FLVPlayback.bufferTime

Availability

Flash Player 8.

Edition

Flash Professional 8.

Usage

my_FLVPlybk.bufferTime

Description

Property; a number that specifies the number of seconds to buffer in memory before beginning to play a video stream. For FLV files streaming over RTMP, which are not downloaded and buffer only in memory, it can be important to increase this setting from the default value of 0.1. For a progressively downloaded FLV file over HTTP, there is little benefit to increasing this value although it could improve viewing a high-quality video on an older, slower computer.

NOTE

This property does not specify the amount of the FLV file to download before starting playback.

Example

The following example sets the buffer time to 8 seconds for an FLV file streaming from a FMS.

Drag an FLVPlayback component to the Stage, and give it an instance name of my_FLVPlybk. Then add the following code to Frame 1 of the Timeline in the Actions panel. In the statement that loads the contentPath property, replace the italicized text with the name and location of an FLV file on your FMS.

/**
 Requires:
  - FLVPlayback component on the Stage with an instance name of my_FLVPlybk
*/
import mx.video.*;
my_FLVPlybk.bufferTime = 8;
my_FLVPlybk.contentPath = "rtmp://host_name/somefolder/vid_name.flv";

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