Percent-of-%-Script

[michaone]

I have a Preloader-Actionscript for Flash4 to get %-Output in a Textfield.

Did anyone knows, how to change this Script, that my movie is runnin, when 75%(for example)of the filesize-loading is finished?

I wanna put this code in, so that the User on the Website don´t have to wait soo long to view the movie!!!

Frame1:
getURL ("JavaScript:getPercent()");

Frame2:
ifFrameLoaded ("navi", _totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay ("intro", 1);
}

Frame3:
gotoAndPlay ("preloader");

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In my HTML-Page:
var mName = "main";
function mObject(mName){
if (navigator.appName.indexOf ("Microsoft") !=-1){
return window[mName];
}
else{
return document[mName];
}
}
function getPercent() {
var loaded = mObject(mName).PercentLoaded();
mObject(mName).SetVariable("percents", loaded);
setTimeout("getPercent()",100);
}

[whiterabbit]

Use a smart buffer they work very well. We stream movies that are 20 MB in size and broadband users dont wait more than a few seconds before playback begins.

I will give you the equation of how to do this with actions in Flash but I'm sorry that I am in a rush and can not help you with each action right now. Perhaps I can post the fla at a later time and you can download it

the equation to create

Buffer Time = (File Size) - (PlayTime * Download Rate)
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Download Rate

If you know action script you can creat a nice buffer with this. To get the download rate you have to initiate get timer and do a if frame is loaded loop wherein you know the file size of that frame. You set a starttime variable and an endtime variable...are you getting my drift. this will help you determine download rate.

check out the demo if you want to see it in action. I think its the top right video the long narrow one.
http://www.mantaproductions.com/demo.html

If you really need the fla I will try to post it for you tommorow.