Using the Component inspector with media components

The Component inspector makes it easy to set media component parameters, properties, and so on. To use this panel, click the desired component on the Stage and, with the Property inspector open, click Launch Component Inspector. The Component inspector can be used for the following purposes:

To automatically play the media (see Media.activePlayControl and Media.autoPlay)
To keep or ignore the media's aspect ratio (see Media.aspectRatio)
To determine if the media will be automatically sized to fit the component instance (see Media.autoSize)
To enable or disable the chrome background (see Media.backgroundStyle)
To specify the path to your media in the form of a URL (see Media.contentPath)
To specify the visibility of the playback controls (see Media.controllerPolicy)
To add cue point objects (see Media.addCuePoint())
To delete cue point objects (see Media.removeCuePoint())
To set the orientation of MediaController instances (see Media.horizontal)
To set the type of media being played (see Media.setMedia())
To set the play time of the FLV media (see Media.totalTime)
To set the last few digits of the time display to indicate milliseconds or frames per second (fps)

It is important to understand a few concepts when working with the Component inspector:

The video time control is not available when you select an MP3 video type, because this information is automatically read in when MP3 files are used. For FLV files created with Flash Video Exporter 1.0, you must enter the total time of the media (Media.totalTime) in order for the playbar of the MediaPlayback component (or any listening MediaController component) to accurately reflect play progress. FLV files created with Flash Video Exporter 1.1 or later set the duration automatically.
With the file type set to FLV, you'll notice a Milliseconds option and (if Milliseconds is unselected) a Frames Per Second (FPS) pop-up menu. When Milliseconds is selected, the FPS control is not visible. In this mode, the time displayed in the playbar at runtime is formatted as HH:MM:SS.mmm (H = hours, M = minutes, S = seconds, m = milliseconds), and cue points are set in seconds. When Milliseconds is unselected, the FPS control is enabled and the playbar time is formatted as HH:MM:SS.FF (F = frames per second), while cue points are set in frames.

NOTE

You can set the FPS value only by using the Component inspector. Setting an fps value by using ActionScript has no effect and is ignored.

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