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Example

This statement changes cast members when the desired cast member is downloaded and

available locally:

if member("background").mediaReady = TRUE then

sprite(2).memberNum = 10

-- 10 is the number of cast member "background"

end if

See also

frameReady()

mediaStatus

Syntax

sprite(whichSprite).mediaStatus

member(whichCastmember).mediaStatus

Description

RealMedia sprite or cast member property; allows you to get a symbol representing the state of the

RealMedia stream. This property can be tested but not set, and it is dynamic during playback.

This property can have the following values:

• #closed indicates that the RealMedia cast member is not active. The mediaStatus value

remains

#closed until playback is initiated.

• #connecting indicates that a connection to the RealMedia stream is being established.

• #opened indicates that a connection to the RealMedia stream has been established and is open.

This is a transitory state that is very quickly followed by

#buffering.

• #buffering indicates that the RealMedia stream is being downloaded into the playback

buffer. When buffering is complete (

percentBuffered equals 100), the RealMedia stream

begins to play if the

pausedAtStart property is FALSE. For more information, see

percentBuffered.

• #playing indicates that the RealMedia stream is currently playing.

• #seeking indicates that play was interrupted by the seek command.

• #paused indicates that play has been interrupted, possibly by the user clicking the Stop button

in the RealMedia viewer, or by a Lingo script invoking the

pause method.

• #error indicates that the stream could not be connected, buffered, or played for some reason.

The

lastError property reports the actual error.

Depending on the cast member’s

state (RealMedia) value, a different mediaStatus property

value is returned. Each

mediaStatus value corresponds to only one state value. (For more

information, see the description of the

state (RealMedia) property.)

Examples

The following examples show that the RealMedia element in sprite 2 and the cast member

Real is playing.

put sprite(2).mediaStatus

-- #playing

put member("Real").mediaStatus

-- #playing