[flexcoders] YouTube and LocalConnection
Hi All, I'm loading YouTube videos in my application using SWFLoader (I don't want to grab the FLV directly so I have to use SWF). The problem is that while the video plays, when I unload the SWF, the sound keeps playing. Calling AS3 functions like stopAll(); does nothing, so I'm assuming I need to call stopAllSounds(); directly on the YouTube SWF. In researching, I know I can use LocalConnection to talk to VM2 SWFs, but all of the examples I've seen are ones in which I would have access to the code in the VM2 SWF, which I don't. I'm not sure I totally understand how LocalConnection works, so I may be missing something, but I thought I'd ping the list and see if anyone could point me in the right direction. I'm also not a huge fan of using External interface, so that's my last resort right now. Thanks in advance, =Ryan
Re: [flexcoders] YouTube and LocalConnection
I'm working on something similar at the moment with vm1 swf's. If your loading a vm2 movie into another vm2 movie, LocalConnection is not required. if your loading vm1 movie into a vm2 movie, it sucks. The vm1 movie must define a localconnection object and a connection string. vm2 can then send messages via with that identical connection string. Getting back to your original problem, unloading the swf should stop the sound from playing. It does in my app. Are you getting the [UnloadSWF] message in your console? Regards, Bjorn On 22/01/2007, at 10:26 PM, Ryan Stewart wrote: Hi All, I'm loading YouTube videos in my application using SWFLoader (I don't want to grab the FLV directly so I have to use SWF). The problem is that while the video plays, when I unload the SWF, the sound keeps playing. Calling AS3 functions like stopAll(); does nothing, so I'm assuming I need to call stopAllSounds(); directly on the YouTube SWF. In researching, I know I can use LocalConnection to talk to VM2 SWFs, but all of the examples I've seen are ones in which I would have access to the code in the VM2 SWF, which I don't. I'm not sure I totally understand how LocalConnection works, so I may be missing something, but I thought I'd ping the list and see if anyone could point me in the right direction. I'm also not a huge fan of using External interface, so that's my last resort right now. Thanks in advance, =Ryan
Re: [flexcoders] YouTube and LocalConnection
Make: - Proxy.swf that loads the YouTube SWF's and interacts with them in Flash 8 - A class that talks to Proxy.swf via LocalConnection While you don't have access to SWF's lower than 9, you can make your own SWF that DOES have a LocalConnection to talk to. You then use this SWF as your middle-man to YouTube.swf's. Just because you don't have access to the knowledge of knowing Japanese doesn't mean you can't use your friend who does know it to hit on the hottie-mo-hottie from Japan at the bar. You dig? On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:26 PM, Ryan Stewart wrote: Hi All, I'm loading YouTube videos in my application using SWFLoader (I don't want to grab the FLV directly so I have to use SWF). The problem is that while the video plays, when I unload the SWF, the sound keeps playing. Calling AS3 functions like stopAll(); does nothing, so I'm assuming I need to call stopAllSounds(); directly on the YouTube SWF. In researching, I know I can use LocalConnection to talk to VM2 SWFs, but all of the examples I've seen are ones in which I would have access to the code in the VM2 SWF, which I don't. I'm not sure I totally understand how LocalConnection works, so I may be missing something, but I thought I'd ping the list and see if anyone could point me in the right direction. I'm also not a huge fan of using External interface, so that's my last resort right now. Thanks in advance, =Ryan
Re: [flexcoders] YouTube and LocalConnection
Greatest analgy ever. Thanks Jesse :) =Ryan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:47 PM -08:00 To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com Subject: [flexcoders] YouTube and LocalConnection Make: - Proxy.swf that loads the YouTube SWF's and interacts with them in Flash 8 - A class that talks to Proxy.swf via LocalConnection While you don't have access to SWF's lower than 9, you can make your own SWF that DOES have a LocalConnection to talk to. You then use this SWF as your middle-man to YouTube.swf's. Just because you don't have access to the knowledge of knowing Japanese doesn't mean you can't use your friend who does know it to hit on the hottie-mo-hottie from Japan at the bar. You dig? On Jan 22, 2007, at 10:26 PM, Ryan Stewart wrote: Hi All, I'm loading YouTube videos in my application using SWFLoader (I don't want to grab the FLV directly so I have to use SWF). The problem is that while the video plays, when I unload the SWF, the sound keeps playing. Calling AS3 functions like stopAll(); does nothing, so I'm assuming I need to call stopAllSounds(); directly on the YouTube SWF. In researching, I know I can use LocalConnection to talk to VM2 SWFs, but all of the examples I've seen are ones in which I would have access to the code in the VM2 SWF, which I don't. I'm not sure I totally understand how LocalConnection works, so I may be missing something, but I thought I'd ping the list and see if anyone could point me in the right direction. I'm also not a huge fan of using External interface, so that's my last resort right now. Thanks in advance, =Ryan
