Preloading a video without playing

programming flash
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Hey guys, I have a problem thats got me baffled.
I’ve made a video class that holds a video. I want to be able to create an instance of this class, give it a video to preload, check if its all preloaded, then start playing it.

Currently the only way i can find to start it preloading is to call ‘ns.play()’, however this starts the video actually playing.

Is it netstream that i should actually be using here?

Thanks

package{
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.net.NetConnection;
    import flash.net.NetStream;
    import flash.media.Video;
    import flash.events.*;
    import flash.utils.*;

    public class Video1 extends Holder {
        private var vid:Video;
        private var ns:NetStream;
        private var url:String;
        private var theHeight:int;
        private var theWidth:int;        
        private var duration:Number;        
        private var playTimer:Timer;
            
        public function Video1( theData, theSizes ) {
            url = theData.attributes.url;
            transition = theData.attributes.transition;
            
            super( theSizes, 'video', transition );
            loaded = false;
            
            vid = new Video();
            vid.smoothing = true;                
            
            var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
            nc.connect(null);
            
            ns = new NetStream(nc);            
            var netClient:Object = new Object();
            netClient.onMetaData = onMetaData;
            ns.client = netClient;
            vid.attachNetStream(ns);            
            ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, netstat);            
            
            playTimer = new Timer( 4000 ); //4 second delay before actually playing video
            playTimer.addEventListener("timer", playEvent);
            addChild(vid);
        }
        
//start playing video
        private function playEvent(eventArgs:TimerEvent){
            playTimer.stop();
            ns.play();
        }
        
//start preloading video
        override function preload():void {
            ns.play(url);
        }
        
//size video, start play
        override function go():void {            
            playTimer.start();
            var xscale = sizes.wide / vid.width;
            var yscale = sizes.tall / vid.height;
            
            //scale by smallest amount
            if( xscale < yscale ){
                //landscape
                vid.scaleX = xscale;
                vid.scaleY = xscale;
                vid.y = (sizes.tall - vid.height) / 2;
            }else{
                //portrait
                vid.scaleX = yscale;
                vid.scaleY = yscale;
                vid.x = (sizes.wide - vid.width) / 2;
            }
        }
        
        override function getDuration():Number{
            return Math.ceil(duration * 1000) + 4000;
        }
        
        public function onMetaData(info:Object):void {
            duration = info.duration;
            ns.bufferTime = duration;
        }
                
        function netstat(stats:NetStatusEvent) {
            if( stats.info.code == 'NetStream.Buffer.Full' ){
                loaded = true;
            }
        }
            
    }
}

If you made it this far, i admire you :proud: