MACROMEDIA FLEX-FLEX ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference page 659

Parameters
The name of an FLV file to play, in quotation marks. Both http:// and file:// formats
fileName
are supported; the file:// location is always relative to the location of the SWF file.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Method; begins playback of an external video (FLV) file. To view video data, you must call a
Video.attachVideo()
contains only audio, is played automatically.
If you want to control the audio associated with an FLV file, you can use
MovieClip.attachAudio()
object to control some aspects of the audio. For more information, see
MovieClip.attachAudio()
If the FLV file can't be found, the
stop a stream that is currently playing, use
You can play local FLV files that are stored in the same directory as the SWF file or in a
subdirectory; you can't navigate to a higher-level directory. For example, if the SWF file is located
in a directory named /training, and you want to play a video stored in the /training/videos
directory, you would use the following syntax:
my_ns.play("videos/videoName.flv");
To play a video stored in the /training directory, you would use the following syntax:
my_ns.play("videoName.flv");
Example
The following example illustrates some ways to use the
// Play a file that is on the user's computer
// The joe_user directory is a subdirectory of the directory
// in which the SWF is stored
my_ns.play("file://joe_user/flash/videos/lectureJune26.flv");
// Play a file on a server
my_ns.play("http://someServer.someDomain.com/flash/video/orientation.flv");
See also
MovieClip.attachAudio(), NetStream.close(), NetStream.pause(),
Video.attachVideo()
method; audio being streamed with the video, or an FLV file that
to route the audio to a movie clip; you can then create a Sound
.
NetStream.onStatus
NetStream.close()
event handler is invoked. If you want to
.
command:
NetStream.play()
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