Preloading bits at a time

1

Anyone know how to preload bits of a movie at a time?

Like say… show one part… and while it is showing the next part is loading…

So you effectivley stream the flash movie…

Anyone know if that can be done?

I am just thinking of a way to speed up this big movie in the middle…
http://www.videolinktechnologies.com/new/

Thanks
kj

2

I know how to do a standard preloader…
So that it wont play until the whole movie is loaded…

I am trying to preload the first little bit…
Play it…

While it is playing preload the second little bit…
Play it…

etc etc

That make sense?

3

if you mean you wanna play certain frames only i think modifying your preloader code a bit and use

_framesloaded
4

In Flash MX you can use the _framesLoaded property.

So, say I have a show which has 3 sections; each 500 frames long. In my true preloader below I only preload the first 500 frames:

if (_framesloaded>=500) {
gotoAndPlay(“firstsection”, 1);
} else {
//Do whatever you want to do to your preloader indicator
}

The rest of the show will continue to stream download as it’s playing the first segment. You can then insert a mid-preloader with similar code at the start of the second segment of your show.

if (_framesloaded>=1000) {
gotoAndPlay(“secondsection”, 1);
} else {
//Do whatever you want to do to your preloader indicator
}

and so on. It’s possible that by the time you get to the mid-preloader, some or most of that section of the show will have already loaded while the first was playing. That’s the beauty of streaming! :wink:

HTH
Phil

5

hey that is awesome man thanks!
yeah thats the ticket…

that way it is like streaming the movie…

I would just have it stop and wait until the other part is loaded…
if (_framesloaded>=500) {
gotoAndPlay(“firstsection”, 1);
} else {
//Do whatever you want to do to your preloader indicator
}
stop);

thanks man