I want looping flv's!!!

[ratboy]

i have got as far as i can with the following code. I'm playing multiple flv's, (which are loaded from an xml file) with success. All i want to do is to keep them looping, i cant work this out as i'm an AS3 newbie!

var nc:NetConnection;
var ns:NetStream;
var listener:Object;
//
//


var xml:XML = new XML();
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("tubePanelsVID.xml"));

loader.addEventListener(
    Event.COMPLETE,
    function(evt:Event):void {
        xml = XML(evt.target.data);
        
            populatePics ();

            }
);
        



function populatePics ():void {
    //This will be used to represent a menu item
    var picItem:PicItem;
    //Counter
    var i:uint = 0;
    

              
    //Loop through the links found in the XML file
    for each (var link:XML in xml.links.link) {

        picItem = new PicItem();
        //picItem.id = i;

        //trace(link.@panel);
        
        
        //Insert position
        picItem.x = 73 + i* 255;
        picItem.y = 667 + i* -127;


        picItem.filters = [shadows];

        addChildAt(picItem,1);
        
        loadVid(link.@panel, picItem.myVideo);


        i++;

    }
setChildIndex(goingUp,numChildren - 1);

}

function loadVid(s:String, mc:Object):void {
    trace(s)

    nc = new NetConnection();
    nc.connect(null);
    ns = new NetStream(nc);
    mc.attachNetStream(ns);
    listener = new Object();
    listener.onMetaData = onMeta;
    ns.client = listener;

    ns.play(s);
}

function onMeta(data:Object):void {
    
    var totalLength:Number = data.duration;
trace(totalLength);
} 

I would love a few tips on this to help me along my AS3 journey!

cheers
rat

[neznein9]

Here's a workaround...detecting the end of the video and calling play() takes a while so it usually produces a noticeable skip in the looping - to get around that, listen for the playhead updates and just seek back to the beginning when you get close to the end. The trouble is that if your swf drops a few frames at the wrong moment you could miss the update and hit the end anyway so it's still necessary to watch for restarts.

_v.autoRewind = true;
_v.addEventListener(VideoEvent.PLAYHEAD_UPDATE, vidLoop);
_v.addEventListener(VideoEvent.AUTO_REWOUND, restart);

private function vidLoop(e:VideoEvent):void{
    if(_v.totalTime - e.playheadTime < .05) _v.seek(0);
}

private function restart(e:VideoEvent):void{
    _v.play();
} 

[ratboy]

i couldn't get the VideoEvent code to work with my example, now i have taken 2 steps forward but having to take a step back, purly as i do not know AS3.

i just want to reload the flv's on the switch statement at the bottom of my code, it seems simple but i havn't had any luck!!!

import flash.display.Sprite;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
import flash.filters.DropShadowFilter;
import flash.display.*;
import flash.events.*;
import flash.net.URLRequest;


var shadows:DropShadowFilter = new DropShadowFilter();
shadows.distance = 3;
shadows.angle = 45;
shadows.alpha = 0.5;
shadows.blurX= 5;
shadows.blurY= 5;

var nc:NetConnection;
var ns:NetStream;


var xml:XML = new XML();
var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.load(new URLRequest("tubePanelsVID.xml"));

loader.addEventListener(
    Event.COMPLETE,
    function(evt:Event):void {
        xml = XML(evt.target.data);
        
            populatePics ();

            }
);
        



function populatePics ():void {
    //This will be used to represent a menu item
    var picItem:PicItem;
    //Counter
    var i:uint = 0;
    
    //Loop through the links found in the XML file
    for each (var link:XML in xml.links.link) {

        picItem = new PicItem();
        //picItem.id = i;
        
        //Insert position
        picItem.x = 73 + i* 255;
        picItem.y = 667 + i* -127;


        picItem.filters = [shadows];

        addChildAt(picItem,1);
        
        loadVid(link.@panel, picItem.myVideo);

        i++;

    }
setChildIndex(goingUp,numChildren - 1);

}



function loadVid(s:String, mc:Object):void {
    
    nc = new NetConnection();
    nc.connect(null);
    ns = new NetStream(nc);
    mc.attachNetStream(ns);
    
ns.addEventListener(NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS, onStatusEvent);

ns.client = meta;
ns.play(s);

}


var meta:Object = new Object();
meta.onMetaData = function(meta:Object) {
    
    trace(meta.duration);
}




function onStatusEvent(event:NetStatusEvent):void {
   
    switch (event.info.code)
    {
        case "NetStream.Play.Start":
            trace("Start [" + ns.time.toFixed(2) + " seconds]");
            break;
        case "NetStream.Play.Stop":
            trace("Stop [" + ns.time.toFixed(2) + " seconds]");
            
            break;
    }
    
} 

[ratboy]

still stuck, is it far from getting a result!
should i not be using the

function onStatusEvent(event:NetStatusEvent)