[Flashcoders] flv playback version number

2006-09-14 Thread Ryan Potter
Hello list. I updated flash 8 with the update mpx. Supposedly I should have gotten the 1.0.1 version of the FLV Playback component. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=3acdb2ff The problem is that when I trace out the version I get: version: 1.0.0.103 Anyone

[Flashcoders] Screen Freezes some seconds because of heavy calculations

2006-09-14 Thread Lieven Cardoen
Beste moaten, My application does heavy calculations and freezes some seconds because of this. I would like to display a Loading kind of thing, but because of the freezing, this doesn't work. UpdateAfterEvent() doesn't work either. With an onEnterFrame() I could probably solve it. But

RE: [Flashcoders] Close all brances in tree component

2006-09-14 Thread Mark Mulhollam
As suggested, resetting your dataProvider to whatever you started with is fast. I use this : myTree.dataProvider = myTreeDP.firstChild; Mark Mulhollam -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lieven Cardoen Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006

[Flashcoders] BitmapData.getPixel() - negative value ?

2006-09-14 Thread Jeroen Beckers
Hi list! I was trying to create a little class that generates a 2d grid from a perlinNoise-bitmap image. Now, when I perform the getPixel32(), it returns a negative value. I did some research and it appears you can get '-1' when the indexes are out of bounds, but that's as negative as it

[Flashcoders] Searching a Tree component

2006-09-14 Thread Manuel Saint-Victor
I'm having a hard time with a tree component that I am synchronizing with an application data model. I'm trying to figure out how upon someone selecting a particular element in the model I can make my tree reflect that choice. Can anyone point me in the direction of a tutorial about searching

[Flashcoders] FLV size

2006-09-14 Thread Dennis - I Sioux
Hey, I have a strange situation with converting avi's to flv. When I convert a 4 minute 720x576 avi to a 720x576 flv the file size is 25,6 MB But when I convert the same video to a 320x256 flv the size is 24,1 MB So the difference in filesize is very little compared to the difference in

Re: [Flashcoders] Scrubbing offline flvPlayback with code

2006-09-14 Thread Latcho
Add more keyframes ;) Danny Kodicek wrote: We wrote one recently for a client. You can download it from here: http://www.view.uk.com/temp/video.player.zip Wow, thanks Jason, that's really helpful. I've been examining this and it's great, but it suffers the same problems that my

[Flashcoders] Scaling image to fit into a box - can't find the bug

2006-09-14 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello, I have written an mc to load an external image and to fit it into an 80 x 60 container and it works fine the 1st time I call my load_avatar() method. On the repeated load_avatar() calls however the image gets distorted. Does anybody have an idea how to fix this? I've reduced my code to

[Flashcoders] How to get the URL of the page that a moive is embedded on?

2006-09-14 Thread Jeff Mastropietro
I need a 100% effective way to get the URL of the page that a flash movie is embedded in. It cannot rely on JavaScript. Any ideas? We are trying to track the pages that are embedding our flash movies. Thanks, Jeff ___

Re: [Flashcoders] BitmapData.getPixel() - negative value ?

2006-09-14 Thread Claus Wahlers
pixel = -16777216 -16777216 is 0xff00 (solid black) Try to trace pixel.toString(16) Cheers, Claus. ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive:

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV size

2006-09-14 Thread Helmut Granda
You have to consider your comprerssion settings. You cant expect a different result if you are using the same Codecs or Compression Settings :) On 9/14/06, Dennis - I Sioux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey, I have a strange situation with converting avi's to flv. When I convert a 4 minute 720x576

RE: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-14 Thread Roy Pardi
At 8:51 AM +0200 9/13/06, dan wrote: Cheak out http://www.tipo.co.il/media/doritos/ I use color + motion traking to find hands and track them Has anyone tried any pattern/face reco routines in AS? I imagine it would be slow but maybe with small bitmaps it wouldn't be too bad (for fun and art,

Re: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-14 Thread greg h
Serge, Though I can not provide the source code, I have seen Grant Skinner demo an application that tracks LEDs. You can see it here: http://incomplet.gskinner.com/index2.html#mister In particular, at the link above select MISTER glove video. Grant explained the details. Perhaps others on

[Flashcoders] AS3 : chr() == String.fromCharCode()?

2006-09-14 Thread julien castelain
hi list, i saw in the AS2 to AS3 migration guide ( http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flex/2/langref/migration.html) that chr() has been removed ... is String.fromCharCode() the way to do things now? thanks ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change

[Flashcoders] Flash Player 9 textfield problem

2006-09-14 Thread Telmo Dias
Hi list, Only yesterday I upgraded my player version to 9. Immediately I noticed a strange problem on the website I am developing. On the textfields it seems like they change the codepage or the charset, and now I can't write some of europe special chars. When I try to write á it shows ºa

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread Scott Steven
Flexcoders list? On 9/12/06, Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wade - I assume you have already, but have you also posted on the Flexcoders list? Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [Flashcoders] FLV size

2006-09-14 Thread Guy McLoughlin
At 07:51 AM 14/09/2006, Dennis - I Sioux wrote: When I convert a 4 minute 720x576 avi to a 720x576 flv the file size is 25,6 MB But when I convert the same video to a 320x256 flv the size is 24,1 MB You forgot to mention a few details: 1- What CODECs do the source AVI files use? 2-

[Flashcoders] Changing source on many lib items at once

2006-09-14 Thread Ken Rogers
Hey there list; I have what I hope is a very very simple question. I am doing some heavy library reorganization work and cannot seem to figure out how to reset the source for ALL items in a library to be THAT Fla. 1. drag assets from Fla library A to Fla library B 2. all assets now in Fla

RE: [Flashcoders] AS3 : chr() == String.fromCharCode()?

2006-09-14 Thread Mike Keesey
Not to be too harsh, but that's been deprecated since, what, Flash 5? ― Mike Keesey -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of julien castelain Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 10:45 PM To: flashcoders list Subject:

[Flashcoders] Re: Addressing several mc instances in auth. env. through an array

2006-09-14 Thread Alexander Farber
Hello again and sorry for the typos in my original mail. I am listing my actual and working code at the bottom. Still my question is: is it possible to replace private var user0_mc:MovieClip; private var user1_mc:MovieClip; private var user2_mc:MovieClip; by an array, if

RE: [Flashcoders] does actionscript have something like sql's IN orLIKE ?

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Aebig
Considering that index of will match all possible situations, I prefer to split the string into an array using an empty space as the delimiter, than loop over the results to check for an exact match. The performance of this can be very good or very bad depending on the amount of text you have to

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash Player 9 textfield problem

2006-09-14 Thread Telmo Dias
Never mind this post. It's a known issue when using the wmode=transparent, which is described here: http://www.5etdemi.com/blog/archives/2005/06/firefox-wmodetransparent-is-completely-screwy-and-breaks-textfields/ Cheers. Telmo Telmo Dias wrote: Hi list, Only yesterday I upgraded my player

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread John Grden
I agree with you about those job postings that require the friggin' moon and back. I raked someone else over the coals for posting a job like that earlier with a crapy pay scale. I know that blitz has posted on this list recently with a large list of requirements, but honestly, you shouldn't

Re: [Flashcoders] Webcam color tracking

2006-09-14 Thread Alias™
No, I still used getColourBoundsRect. It works OK until you get more than one object of the same colour - then you end up getting big rectangles which span the distance between the two, which is bad. You could *probably* get around this with some kind of quadtree-type algorithm, it's something

Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem

2006-09-14 Thread Chris Allen
John, Maybe you should phase out the older interface all together. This way it's less to maintain and creates less confusion. The Flex 2 Xray interface is so bad ass that no one will miss the old one anyway. Just my opinion, take it or leave it. -Chris On 9/13/06, Cosmin Cimpoi [EMAIL

RE: [Flashcoders] certificate problem in a desktop application

2006-09-14 Thread Kevin Aebig
I'm personally a fan of InnoSetup (a la Google). It's well supported with lots of example, the mailing list is extremely helpful and looks like InstallShield setup's. !k -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julien Vignali Sent: Wednesday,

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
Yes, but you really gotta see my banners man!! I am loving this convo- I'm lead dev at my shop with 3 minions-to-be that I have been working on for a few months. My boss gave up after he found me ( offered up good dough). He has since put me in charge of finding my own help, and while I do enjoy

[Flashcoders] masking a clip which uses the drawing api

2006-09-14 Thread Josh Santangelo
I'm having the same problem as this fellow: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/pipermail/flashcoders/2003-January/ 058866.html Is it not possible to mask a clip into which you draw things using the drawing API? -josh ___

[Flashcoders] Addressing several mc instances in auth. env. through an array

2006-09-14 Thread Alexander Farber
Hi, I'm trying to create a playing table mc, which would act as a button (you click it in order to sit down and play cards at that table), with 3 player mc's attached to it. The player mc works fine for me - I call something like: user_mc.update('3,Alex,avatar3.jpg'); and it will turn

[Flashcoders] Problem with video chat on FMS

2006-09-14 Thread franto
Hi all, i got problem with video chat application on FMS (Flash media server 2) all is descirbed here http://www.franto.com/blog2/problem-with-video-chat-please-help please help me find solution, i got deadline tommorow :))) Thanks a lot in advance

Re: [Flashcoders] {OT} Job Postings?

2006-09-14 Thread Aaron Buchanan
That's awesome. On 9/14/06 4:28 PM, John Grden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yeah it's crazy, but hell, it cost me 7hrs or work, I got a new site out of it, and the job I wanted. -- Aaron Buchanan | Flash Developer, Lab-Media | T 909 702 1368 ___

[Flashcoders] external links from flash on myspace.com

2006-09-14 Thread Vishal Kapur
I am writing a flash application that has links to external websites (external meaning outside the domain where the SWF is being hosted). I'd like this application to be insertable on sites like myspace. Myspace recently added a restriction that prevents flash applications from opening any url's

Re: [Flashcoders] Xray trace problem

2006-09-14 Thread John Grden
yeah, I think you're right, I just haven't really thought about it or discussed it, but I think you're right. That and I just got Screenweaver/haxe wrapper working with Xray and so, I can create projectors for Mac/Win/Linux right now and phase out the old one. when I get back home, i'll post

[Flashcoders] Flash upload problems

2006-09-14 Thread Ricardo Sánchez
Ok, I supposed this has been talked over and over a thousand times but I can't find a solution. We are trying to implement an upload for large files in flash. Our first approach was to use FileReference in Flash 8. But the backend guys said we should use something called struts for Java (no

[Flashcoders] Where do job postings go?

2006-09-14 Thread swfer
I know this isn't the forum for it, but does anybody know where I could post a Help Wanted ad? My company is having a tough time finding a software developer who's strong in ActionScript, XML, SQL, OOP, and Design Patterns. Anybody know where such people hang out, and where a job posting

[Flashcoders] Flash 8 - Custom databinding

2006-09-14 Thread slangeberg
I'm adapting Cairgorm 0.99 for Flash 8. I want to set up databinding on my ModelLocator, to update a view, and I'm wondering if anyone has done anything like this before? Currently, my model is emitting a 'change' event when properties are changed through getter / setters. I'm guessing I could

[Flashcoders] Where do job postings go?

2006-09-14 Thread Bjorn Schultheiss
Just Post it on this list, everybody else does. Make sure your post the salary rate, so the rest of us can gauge how much we're potentially worth in the outside world ;P Regards, Bjorn Schultheiss -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

Re: [Flashcoders] Flash upload problems

2006-09-14 Thread Muzak
http://www.osflash.org/pipermail/osflash_osflash.org/2006-February/007266.html This has nothing to do with Struts by the way. Struts is just a framework. http://struts.apache.org/ Muzak - Original Message - From: Ricardo Sánchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Flashcoders mailing list

Re: [Flashcoders] Re: inline images in a textarea

2006-09-14 Thread Rich Rodecker
heh...did i just completely overlook something there? On 9/12/06, Keith Reinfeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are none so blind... -Keith http://home.mn.rr.com/keithreinfeld -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rich Rodecker Sent: