Tag Archive for 'action script 3'

easySwap

As we all know, course registration in NTU can be quite a headache. For those of you looking for a course to add or swap, you can try this link. It is basically a listing page where (hopefully) all those who wants to drop or add courses can meet and discover each other.

http://easyswap.ryantan.net/

It is still in beta 1, and I hope to improve it with every feedback, thanks in advance!

p.s. Open to NTU students only =)

Open Buddy

Just for fun, I’m developing a desktop buddy app with air. For now the only purpose it serves is as a simple reminder. Download the air package. If you leave the settings at default, it reminds you to fish every 15 minutes.

Don’t have adobe air? Get it here.

Getting video length in AS3

To get the length of a loaded FLV, you need to have an object listening to the meta data stream. Here’s how:

var vidClient:Object = new Object();
vidClient.onMetaData = onMetaData;
ns.client = vidClient; //ns is the netstream object

function onMetaData(metadata:Object):void {
lengthOfVideo = int(metadata.duration * 1000)+1;
trace("Length of flv from metadata = " + lengthOfVideo);

 

vidClient.onMetaData = null;
vidClient = null;
}

If you’re wondering how to actually load and play the flv file:

var nc : NetConnection;
var ns : NetStream;
var vid : Video;
var path : String = "test.flv";

nc = new NetConnection();
nc.connect(null);
ns = new NetStream(nc);
addChild(vid);

//optional events to handle status and error
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, statusHandler);
ns.addEventListener(AsyncErrorEvent.ASYNC_ERROR, asyncErrorHandler);

vid.attachNetStream(ns);
ns.play(path);