Here it is, the final part of our video player tutorial! All we need to do now is get the time indicator working, add our home button click function, position and size the current video and get the featured bar filled with videos along with its scrubber. Let’s get started!
Build a Dynamic Video Player with ActionScript 3: Part 3 of 3
Feb 3rd in ActionScript, Video by Zachary Haight
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Build a Dynamic Video Player with ActionScript 3: Part 2 of 3
Jan 22nd in ActionScript, Video by Zachary HaightIt’s on to part two of our Custom AS3 Video Player! In the previous chapter we became familiar with the start file, added some interactivity to the buttons and (most importantly) got the video playing.
In this second part we are going to set up the xml for all the the videos settings. We will change how our player loads videos and get preloaders working for all of our thumbnails. We will be able to add, change and modify our videos on the fly with XML. Let’s get started!
Build a Dynamic Video Player with ActionScript 3: Part 1 of 3
Jan 13th in ActionScript, Video by Zachary HaightAlmost every Flash developer has had to make a video player at some point. There are quite a few different ways of doing this; some people use the built in NetStream Class and some use the FLVPlayback component in Flash. Either way will work, but we are going to use the NetStream Class because of how much lighter it is and what you can do with it.
This is a large tutorial that will be broken down to three parts. Each part will build off the previous one until we have our final result. Our player will be able to use an XML file to populate three galleries with an unlimited amount of categories, and an unlimited amount of videos in each category.
An Introduction to Flash Video
Dec 23rd in Screencasts, Video by Tom GreenThis tutorial is aimed at those who are new to Flash Video, are thinking of getting into it, or are just plain scared of it because, well, it’s video and video’s complicated..
By the end of this screencast, you’ll have been made aware that it isn’t difficult to achieve great results and that the process from encode to upload is in fact fairly uncomplicated.
Play Videos in Sequence Using Flash
Dec 16th in Video by Tom GreenIt’s an all too familiar occurrence. You click a link to watch a video and, instead, have to sit through a 15 second ad before the video plays. Though this is an extreme example of how one plays a video sequence the technique is exactly the same.
In this tut, I’ll show you a method of playing sequential video through a video object and through the FLVPlayback component in Flash.
Generate Video Captions with Soundbooth and Flash
Dec 4th in Video by Tom GreenIt seems as though we are inundated with video on the web. In many respects, this is not an unexpected phenomena but video is undergoing a rather quiet shift in perception. For the past several years, video has been regarded as content taking up space on the web page. A couple of years back, it slowly dawned on a few people that even though video is indeed content, it is the video’s data that could have huge potential.
In this tutorial I am going to show you one example of how this works. We are going to take the audio track out of a video file, transcribe it and then use that transcription to create video captions in Flash.
Treat Your Viewers to a Full Screen HD Video Experience
Nov 16th in Video by Tom GreenIn this beginner to intermediate tutorial I’m going to show you how to play HD video without the inevitable blurring that occurs when the video is enlarged.
The reason for this is that I’m getting a bit tired of visiting YouTube or other sites that present HD video with a full screen option only to discover, when I click the Full Screen button, that I suddenly need the prescription for my glasses changed.
The issue is not the video but how the Flash Player handles the process of going full screen. Let’s find out how to do things properly..
Detect Intruders Using the Camera Object in Flash CS4
Nov 2nd in Video by Tom GreenThe rise of Flash Video and Web 2.0 over the past few years has also sparked an increase in the use of video as a communication tool. Along with this increased awareness there has also been a corresponding increase in the use of web cams that are either hard wired into the computer or sold as separate add ons.
In this tutorial I am going to show you, firstly, how to feed a web cam signal into Flash and, secondly, how to get in touch with your inner spy and use your web cam to detect intruders.
Control a Flex Video Application Using Mouse Gestures
Oct 23rd in Flex, Video by Matthew CaspersonAlmost all PC user interfaces are designed around the notion of moving a cursor and clicking on objects. Buttons, menus, combo boxes, lists and every other standard UI control work in this way. The mouse is used to position the cursor, and the position of the cursor is used to perform an action.
It’s a design paradigm that has worked well, but lately new technologies like touch screens and motion sensors (think the Wii) have challenged the notion of using a mouse, or even having a cursor on the screen at all..
Creating a YouTube Search and Play Gadget with PureMVC
Aug 5th in Video by Ahmed NuamanFollowing my tutorials on PureMVC and the YouTube Player API I thought it would be a good idea to show you how to use the YouTube GData API for searching for and playing videos. So I’ve created a little tutorial that combines your new PureMVC and YouTube Player skills into a nice and simple search and play gadget.
