Flash Lite 2

Flash Lite 2.x ActionScript Language Reference > ActionScript classes > Video

Video


Object
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public class Video
extends Object

The Video class enables you to display video content that is embedded in your SWF file, stored locally on the host device, or streamed in from a remote location.

Note: The player for Flash Lite 2.0 handles video differently than Flash Player 7 does. These are the major differences:

Flash Player 7 directly renders the video data (embedded or streaming). The player for Flash Lite 2.0 does not render the video data; instead it hands the data off to the mobile device.
Flash Player 7 supports many video formats in addition to FLV. Flash Lite 2.0 supports video playback in the following cases: video embedded in a SWF file; video that resides in a separate file on the host device; and video data that is streamed in over the network (in real time). The player for Flash Lite 2.0 supports only those video formats that a specific mobile device supports.
Flash Player 7 lets you bundle the data in a SWF file or stream it by using the Video object and assigning either a NetStream object or Camera object as the source of the video information. However, the player for Flash Lite 2.0 does not support the NetStream and Camera objects. Instead, Flash Lite 2.0 uses a new library symbol type called Video to embed source video data and to stream video for mobile devices. Because Flash Lite 2.0 does not support the NetStream object, you use the methods and properties of the Video class to control the video playback.

Because of the requirements of mobile devices (smaller processor speeds, memory restrictions, and proprietary encoding formats), Flash Lite 2.0 cannot render the video information directly. The supported file formats for video depend on the mobile device manufacturer. For more information about supported video formats, check the hardware platforms on which you plan to deploy your application.

Flash Lite 2.0 does not support the following Flash Player 7 features:

Streaming of video data from a Flash Communication Server MX
Recording video

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0 - The ability to play Flash Video (FLV) files was added in Flash Player 7.

Property summary

Properties inherited from class Object

constructor (Object.constructor property), __proto__ (Object.__proto__ property), prototype (Object.prototype property), __resolve (Object.__resolve property)

Event summary

Event	Description
onStatus `= function(infoObject:`Object`) {}`	Callback handler that can be invoked by the device to indicate status or error conditions.

Method summary

Modifiers	Signature	Description
	close`() :` Void	Stops playback of the video, frees the memory associated with this Video object, and clears the video area onscreen.
	pause`() :` Void	Stops playback of the video and continues to render the current frame onscreen.
	play`() :` Boolean	Calling this method opens a video source and begins playback of a video.
	resume`() :` Void	Calling this method resumes playback of the video.
	stop`() :` Void	Stops playback of the video and continues to render the current frame onscreen.

Methods inherited from class Object

addProperty (Object.addProperty method), hasOwnProperty (Object.hasOwnProperty method), isPropertyEnumerable (Object.isPropertyEnumerable method), isPrototypeOf (Object.isPrototypeOf method), registerClass (Object.registerClass method), toString (Object.toString method), unwatch (Object.unwatch method), valueOf (Object.valueOf method), watch (Object.watch method)