I would like to reaffirm the fact that wmode=transparent is the devil and
should be avoided when possible.

Vincent

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote:

> Roberta.
>
> This is kinda getting off topic of this list, but some things to keep in
> mind:
>
> - wmode=transparent
> this definitely affects performance and should be avoided if at all
> possible. You can use wmode=opaque if you still need Flash to be a part of
> the z-indexing of the page (eg a HTML menu has to appear ove the op of the
> page). The only time you should use transparent is if you HAVE to have
> content showing through the background of the flash file.
>
> - use of timers etc to calculate the position
> does the API allow you to listen to progress events from the netstream
> class of the video? You really want an accurate way of calculating the video
> position.
>
> you should be able to also use a combination of :
>
> *player.getDuration()*
> *
> *
> and
> *
> *
> player.getCurrentTime()
> *
> *
> to work out the progress (or is this is what you are doing now with your
> timer?)
>
>
> Aran
> *
> *
>   On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 5:09 AM, Roberta <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>  I think I'm starting to figure it out.  On the embed, I've got
>> wmode=transparent, because it has to be set that way for the page I'm
>> working on.  Between that and the video running, the frame rate being
>> affected, which is messing up how often the timer fires.  I'm going to
>> try playing around with the quality when I publish it (maybe use
>> "autohigh" instead of "high").  I'm still not understanding why this
>> would be more of a problem with swfobject than the old-fashioned
>> embed, but as long as it's now working better, I'm happy.
>>
>> Thanks for responding!
>> Roberta
>>
>>
>> On Jan 13, 11:06 am, Philip Hutchison <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > SWFObject has nothing to do with the content of a SWF or its frame rate,
>> > except perhaps setting some paramaters when embedding or passing values
>> via
>> > FlashVars.  Neither of these is used to change the frame rate.
>> >
>> > - philip
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 6:52 AM, Roberta <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > > Thanks for the quick response, Aran.  Yes, I did read all the docs you
>> > > mentioned, and I've looked at the example.  I agree with you that it
>> > > has something to do with how I've coded or, more likely, published
>> > > it.   I don't think it has anything to do with the youtube API,
>> > > though, because youtube has nothing to do with calculating where to
>> > > put the ball on the slider - that's all in my code, which is in
>> > > Actionscript.  The example doesn't have a progress bar, though, and
>> > > it's in javascript in the HTML, not Actionscript, so it doesn't
>> > > help.
>> >
>> > > The reason I asked the question in this forum was that I thought I saw
>> > > something in my googling adventures yesterday about swfobject and
>> > > default frame rate.  When I change the frame rate in the actionscript
>> > > and the .fla, it changes the speed of the bar, and how far it
>> > > progresses before it thinks it's done.  It's still wrong, just
>> > > differently wrong.  I guess what I'm looking for is clarification on
>> > > swfobject and frame rate.
>> >
>> > > I'm starting to wonder if the reason I haven't found any actionscript
>> > > examples is because no one else has been able to do this either :-).
>> >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > > Roberta- Hide quoted text -
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>> > - Show quoted text -
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