Disappearing SeekBarHandle in FLV Playback component

has anyone found a solution for the disappearing SeekBarHandle?

when using the FLV Playback component and setting the buffer time to any significant time (10 seconds in my case), the SeekBarhandle disappears once buffering is completed

i tried the following code to try to figure out what was going on (“controls” is the name for the clip that contains the buttons and seek bar, and “handle_mc” is what Flash names the SeekBarHandle)

this.onEnterFrame = function () {
trace(_level0.controls.handle_mc._x + “,” + _level0.controls.handle_mc._y);
trace(_level0.controls.handle_mc._visible + “,” + _level0.controls.handle_mc._alpha);
}

what i found is once buffering starts the handle_mc._visible is set to false by Flash and not switched back once buffering ends

the handle_mc does not move along the seek bar either

so i tried the following code forcing handle_mc to visible, hoping handle_mc would start moving along the seek bar…

var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.stateChange = function(eventObject:Object):Void {
if (eventObject.state == FLVPlayback.BUFFERING) {
trace(FLVPlayback.BUFFERING);
}
if (eventObject.state == FLVPlayback.PLAYING) {
trace(+FLVPlayback.PLAYING);
_level0.controls.handle_mc._visible = true;
}
};
base.myplayer.addEventListener(“stateChange”, listenerObject);

…unfortunately this didn’t work

i also tried taking the buttons and bar out of the clip, and putting them and the player all on the root level

again this did not work…

does anyone have an idea on how to fix this?