Get flash video length for timeline

[C4_Tom]

Hi all,

I want to write a player that can load flvs dynamically and play them, there needs to be a timeline that shows both how much of the movie has been downloaded and lets the user click to skip to the appropriate part.

The current stumbling block is that there doesn't seem to be a way of obtaining the total length of the video, and no way of knowing how much has been preloaded in time, only bytesLoaded.

I've written a player for loading mp3s and that's working perfectly, video isn't being so friendly

Can anyone give me some hints?

[C4_Tom]

Never mind, got it working now using the fairly well hidden onMetaData function.

[1stMoogwai]

Hey C4_Tom. I am looking to figure out what the total length of my video is AND how far along it is. THere are no controls for the video and it needs to advance once it is done play. Can this plugin help me with this?

Thanks,
1M.

PS. I assume this is what you found? http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/