JavaScript to Flash

[shocker-z]

Hi im wanting to know the simplest way to pass a variable to flash

 

 

I have this line in my flash movie

 

var _vidURL = "http://www.website.com/stream/flvprovider.php?ID=" + _vidID;

 

and im wanting to define _vidID in the webpage so i can pull this from the database in PHP.

 

Everything ive looked up so far is to do with buttons calling functions, but i just need a basic Var i can change.

 

Regards

Liam

[phpQuestioner]

<param name="movie" value="yourmovie.swf?vidID=whatever">

[shocker-z]

That doesn't seem to be working

 

Do i need anything in flash to define _VidID to say to use _GET?

 

heres the HTML/JavaScript

 

 

<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0','width','400','height','200','id','sample','align','middle','src','scrubber','allowscriptaccess','always','quality','high','bgcolor','#ffffff','name','sample','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer','movie','scrubber' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="400" height="200" id="sample" align="middle">
<param name="movie" value="scrubber.swf?VidID=golf.php" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />

<param nam="allowScriptAccess" value="always">
<embed src="scrubber.swf" allowScriptAccess="always" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="200" name="sample" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object></noscript>

 

 

Thanks

Regards

Liam

[shocker-z]

Can't edit but here is more info.

 

Flash Actionscript

var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

var _vidName = _vidNamevar;
var _vidURL = "http://www.xxxx.com/cammonitor/stream/flvprovider.php?file=" + _vidName;
var _phpURL = "http://www.xxxx.com/cammonitor/stream/flvprovider.php";
var ending = false;
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;
var loaderwidth = loader.loadbar._width;

theVideo.attachVideo(ns);
ns.setBufferTime(2);

statusID = setInterval(videoStatus, 200);

ns.onStatus = function(info) {

trace(info.code);	
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full") {
	bufferClip._visible = false;		
	ending = false;

	clearInterval( statusID );
	statusID = setInterval(videoStatus, 200);
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty") {
	if ( !ending ) {
		bufferClip._visible = true;
	}
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop") {
	bufferClip._visible = false;
	//ending = true;
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Play.Start") {
	ending = false;
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Flush") {
	ending = true;
}
}

playButton.onRelease = function() {
ns.pause();
}

play_btn.onRelease = function() {
restartIt();
this._visible = false;
}

rewindButton.onRelease = function() {
restartIt();
}

ns["onMetaData"] = function(obj) {
duration = obj.duration;
//trace(obj.width);
//trace(obj.height);
// suck out the times and filepositions array, this was added by flvmdi27b
times = obj.keyframes.times;
positions = obj.keyframes.filepositions;
}

function videoStatus() {
amountLoaded = ns.bytesLoaded / ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadbar._width = amountLoaded * loaderwidth;
loader.scrub._x = ns.time / duration * loaderwidth;
}

loader.scrub.onPress = function() {
clearInterval (statusID );
ns.pause();
this.startDrag(false,0,this._y,loaderwidth,this._y);
}

loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside = function() {	
scrubit();
this.stopDrag();
}

function scrubit() {
var tofind = Math.floor((loader.scrub._x/loaderwidth)*duration);
if (tofind <= 0 ) {
	restartIt();
	return;
}

for (var i:Number=0; i < times.length; i++){
	var j = i + 1;
	if( (times[i] <= tofind) && (times[j] >= tofind ) ){
		trace("match at " + times[i] + " and " +  positions[i]);
		bufferClip._visible = true;
		ns.play( _phpURL + "?file=" + _vidName + "&position=" + positions[i]);
		trace("play " + _phpURL + "?file=" + _vidName + "&position=" + positions[i]);
		break;
	}
}
}

function pauseIt() {
ns.pause();
}

function stopIt() {
ns.seek(0);
ns.pause();
}

function restartIt() {
ns.play( _vidURL );
}

//restartIt();

// holds sound
_root.createEmptyMovieClip("vSound",_root.getNextHighestDepth());
vSound.attachAudio(ns);

var so:Sound = new Sound(vSound);
so.setVolume(100);

mute.onRollOver = function() {
if(so.getVolume()== 100) {
	this.gotoAndStop("onOver");
}
else {
	this.gotoAndStop("muteOver");
}
}

mute.onRollOut = function() {
if(so.getVolume()== 100) {
	this.gotoAndStop("on");
}
else {
	this.gotoAndStop("mute");
}
}

mute.onRelease = function() {
if(so.getVolume()== 100) {
	so.setVolume(0);
	this.gotoAndStop("muteOver");
}
else {
	so.setVolume(100);
	this.gotoAndStop("onOver");
}
}



/*
var theMenu:ContextMenu = new ContextMenu();
theMenu.hideBuiltInItems();
_root.menu = theMenu;

var item1:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("::::: Video Controls :::::",trace);
theMenu.customItems[0] = item1;

var item2:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Play / Pause Video",pauseIt,true);
theMenu.customItems[1] = item2;

var item3:ContextMenuItem = new ContextMenuItem("Replay the Video",restartIt);
theMenu.customItems[2] = item3;

*/

 

test.php

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<script src="../Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','380','height','260','src','scrubber','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','scrubber' ); //end AC code
</script><noscript><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width="380" height="260">
  <param name="movie" value="scrubber.swf?_vidnamevar=golfers.flv">
  <param name="_vidnamevar" value="golfers.flv">
  <param name="FlashVars" VALUE="_vidnamevar=golfers.flv">
  <param name="quality" value="high">
  <embed src="scrubber.swf?__vidnamevar=golfers.flv?_vidnamevar=golfers.flv" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="380" height="260" FlashVars="_vidnamevar=golfers.flv" ></embed>
</object>
</noscript></body>
</html>

 

Now i know this isn't passing a value to the variable as in flvprovider.php i exec("echo $file >> file.txt"); and it returns "/home/www/cammonitor/stream/undefined" but if i set the var within the flash file "var _vidName = 'golfers.flv'" then it returns "var _vidName = _vidNamevar;"

 

Do i need anything extra in the flash file to define the variable as comming from the url string?

 

Regards

Liam

[phpQuestioner]

this is really more of a flash/actionscript question, then a javascript question.

 

I suggest you try one of these forums:

 

http://www.actionscript.org/forums/index.php3

 

http://board.flashkit.com/board/

 

These are both good forums for flash help.

[shocker-z]

Thanks i will give both a blast