issue regarding seeking to the next
available group of frames. This cannot be avoided. The only way you can
improve this is to increase the number of keyframes used during encoding.
This will also increase file size.

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Re: [Flashcoders] simple movie scroller Bug.

2007-05-15 Thread Rich Shupe
I can¹t tell just from your code what is going on, but I have two comments.

1) If you end up hiding your buttons, use _visible = false/true, not _alpha
= 0/100. Alpha vals of zero mean your elements still trap/trigger mouse
events, are still composited, etc.

2) Your behavior may be stopping at frame 17X, rather than 300, because the
_xmouse value is relative to the movie not a movie clip? Or the equation
you're using to offset the value isn't correct? Try tracing the _xmouse and
the frame number and see if they match up.

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Re: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread T. Michael Keesey

On 5/15/07, Danny Kodicek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading
an XML file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it.
What I would like to do is load all the information from an
XML file but only if an attribute in the first node has
changed (this is like an ID that the Flash app can use to
decide whether or not to load all of the XML unless it is a
new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is this
wishful thinking?


Wishful thinking. Once Flash starts to download something, it doesn't
stop (streaming media excluded).

If you can, make an addition to the back-end: a script or web service
call that returns a Boolean, based on the same thing.

Am I right in assuming that the XML file is very large? (If not, what
would be the point?)

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[Flashcoders] AS3 KeyboardEvent Oddity [cross-post alert]

2007-05-15 Thread James Marsden

Hey all,

Having a bit of a mare with a 2 player game using WASD for player 1 and 
cursor keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT) for player 2. It seems that the 
keyboard will only trigger either RIGHT or D, not both together :(


If I change player 1's controls to SZXC (or ESDF) it works fine.

Has anyone come across this, or know if it's possible to hack the 
Keyboard class to make RIGHT and D work at the same time?


Thanks!

James
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RE: [Flashcoders] actionscript cuepoint question

2007-05-15 Thread Randy Tinfow
This cannot be avoided. The only way you can improve this is to
increase the number of keyframes used during encoding.

Wrong.  Post compression, you can insert cue points (and metadata)
between keyframes with Captionate.  Uses a separate script track.  Works
a charm.

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RE: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Hairy Dog Digital
What about utilizing two separate XML files. The first files contains the
elements that predicate the loading of the second XML file.

Yes, it's more than one file, but may be a more practical approach as
opposed to overwriting the onLoad event handler.

...Rob


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[Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread dnk

looks like the domain has expired (May 7th). I am assuming the project is
not dead, but it is rather just an over site by the owner. Does anyone have
any info on this? How about a spot to download the latest?

d
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RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 KeyboardEvent Oddity [cross-post alert]

2007-05-15 Thread Holth, Daniel C.

Just curious, what operating system are you on? 

WASD are so often used as 'direction' keys, I'm wondering if there could
be something in the accessibility options of the OS that is making it
react this way...  Just a thought.

Daniel Holth
I.S. Programmer
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Hey all,

Having a bit of a mare with a 2 player game using WASD for player 1 and
cursor keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT) for player 2. It seems that the
keyboard will only trigger either RIGHT or D, not both together :(

If I change player 1's controls to SZXC (or ESDF) it works fine.

Has anyone come across this, or know if it's possible to hack the
Keyboard class to make RIGHT and D work at the same time?

Thanks!

James
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RE: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Jim Armstrong
http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2007/05/amfphporg-domain-name-debac
le/

regards,

- ji\m/
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algorithmist.wordpress.com

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Subject: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

looks like the domain has expired (May 7th). I am assuming the project
is
not dead, but it is rather just an over site by the owner. Does anyone
have
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Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Count Schemula

http://amfphp.sourceforge.net/

On 5/15/07, dnk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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Re: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

2007-05-15 Thread Paul Chang
I don't have the original post for this thread, but if you're in AS3,  
perhaps the URLStream class would be what you want.


Paul

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On May 15, 2007, at 7:34 AM, Smeets, Ben wrote:

Try the onData event handler of the XML object. Needs some extra  
magic I

think though.

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Alistair

Colling
Sent: dinsdag 15 mei 2007 16:07
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: [Flashcoders] Can I read XML before it is loaded?

Hi there, I am sure I remember coming across a way of reading an XML
file before it is fully loaded though I can't find it. What I would  
like

to do is load all the information from an XML file but only if an
attribute in the first node has changed (this is like an ID that the
Flash app can use to decide whether or not to load all of the XML  
unless

it is a new version). Has anyone else heard of this of or is this
wishful thinking?
Thanks :)
Ali



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Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Count Schemula

http://amfphp.sourceforge.net/

Not the latest, though it's 1.2.6 :(

On 5/15/07, Count Schemula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

http://amfphp.sourceforge.net/

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Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Pedro Taranto

http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2007/05/amfphporg-domain-name-debacle/

--Pedro Taranto


dnk escreveu:

looks like the domain has expired (May 7th). I am assuming the project is
not dead, but it is rather just an over site by the owner. Does anyone 
have

any info on this? How about a spot to download the latest?

d
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RE: [Flashcoders] Identifying a unique Flash plugin

2007-05-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
Well, then you can't do it (as far as I know) due to inherent security
violations.  Your client, on one hand, doesn't want to allow logins or
shared objects (for security reasons I assume), yet they are asking you
to break security (which the Flash player and partially the browser
won't let you do) - so they have put you in a Catch-22 type situation
unfortunately.  Seems like time to go back to the client and educate?

Jason Merrill
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Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Asai
There's been a whole deal about it, check out Patrick Mineault's blog 
www.5etdemi.com.  You can find the amfphp website at 
http://amfphp.sourceforge.net


asai



dnk wrote:

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not dead, but it is rather just an over site by the owner. Does anyone 
have

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Re: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread John Hattan
Yeah, looks like the domain got snatched with that whole registrar snafu of a 
few months ago. Right now it's up in the air as to whether they can get the 
domain back.

In any case, the project's still very much alive. Update your bookmarks to 
http://amfphp.sourceforge.net/ and you'll be fine.


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Re: [Flashcoders] actionscript cuepoint question

2007-05-15 Thread Burak KALAYCI

Hi,

Thanks Randy for your kind words about Captionate.

While you can indeed insert a cue point at any time with Captionate, in a 
FLV file, only key frame times can be seeked to, if the FLV contains 
video. (AFAIK, FMS creates a key frame on the fly, but I don't think it 
applies here). When you seek to an arbitrary time, the next key frame (not 
nearest) will be seeked.


If the FLV does not contain video, you can seek to any time. (But of course, 
you'll seek to the next tags time, rather than the exact time).


When you insert 'navigation' type cue points at encode time, the encoder 
makes sure there's a key frame at the cue point time. (If there's audio, and 
audio delay is applied, then provided that the previous key frame is greater 
than audiodelay time away, again, correct key frame will be seeked). With 
Captionate, you can insert any type of cue point at any time but, 
Captionate, being not an encoder, cannot guarantee you can seek to the exact 
cue point time.


Captionate even has an option to create a temporary FLV file with all frames 
as key frames [using FFMPEG, only for Sorenson], so that FLV preview can 
work as expected (no jumps, caused by lack of key frames).


For a FLV trimmer application, if you'll not be re-encoding, then snapping 
at key frames is actually a good thing, because you can only cut an FLV 
with video at key frames.


HTH.

Best regards,
Burak
www.asvguy.com

Burak KALAYCI, Manitu Group
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To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:37 PM
Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] actionscript cuepoint question



This cannot be avoided. The only way you can improve this is to
increase the number of keyframes used during encoding.

Wrong.  Post compression, you can insert cue points (and metadata)
between keyframes with Captionate.  Uses a separate script track.  Works
a charm.

Randy Tinfow
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Re: [Flashcoders] AS3 KeyboardEvent Oddity [cross-post alert]

2007-05-15 Thread Zeh Fernando

Hey all,
Having a bit of a mare with a 2 player game using WASD for player 1 and
cursor keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT) for player 2. It seems that the
keyboard will only trigger either RIGHT or D, not both together :(
If I change player 1's controls to SZXC (or ESDF) it works fine.
Has anyone come across this, or know if it's possible to hack the
Keyboard class to make RIGHT and D work at the same time?


I'm not sure if this is your case, but it's very common for keyboard 
manufacturers to build some keyboard circuits together in a way that 
there's a limitation on the number of keys pressed at the same time that 
the keyboard can detect, or that certain keys cannot be pressed at the 
same time (depending on the group of keys they belong to on the 
keyboard circuitry).


I advise you to test other keyboard models and brands (regardless of OS) 
to see if the error occurs. Testing here I can read d and RIGHT at the 
same time without a problem (cheap but good/oldschool MITSUMI keyboard).



Zeh
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RE: [Flashcoders] amfphp.org?

2007-05-15 Thread Hershell Bryant
See Count Schemula's reply...it's at sourceforge.


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Re: [Flashcoders] actionscript cuepoint question

2007-05-15 Thread Rich Shupe
Sorry to offend. 

I don't know how that got cut out of the email I sent. Perhaps I hit send
prematurely. Josh, for more info on injecting, this little article may help:

http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/31420/0/page/2

followed by a way to use that, and a server-side solution like LightTPD, PHP
or CF to deliver streaming video at little to no cost.

http://www.devx.com/webdev/Article/31960

Rich


On 5/15/07 12:37 PM, Randy Tinfow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 This cannot be avoided. The only way you can improve this is to
 increase the number of keyframes used during encoding.
 
 Wrong.  Post compression, you can insert cue points (and metadata)
 between keyframes with Captionate.  Uses a separate script track.  Works
 a charm.



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RE: [Flashcoders] Challenge: open YouTube FLV in your own SWF

2007-05-15 Thread Michael Mudge
I've been doing this with AS3 for a while now...  Just using a Loader.

Go to http://www.biality.com/tubes/tubes.swf 
Enter a nickname by typing /nick whatever
Then type this: /plugin http://www.youtube.com/v/G-U5N9WHuOI

- Kipp

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 Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2007 6:47 AM
 To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
 Subject: [Flashcoders] Challenge: open YouTube FLV in your own SWF
 
 
 I've been desparately trying to figure out a way to do so, 
 you can't do it 
 since YouTube's crossdomain XML features *.google.com and 
 *.youtube.com. I 
 want to experiment with a mashup which requires direct 
 access to the FLV.
 
 So I started looking at the various Google services, in the 
 hope one of them 
 serves from a *.google.com domain.
 
 Google Pages? Maybe pages.google.com ? Nope, googlepages.com 
 Google Widgets? Maybe widgets.google.com? Nope, gmodules.com 
 Google Code Projects? googlecode.com...
 
 There's nothing on YouTube about uploading direct files I 
 found, so my 
 little experiment is doomed to fail.. unless I'm missing 
 something? Does 
 anyone of you know a service/idea/trick/API to open a 
 streaming FLV somehow 
 from YouTube?
 
 The only thing I could think of is, of course, screen 
 scraping the FLV url 
 (keepvid.com style) and downloading it to my server to play. 
 But that's not 
 really what I wanted...
 
 Regards, Stan Vassilev 
 
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Re: [Flashcoders] tracking or receiving

2007-05-15 Thread Helmut Granda

Thanks all for the info, after reading a lot about the subject and looking
at my options I figured out the best way (or a least I think it is) was to
create a JS function that will write the gif (PXL) object to a div. Now the
JS is being called within flash.

So far so good. I'm just waiting to receive the report if all is functional,
if everything works correctly I will go ahead and make a blog post about it
because it would really help to fix this issue or at least have some info
about it.

-h

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Hi, I think you are trying to load some sort of tracking gif of an
outside provider right? In that case, just load the gif through the
exact url you have been given. So if the url mentioned said
bla.asp?a=5b=7c=8 etc, use that in your load function. The external
provider will make sure it is a gif being returned.

Ben

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Sent: dinsdag 15 mei 2007 10:15
To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] tracking or receiving

hello.

can you explain more detailed what that means: i was asked to load a
1x1 pixel
... so i figured i would receive the following ...  !?

when someone asked you to load the gif bye applying the mentioned url
excactly the same person has to make sure, that you will get a gif in
return.

maybe he meant you should send the name of the gif you want to load via
variables like:
loadMovie(http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=1x1.gif;);

?

For other informations ask the person you get that info from :)

greets,
dr.ache

Helmut Granda schrieb:
 Thanks,

 My other idea is to send the variables necessary with a regular
 sendandload method. my only concern is that the server might not
 recognize the variables since I'm not sending the headers along with
 it and I'm not sure if they are necessary. I have been reading in
 different places trying to determine exactly what variables are
 neccesary and it looks to me like just sending the variables through
 an object would suffice.

 Anyone has experience with this kind of tracking? I'm surprissed no
 none yet has blogged about this specific item. at least not that I
 have found between flash and asp/.net/php and such.


 On 5/14/07, dr.ache [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 hi.

 depends on what that server returns on that request. the asp file
 must return a gif in the response, otherwise the loadClip method
 fails.

 greets,
 dr.ache


 Helmut Granda schrieb:
  I was asked to load a 1x1 pixel gif to one of my movies so I
  figured I would receive the following:
 
  http://www.server.com/thepixel.gif
 
  but I received this:
 
  http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...
 
  to me it looks more like I need to send some variables to the
  server rather than loading a gif.
 
 
  If i do the regular:
 
  var theHolder = this.createEmptyMovieClip(holder,
  this.getNextHighestDepth()
  );
  theHolder.loadMovie(
 http://www.server.com/page.asp?var1=avar2=bvar3=c...
 
  );
 
  Would it still be able to track the gif?
 
  TIA
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[Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

2007-05-15 Thread Helios Pregioni Bayma

Hi,

I have a project with animation of a person, and the client is in doubt
about real person animed or silhouette like the one in
http://u10.iriver.com/.

Do you know what are the best techniques for both? The iriver example, what
technique do you think it uses?
My weakeast point in Flash is animation, and the design company will take
care of it, but they asked me that cause they know nothing about Flash.
Anyone has a tip for doing those differente animations?

Thanks!
Helios
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RE: [Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

2007-05-15 Thread Merrill, Jason
You can't do fluid motion like that in Flash without some real-life
motion capture first.  Looks like they could have done some tracing to
vector of bitmap sequences from a video file.  

Jason Merrill
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Subject: [Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

Hi,

I have a project with animation of a person, and the client 
is in doubt about real person animed or silhouette like the 
one in http://u10.iriver.com/.

Do you know what are the best techniques for both? The iriver 
example, what technique do you think it uses?
My weakeast point in Flash is animation, and the design 
company will take care of it, but they asked me that cause 
they know nothing about Flash.
Anyone has a tip for doing those differente animations?

Thanks!
Helios
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

2007-05-15 Thread Helios Pregioni Bayma

Yeah Jason, I thought so, and do you know what software could trace
real-life motion?
Should it be After Effects? Another one?

Thanks
Helios
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[Flashcoders] Q:Using BitmapData for alpha masking

2007-05-15 Thread jim bachalo
I have an irregularly shaped transparent png that I dynamically load.What I 
need to do is to create a dynamic mask that is the same shape as the 
non-transparent areas of the png.Is this possible using the Bitmap Data object?
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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

2007-05-15 Thread Bob Wohl

http://www.on2.com/consumer/flix-pro

I've never had any exp. with that but I've seen tons of ads for it. ;)


on another note, that could be a bitmap sequence that has been
tracebitmapped - with the edges looking not as smooth as hand drawn.

B.



On 5/15/07, Helios Pregioni Bayma [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Yeah Jason, I thought so, and do you know what software could trace
real-life motion?
Should it be After Effects? Another one?

Thanks
Helios
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Re: [Flashcoders] Challenge: open YouTube FLV in your own SWF

2007-05-15 Thread Steven Sacks
There are tons of sites that come up on google if you search for 
download youtube flv, or things of that ilk.  There are sites that will 
give you the direct path to the FLV and you can use their scripts for 
any YouTube movie ID url.


FireBug for Firefox and Fiddler for IE7 are two examples of apps that 
provide HTTP request logs which allow you to see what the video path the 
Youtube video player is requesting and then plug that in to your flv 
player.  Works fine.


As you will discover, some flvs on youtube (actually, a lot) have no 
metadata whatsoever, so you need to use the YouTube API first to get the 
video information (specifically, duration, so you can seek).

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Re: [Flashcoders] Flash animation like http://u10.iriver.com/

2007-05-15 Thread Rich Shupe
Yes, FlixPro can output to vector. The trick starting with a source that is
as clear and high-contrast as possible. To keep processing to a minimum, try
to film the sequence with an actor dressed as darkly and uniformly as
possible on a white background. Lights can wash out the background
altogether. If needed, you can increase the contrast in pre-processing and
then run it through FlixPro to output to vector.

Rich



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[Flashcoders] flash projector sending xml to php (sendAndLoad) or php variables...

2007-05-15 Thread grimmwerks

Anyone have good examples/pointers of both sending

- raw xml data to a php page
- sending variables to a php page without using a browser (ie behind
the scenes).

I've been looking at both LoadVars and XML's sendAndLoad but can't get
it to function...
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