Thanks for answering my questions. Im in a research phase of a project and needed to know if it could be done.
--- In [email protected], "kaibabsowats" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In regards to the MediaDisplay and downloading all the media before > playing, one way is to do: > mediaDisplay.setMedia( "somemedia" ); > mediaDisplay.stop(); > > Then there is a "start" event which fires when the MediaDisplay > thinks there is enough buffered to start playing. If you want to > set your own buffer amount before start playing just use the > progress event and do something like this: > > if( mediaDisplay.bytesLoaded > mediaDisplay.bytesTotal * 0.5 ) > mediaDisplay.play(); > > Renaun > > > --- In [email protected], "Adam Cath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Andrew, > > > > 2) You can create the MediaDisplay and set visible=false so it > doesn't show up until you want it. If it doesn't start buffering, > you should be able to kick-start it by calling load(). > > > > 1) What do you mean by "load content"? You can download whatever > you want, whenever you want, from a remote object or web service. > You can load assets like images by creating them, but making them > invisible (like what I suggested above). > > > > Hope this helps, > > Adam > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of elvithrar > > Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 5:58 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: [flexcoders] Loading in the background > > > > Im quite new to flex and was hoping somebody could answer the > > following questions: > > > > Does flex allow you to load content in the background so if i > decide > > to go to a new "page" the content could already be there? > > > > Also, probably more importantly, is it possible to start streaming > for > > a MediaDisplay in the background so once a user views the > MediaDisplay > > the > > whole video is buffered or a significant portion has already been > > buffered? > > > > Thanks > > > > Andrew > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Flexcoders Mailing List > > FAQ: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt > > Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders% > 40yahoogroups.com > > Yahoo! Groups Links ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hm8r6m3/M=362335.6886445.7839731.1510227/D=groups/S=1705007207:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123854736/A=2894361/R=0/SIG=13jmebhbo/*http://www.networkforgood.org/topics/education/digitaldivide/?source=YAHOO&cmpgn=GRP&RTP=http://groups.yahoo.com/";>In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide!</a>.</font> --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> -- Flexcoders Mailing List FAQ: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/files/flexcodersFAQ.txt Search Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
