dynamic flvplayback

[slappyjaw]

Hey everyone, I'm trying to make a flash video player with the flvplayback component that dynamically gets the video file path from flashvars. For some reason it doesn't work. Here is what I have. I've tried every tutorial for setting and getting flash vars I could find.

import fl.video.*;
var vp:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
var path:String;
vp.source = this.root.loaderInfo.parameters.path;
var starttime:Number;
vp.seek(this.root.loaderInfo.parameters.starttime);
vp.playWhenEnoughDownloaded();
vp.registrationX = 0;
vp.registrationY = 0;
vp.bitrate = 5600;
vp.registrationHeight = 400;
vp.registrationWidth = 533.3;
vp.bufferingBar = bb;
addChild(vp);

and html

<param name=FlashVars value="starttime=60&path=/files/movies/The_Wasp_Women.mp4" />

The video is supposed to look like its streaming. The start time of the movie is determined by the php by subtracting the unix time of when it started from the current unix time. Then it should be passed through the flash vars to make it seek to that time. Thanks in advance for any help.

[slappyjaw]

ok so i got it to work but im having a problem. It noticed it was taking a long time to buffer the video. Then i realized that the way that the player was set up is that it must load the whole video to the point being seeked. Is there anyway without a streaming server to make it like youtube where it empties the buffer and then buffers from the seek point on? Thanks again for any help, i know its an obscure question.