Need an FLV Expert

programming flash
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Hey everyone,

I have a client who is having an issue with a video player. The video loads and plays fine. But, sporadically, the video will lock up or pause for several seconds. We’ve determined it is “probably” not a bandwidth issue. But, we’re not sure what else would cause it. When the video locks up, it’s state is changed to “paused”.

I believe the code is fine but I’ve included it here just in case. This is a simplified version that only includes a basic video player. I’m starting to think it has something to do with the compression/quality/bit rate of the video but I don’t know enough about it to speak intelligently.

I was hoping someone else might have some insights. He’s using Sorensen squeeze to compress the videos. I believe the originals were made in AfterEffects.

First, here is the test URL:
http://jumpco.dygfloyd.com/VideoTest1

The actual URL is:
http://jumpco.dygfloyd.com/

Here is an abbreviated version of the code but, as I said, there’s not much to it. I know the code could have been written more efficiently but I just wrote this in about 15 minutes just as a test. I wanted to strip out everything except just the videos to see if they were the thing causing the problem.

NOTE: I can’t reproduce the error my client is referring to. So, if you can’t see it either, please feel free to post “Works for me.”


            // All of this code is in the constructor of the class
            Player            = new FLVPlayback();
            Player.x        = 10;
            Player.y        = 10;
            Player.width    = 640;
            Player.height    = 360;
            Player.source    = "videos/JumpReel.flv";
            Player.addEventListener(VideoEvent.STATE_CHANGE, onVideoStateChange);
            addChild(Player);
            
            Button1            = new MovieClip();
            Button1.x        = 10;
            Button1.y        = 380;
            Button1.graphics.beginFill(0x000000);
            Button1.graphics.drawRect(0, 0, 120, 60);
            Button1.graphics.endFill();
            Button1.buttonMode = true;
            Button1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, Button1Click);
            addChild(Button1);

            (( I add 4 more buttons like this ))

            //
            //  This code is outside the constructor
            private function Button1Click(e:MouseEvent):void
            {
                Player.source    = "videos/NASCAR_Day.flv";
            }
            (( 4 more identical button handlers ))

            private function onVideoStateChange(e:VideoEvent) {
                Status.text = e.state;
                Status.setTextFormat(StatusFormat);
            }

Thanks for your help!