MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-COMPONENTS LANGUAGE Reference page 655

Description
Method; seeks to a given time in the file, specified in seconds, with a precision of three
decimal places (milliseconds).
For several reasons, the property might not have the expected value
playheadTime
immediately after calling one of the seek methods or setting to cause seeking.
playheadTime
First, for a progressive download, you can seek only to a keyframe, so a seek takes you to the
time of the first keyframe after the specified time. (When streaming, a seek always goes to the
precise specified time even if the source FLV file doesn't have a keyframe there.) Second,
seeking is asynchronous, so if you call a seek method or set the property,
playheadTime
does not update immediately. To obtain the time after the seek is complete,
playheadTime
listen for the event, which does not start until the property has updated.
seek playheadTime
Example
The following example disables the FLV file from playing automatically, calls the
seek()
method to set the playhead 3 seconds into the video, and begins playing the FLV file at
that point.
Drag an FLVPlayback component to the Stage, and give it an instance name of
my_FLVPlybk. Then add the following code to the Actions panel on Frame 1 of the
Timeline:
/**
Requires:
- FLVPlayback component on the Stage with an instance name of my_FLVPlybk
*/
import mx.video.*;
my_FLVPlybk.autoPlay = false;
my_FLVPlybk.contentPath = "http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/video/
water.flv";
my_FLVPlybk.seek(3);
my_FLVPlybk.play();
See also
, , ,
FLVPlayback.playheadTime FLVPlayback.seek FLVPlayback.seekPercent()
FLVPlayback.seekSeconds()
FLVPlayback class 653