Thumb Issue with FLV Files / Undirect link to flv files.

[pixsoul]

Hi, maybe you could direct me in the right direction. I just purchased this item from flashden. Had some questions.

First off, for some reason all the thumbnails for the FLV files show up for a second then it is covered with a white box with a play button in it. I believe its suppose to be semi-transparent so you can still see the thumbnails :-) Seems to do that after it finds out its an FLV file. Because it loads the thumb for a second then instantly gets covered with the white box. That makes this unusable till I get this fixed. The thumbnails are correct and valid. Which is also proven by the fact they show for a second then get covered.

Second. I don't want to put the actual flv location in my xml file. It makes it too easy for people to just take all my videos. What I want to do and normally do is pass in an ID to my player. I then take that id and encrypt it, that is where my actual file is. So its very hard to find the files and they cant just browser 1 by 1. Which file would I need to modify to allow me to send an ID. Then get the true flv url after running it through my function?

Thanks in advance. Can't want to get it working.

[pixsoul]

Ok, so I tested. It loads them, and for some reason IF the thumbnail is not located on the server it kills it. It will just layer a white box over the top of the image. But after you actually see the correct image for a slight second.

To add to it. It does load it, I tested many times, I even did some with odd dimensions, and the white box it layers over it is the same dimensions as the thumbnail. Its like it screws up the alpha or something on the layer if the thumb is not on the same server.

Its very odd. I really need to get this working. Please help.


P.S. I should also add that that EXACT same thumbnail image will work for the categories, its just inside the gallery that any non local image will break it. Please test it yourself and tell me I'm wrong, just make your thumbs load an image from another server. This seems to be a valid bug. Please help.

[pixsoul]

Update: I got my id encryption working perfect. But thumbnail bug is still an issue. Still need help with that.

[pixsoul]

Update #2: I did a quick fix. I found the issue to be in a mask you put over the image then tween out once the image was resized.

So it seems this will happen anytime you try to use an image from another server (if that was the true problem, if its not then there are bigger bugs, because I tested with ALLOT of pictures from allot of sizes, filenames and servers). Not sure how they are tied together but I know that what I did fixed it.

private function onLoadInit() {
mcl.removeListener(this);
oiw = Image._width;
oih = Image._height;
var bd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(oiw, oih);
bd.draw(Image);
//resetImg();
//Image.attachBitmap(bd, Image.getNextHighestDepth(), "never", true);
resizeImg();
//Image._alpha = 0;
if (Icon._currentframe == 1) {
PlayBtn._visible = true;
PlayBtn._alpha = 0;
PlayBtn.swapDepths(this.getNextHighestDepth());
Tweener.addTween(PlayBtn, {_alpha:60, time:.5, transition:"easeInQuad"});
}
//Tweener.addTween(Image, {_alpha:100, time:.5, transition:"easeInQuad"});
}

As you can see I commented out a few things that where just visual enhancements that seems to have killed the thumbs. Works perfect now. Thanks, REALLY great gallery!

[Adrian]

hi ,
glad you sorted it out !

[scottyFlasher]

You went through a lot of trouble when someone can just view the video in internet explorer and steal it out of the cache (temporary internet files folder).

-scottyFlasher