Solving technology problems, one at a time
The authors of our learning modules often want to embed one one or more videos embedded in a page. A typical request is to be able to “edit” the video using a duration set in the playist, so that the player shows only a few seconds of the video, focusing on only the relevant material for the current page.
Continue readingThere are some errors that come up time and time again when working with Jeroen Wijering’s Flash Video Player. Here’s how to troubleshoot them. I’ll keep adding to the list as time permits. Click the images to see a larger view.
If your flash file works correctly when you test the movie in Flash, but not once it is published, check your Publish Settings. While modifying a flashcard example application I downloaded from Flashkit.com, I noticed
Continue readingI had a particularly sticky flash problem where a MovieClip worked perfectly when run on its own, but when loaded into a container clip using a loader, would give:
Error #1056: Cannot create property someProperty on loaded clip myLoadedClip
At first I thought it was some kind of timing problem or failure to declare the items in the clip, but it turned out, simply adding the word dynamic to the class definition fixed the problem. Dynamic classes can have properties added at runtime. The MovieClip class is already dynamic, but apparently, the dynamic property is removed in some other part of my code.
In Actionscript 3, you may find yourself wondering why when you use “useHandCursor” on a MovieClip, the cursor remains an arrow on mouse_down.
In AS3, useHandCursor is a property of the SimpleButton class. if an object has “buttonMode” set to true, by default “useHandCursor” will also be true. If is is not set to buttonMode, setting “useHandCursor” to true will do nothing.
On objects that are set to buttonMode, setting “useHandCursor to false will prevent the cursor from changing to a hand on MOUSE_DOWN.
Continue readingI am working on a Flash project where a MovieClip that is contained within another clip needs to get a property from the main timeline of the container clip. trace(this.parent.someProperty) But this generated an error:
Continue readingI’ve come across several PC’s that will play Flash videos, but with no audio. There appear to be a couple of possible fixes to try, thanks to Selder and others in the Weyland.be blog. Go
Continue readingIf you are in a hurry, here are two ready-to-use pieces of player code to choose from. All you need to do is choose one, edit a few lines and drop the code into your page. You will need a playlist for both of them, although it can be very simple for the single file player. Save the playlist to the media folder (there is probably a sample one there already in newer modules).
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