em el
11-02-2006, 09:29 PM
Hello. I am a pretty novice flash coder, I have been reading the threads on this site about preloading FLVs and building preloaders in general, but I still have a couple questions, hopefully someone can answer.
Our site has a SWF preloader on the main page that loads a second SWF then that SWF streams an external FLV file.
The FLV file is pretty large (3mb) so streaming seems like it was the best choice. I am using the canned FLVplayback component for controling the FLV. Now the issue is when the FLV is streaming any clicks to navigate away from the home page (e.g. clicking any HTML hyperlink) is very slow to respond, presumably because the FLV is streaming and eating the bandwidth.
Is there anyway to preload the FLV (or the SWF "wrapper") and still use the canned FLVplayback component controls (pause, mute, etc)?
Any help appreciated :)
Our site has a SWF preloader on the main page that loads a second SWF then that SWF streams an external FLV file.
The FLV file is pretty large (3mb) so streaming seems like it was the best choice. I am using the canned FLVplayback component for controling the FLV. Now the issue is when the FLV is streaming any clicks to navigate away from the home page (e.g. clicking any HTML hyperlink) is very slow to respond, presumably because the FLV is streaming and eating the bandwidth.
Is there anyway to preload the FLV (or the SWF "wrapper") and still use the canned FLVplayback component controls (pause, mute, etc)?
Any help appreciated :)