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802 Chapter 7: ActionScript for Flash
Video class
Availability
Flash Player 6; the ability to play Flash Video (FLV) files was added in Flash Player 7.
Description
The Video class lets you display live streaming video on the Stage without embedding it in your
SWF file. You capture the video by using
Camera.get(). In files published for Flash Player 7 and
later, you can also use the Video class to play back Flash Video (FLV) files over HTTP or from the
local file system. For more information, see the NetConnection class and NetStream class entries.
A Video object can be used like a movie clip. As with other objects you place on the Stage, you
can control various properties of Video objects. For example, you can move the Video object
around on the Stage by using its
_x and _y properties, you can change its size using its _height
and
_width properties, and so on.
Method summary for the Video class
Property summary for the Video class
Video.attachVideo()
Availability
Flash Player 6; the ability to work with Flash Video (FLV) files was added in Flash Player 7.
Usage
my_video.attachVideo(source:Object) : Void
Parameters
source
A Camera object that is capturing video data or a NetStream object. To drop the
connection to the Video object, pass
null for source.
Method Description
Video.attachVideo()
Specifies a video stream to be displayed within the boundaries of the Video
object on the Stage.
Video.clear()
Clears the image currently displayed in the Video object.
Property Description
Video.deblocking
Specifies the behavior for the deblocking filter that the video compressor
applies as needed when streaming the video.
Video.height
Read-only; the height of the video stream, in pixels.
Video.smoothing
Specifies whether the video should be smoothed (interpolated) when it
is scaled.
Video.width
Read-only; the width of the video stream, in pixels.
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