ActionScript 3 Working with Video Load and play external video file
Example
reference : NetConnection , NetStream , Video
related topics : Working with Sound
Basic example of playing an external video file (FLV, MP4, F4V). Code will also play M4A audio files.
var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);
var myVideo:Video = new Video();
addChild(myVideo);
myVideo.attachNetStream(ns);
ns.play("http://www.yourwebsite.com/somefile.mp4");
Notice the code used a nc.connect.null? This is because, in this case, there is no need to create a two-way peer to peer connection (eg: as expected in a video chat app) since we are playing a stored file.
By setting a nc.connect.null it is required to provide a link to a file that is either on a web server or one that is local (same location/folder) to the running SWF.
- For a web file use :
ns.play("http://www.yourwebsite.com/somefile.mp4"); - For a local file use :
ns.play("somefile.mp4");
