Does this mean that flash 8 is basically unproblematic with respect to
duration and scrubbing?

I've just started working flash and flash video and love the
flexibility of it. The sad thing is that ffmpeg does not transcode to
On2VP6 yet.
Lisa
http://www.lisaharper.org

On 6/1/06, Joshua Kinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a question for the Flash developers out there...
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> I'm creating a little side-project Flash application that plays Flash
> Video files (FLV) from a playlist.
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> I've run into a documented bug in FLV versions prior to Flash 8 where
> the duration metadata is incorrect. This screws up the time progress
> bar and seeking functionality of my video controller. There must be a
> trick to get the duration for older versions of FLV since its obvious
> that other Flash video controllers can do this. Any advice from the
> Actionscripters out there?
>
> Here's some documentation of the bug (scroll to the bottom):
> <http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=FLV_Video_Compression>
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> and here: <http://www.sti-media.com/blog/archives/000111.html>
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> This documented bug is quite common since most video upload sites
> automatically compress with Sorensen (Flash Video 6/7 codec).
>
> I've used a tool called FLV Metadata Injector to correct the FLV metadata:
> <http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/>
>
> This does work, but I'd rather be backwards compatible with Flash Video 6/7.
>
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> -Josh
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