Re: [Flashcoders] seek() in VideoPlayer class

2007-04-23 Thread Kelly Smith
I'd like to essentially echo what Mr. Sacks says: Use the NetConnection and NetStream classes to roll your own player. Not only can you employ bug-free seek supporting, but you can also create a faux-streaming player with a little java or php that will open the doors to many possibilities. It

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-18 Thread Kelly Smith
Exactly, the cost of living here in SF is insane. A decent flat in the city will cost you a million flat. I'm in my 30s and still renting. Again, the 100k - 120k figure I tossed out is for someone who has demonstrated expertise in database programming and administration, business logic layers,

[Flashcoders] how to employ http status codes without using XML, loadVars, or MovieClipLoader classes

2007-04-18 Thread Kelly Smith
Greetings fellow coders - The current app I'm developing needs to track http GET requests from the flash player to the server side, but flash's built in http status code handling is limited. Most sever-side information the player grabs comes from ExternalInterface / JavaScript functions in the

Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions

2007-04-17 Thread Kelly Smith
Here in the SF Bay Area, the skillset you describe above would net you between 100 - 120k a year. Bosses love people who can do database, buisness logic, AND presentation work. Don't settle. - k On 4/16/07, Jordan Snyder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm in Oklahoma City, so it's a bit

[Flashcoders] Data bounce-back with custom flash player

2007-04-10 Thread Kelly Smith
Hello Fellow Coders - I've build a flash video application/player which works well except that when downloading media, the player unwantingly uploads a percentage of that data, sometimes up to 28k/sec. There should be no data that's being sent back to the server. This occurs on Safari and

Re: [Flashcoders] Data bounce-back with custom flash player

2007-04-10 Thread Kelly Smith
: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission_Control_Protocol Kelly Smith wrote: Hello Fellow Coders - I've build a flash video application/player which works well except that when downloading media, the player unwantingly uploads a percentage of that data, sometimes up to 28k/sec. There should

Re: [Flashcoders] Seeking in a Progressively Downloaded FLV - Return of

2007-02-07 Thread Kelly Smith
Metadata injection with php has become a proven way to faux-stream flv's. It works great for me, and under substantial loads. Here is the lowdown: http://www.flashcomguru.com/index.cfm/2005/11/2/Streaming-flv-video-via-PHP-take-two Be sure to read through the comments below as there are a bevy

[Flashcoders] set and retrieve a netstream property

2007-01-30 Thread Kelly Smith
Howdy - I'm upgrading a video application from stage-based code to OO, and have run into a sticky problem: Using metadata injection, I am able to read a duration property on the netStream class, and pass the value to another function, as such: public function metaDataInfo(obj:Object) {

Re: [Flashcoders] full-browser flash resizing only a few elements

2007-01-23 Thread Kelly Smith
excellent and brief tutorial to achieve what you seek to do: http://www.jamesor.com/2006/10/12/creating-liquid-guis-with-flash-part-2/ - k On 1/22/07, Rákos Attila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Probably you refer incorrectly to the video and navigation movieclips. By using this you refer to

Re: [Flashcoders] Tweaking Full-Screen Mode in Flash Player 8

2006-12-28 Thread Kelly Smith
Thanks, below is the relavent AS code: function resizeToggle():Void { if(vidSize == 1){ with(vidWrapper){ _x = 72; _y = 38; _width = 600; _height = 440; } vidWrapper.vidDisplayPlate._visible = true; wrapper1._y = 488; wrapper1._x

[Flashcoders] Tweaking Full-Screen Mode in Flash Player 8

2006-12-27 Thread Kelly Smith
Hello - I am building a video application which requires a full-screen mode for flash 8 players. I want to pass along some settings from the normal-sized view (browser) to the full-screen browser when it opens upon user's command via javascript. Specifically, I want to take some objects out of