How to loop FLV video

[mouser]

I created a Quicktime file, then imported it into a Flash document as an FLV
file. I will then export to an SWF file. However, I need the SWF file to
loop continuously. How to I do this? I assume I need to do this looping
command to the FLV file in the Flash document BEFORE I export to SWF. If it's
an "action" command, please give me a step by step. Thanks.

[dzedward]

click the component on stage, look down in the properties inspector and you'll
see <instance name>, click that and type, flvPlayer. Then click the frame that
this resides on, open up the actions panel, make sure it says Actions-Frame in
the upper left hand corner.. paste this.

var myLis:Object = new Object;
myLis.complete = function(){
flvPlayer.play();
}
flvPlayer.addEventListener("complete", myLis);

[mouser]

Thanks. It works.

[donkiekong76]

I'm trying to do the same thing, but when I tried the script, I got this error:
"1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type Function.

[dzedward]

What are you Actionscript publish settings? AS2 or AS3?

[donkiekong76]

action script 3

[dzedward]

im going to assume AS3 since the nature of the Error. You will need to use AS3
syntax, my earlier post is AS2 syntax. This is what you need.

import fl.video.VideoEvent;
flvPlayer.addEventListener(VideoEvent.COMPLETE, videoFinished);
function videoFinished(event:Event){
flvPlayer.play();
};

[donkiekong76]

awesome, that worked. Thank you very much.

I have another question. While I was looking up a solution for this, I found
the following AS2 script which you're supposed to apply to an flv object, I
believe:

on (complete) {
this.autorewind =true;
this.play();
}

Is there an AS3 equivalent to this script?

[dzedward]

you do not need that.

[XiRoCCo]

Thanks for this thread, and dzedward - thanks for the AS3 looping code! Works like a charm.

[jras...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, April 15, 2008 1:40:00 PM UTC-4, XiRoCCo wrote:
> Thanks for this thread, and dzedward - thanks for the AS3 looping code! Works like a charm.

I don't see where to paste the code. I'm using CS6. When I open up the "Actions" panel, it just says "Actions" in the upper-left, not "Actions-Frame".

I'm surprised Flash doesn't simply have a checkbox that you can click to tell the video to loop. Why make it so complicated?

[jras...@gmail.com]

Where do you place this code? I tried placing it in the COMPLETE event, but when I tried to publish the file, I get this error:
Scene 1, Layer 'Layer 1', Frame 1, Line 7 1118: Implicit coercion of a value with static type Object to a possibly unrelated type Function.

[thereap...@gmail.com]

For the code to work, you will have to make a new layer above your animation layer, then in a single above the component, paste the code (in the new layer)