Streaming 4 Instances of 1 FLV?

[mrchason]

As the subject states, I am trying to play four instances of the same FLV at once.

The following code:

var stream_ns1:NetStream = new NetStream(conn_nc);
var stream_ns2:NetStream = new NetStream(conn_nc);
var stream_ns3:NetStream = new NetStream(conn_nc);
var stream_ns4:NetStream = new NetStream(conn_nc);
//
// Attach the NetStream video feed to the Video object:
tvHolder1.attachVideo(stream_ns1);
tvHolder2.attachVideo(stream_ns2);
tvHolder3.attachVideo(stream_ns3);
tvHolder4.attachVideo(stream_ns4);
//Play the video
stream_ns1.play(itemToLoad);
stream_ns2.play(itemToLoad);
stream_ns3.play(itemToLoad);
stream_ns4.play(itemToLoad);

...is not working because while Flash is only playing one FLV, it is loading the same one four times. This means a 3MB FLV is a 12MB load.

Can anyone help? Even if I fail to be able to play the FLVs synchronously I'd still like to be able to bring them in and play random keyframes.

FYI: I tried

tvHolder1.attachVideo(stream_ns1);
tvHolder2.attachVideo(stream_ns1);
tvHolder3.attachVideo(stream_ns1);
tvHolder4.attachVideo(stream_ns1);

But that yielded only tvHolder4 playing the movie.

[silentweed]

Hi have a look at my footer..u can download a thumbnail flv gallery from there... when one flv is playing other flvs, the others do not continue downloading in the background

[mrchason]

Thanks silentweed. That may be useful to me in other ways but not in this respect. I need to load one FLV, not four, then either play it in four instances at once or grab keyframes for "thumbnails" such as yours.

BTW, did you know that your Thumbnail Gallery causes Firefox to hang and Safari to crash?

[silentweed]

thats strange because i only use firefox and it doesnt freeze on my end... im on a PC, maybe its a mac thing then? Ill check into it..regarding what u wanna do ill try having a look into it tommorow..gonna hit the sack now lol ..quite late here...

[deadbeat]

If you're using Flash 8, you can use BitmapData.draw() to capture each frame of the FLV, and then attachBitmap to apply the frame to a movieclip...

K.

[mrchason]

Awesome! Thanks deadbeat!