Simple Multi-Video Player in AS2

A CreativeCOW Flash Video Tutorial

Tony Ross
Arlington, Virginia, USA

©2009 Tony Ross and Creativecow.net. All rights reserved.

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In this video tutorial, Creative Cow leader Tony Ross demonstrates how to create a simple multi-video player in Flash using Actionscript 2. Also learn to have several videos use a single flv player.

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Re: Simple Multi-Video Player in AS2
by francois galland

Hello Tony,
Thanks a lot for the step to step tuto. I like it. I'm not an expert but I could get it to work.
However, i tried to insert it in Dreamweaver, to create a webpage.The first video works, then I get to the second one, and i cannot return to the first one or get to the others. How come ?
Also, your exemple works has six videos. Should it be ok with ten videos or more ?
The first video opens up up by itself. Is there any script that would allowto open the first video only when i click on its button?
I have tried a bunch of things but couldnt do it.
Thank you very much for your patience in answering to me.
Regards,
Francois
http://www.francoisjim.com

Re: Simple Multi-Video Player in AS2
by George Patterson

This was a great tutorial. However I am having some sizing issues. Not all of my videos are the same size due to the different media they are viewed on.

When I run the video player each time I click on a video they get smaller and smaller...until they are gone.

Do you all have any ideas or solutions?

Thank you
George

AMAZING! thanks so much!
by Natalie Asplund

AMAZING! thanks so much!

Extending your simple mutli-video player in AS2
by Ian Sweet

Thanks for your video. It was great and easy to follow. Of course I now want to do more... as always when you whet your appetite. I have tried to link the button clicks to bring up graphics on the screen which give information about the video. I have created a graphic and then tried to call this with the same mouse click: I
ve called it TipHeader and tried this in the same function:

Pub01_btn.onRelease = function() {

	PubPlayer.contentPath = "RSGTips/RSGT1.flv";

	TipHeader.contentPath = "RSG Tip 1/T1Header.jpg";

};

Doesn't work so must be something wrong. Can you help?

Multi Video Player help
by Robin John

Thanks Tony for this tutorial. I am new in flash and I need more help on this. I want to make this video files play continously one after other. They should also play if you click on the buttons. Also i need to display a description of the movie on top of the video when you mouseover the particular button. Can you please guide me on this?

Thanks in advance, Robin

Simple Multi-Video Player in AS2
by William Sticht

This is a fantasticly (is that a word?) simple approach for creating a dynamic video player without getting too involved with scripting and xml. If you are working with only a few clips, use this method to get your dynamic video player online. Great job Tony.

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