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Hi Hans,
when loading test.fla into CS3, "Unexpected file format" error appears. What I'm doing wrong?
thanks

See here, vimeo.com/forums/topic:10777

Please refrain from posting the same comment multiple times.

To specify the security context, you have to use a LoaderContext :

var loaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext(false, ApplicationDomain.currentDomain, SecurityDomain.currentDomain);

loader.load(vimeo_request, loaderContext);

and it will work fine. :)

In fact you just have to specify the security domain (and not imposing your ApplicationDomain as ApplicationDomain).
So, it's better with :

var loaderContext:LoaderContext = new LoaderContext(false, null, SecurityDomain.currentDomain);

looks great, how can i align my video?

Hi everyone,

first of : Thanks to everyone for their input on this subject, you all helped me a great deal. special thanks to DW Ferrell !!!

I was wondering if the mouseX and Y coordinates issues might be resolved in the near future. I've done some work implementing moogaloop in a project that will go online soon and this really needs to be fixed....

Also could the mouse coordinates be 'masked' ??
I was thinking of an EventListener that detects when the mouse is over the moogaplayer and then 'resets' the coordinates... It just an idea, I suspect it might not work because the MouseX is read-only, am I right?

regards,
D

hey man... same here I guess that it could be done with a xml file feed I just don't know how to do all of it!

sure,
every button needs an eventlistener added to it.
It means that you connect an event (click) occurring on the button, to a function. Assuming 'button01' exists, code would look like:
"button01.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onBtn01Clicked);"
When btn01 is clicked, this calls the function "onBtn01Clicked()". So make sure that function exists:

"function onBtn01Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void { ... }"

At the dots you need to call the "startLoad()" function with the proper clip_id, making the whole function look like:

"function onBtn01Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void {
startLoad('456');
}"

This is not the most elegant/efficient way, but it explains the basics and it will do the job.
Make sure you've imported the MouseEvent library by stating at the top with all the other 'import' statements:

"import flash.events.MouseEvent;"

Thanks again for your help, Brelsnok. That makes a lot of sense. I definitely have a better understanding now. I made the changes to the action script but I'm still getting errors and it is not working. =( Here is my actionscript:

import flash.system.Security;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

var moogaloop:Sprite = new Sprite(); // the video player
var player_width:int=500;
var player_height:int=375;

button01.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onBtn01Clicked);
button02.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onBtn02Clicked);

function onBtn01Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void {
startLoad('4157301');
}

function onBtn02Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void {
startLoad('4153171');
}

function startLoad():void
{
Security.allowDomain("bitcast.vimeo.com");
var v_loader:Loader = new Loader();
var v_request = new URLRequest("bitcast.vimeo.com/vimeo/swf/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=" + clip_id + "&server=vimeo.com" + "&width=" + player_width + "&height=" + player_height + "&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1");
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler);
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler);
v_loader.load(v_request);
}

function onCompleteHandler(e:Event):void
{
// Position the player where you want it
moogaloop.x = 13;
moogaloop.y = 15;
moogaloop.addChild(e.currentTarget.content);

// Create the mask for moogaloop
var v_mask:Sprite = new Sprite();
with( v_mask.graphics ) {
beginFill(0x000000, 1);
drawRect(moogaloop.x, moogaloop.y, player_width, player_height);
endFill();
}

addChild(v_mask);
moogaloop.mask = v_mask;

addChild(moogaloop);
}


I do believe I have made all of the changes you advised, yet for some reason it is still not working. I'm sure it's something little that I'm missing. I get the following errors when I test it:

Scene 1, Layer 'original as3', Frame 1, Line 16 1137: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected no more than 0.
Scene 1, Layer 'original as3', Frame 1, Line 20 1137: Incorrect number of arguments. Expected no more than 0.
Scene 1, Layer 'original as3', Frame 1, Line 27 1120: Access of undefined property clip_id.


"original as3" is the layer I have all the actionscript on. Any idea what I'm overlooking?

Hi ,

the problem is that you are using this method : startLoad('4153171');

and in your function you forget to specify the parameter !

use this function instead :

function startLoad(clip_id:String):void
{
Security.allowDomain("bitcast.vimeo.com");
var v_loader:Loader = new Loader();
var v_request = new URLRequest("bitcast.vimeo.com/vimeo/swf/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=" + clip_id + "&server=vimeo.com" + "&width=" + player_width + "&height=" + player_height + "&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1");
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler);
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler);
v_loader.load(v_request);
}

Thank you, dreamMonkey. I can feel I am getting ever so close.... yet my goal still eludes me. I changed the function as you have suggested and now I get this error on load and any time I push a button:

Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2035: URL Not Found.

So it is having a tough time putting the URL together I am assuming. I'm not sure why though. Here is my updated actionscript:


import flash.system.Security;
import flash.net.URLRequest;
import flash.display.Loader;
import flash.events.Event;
import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
import flash.events.MouseEvent;

var moogaloop:Sprite = new Sprite(); // the video player
var player_width:int=500;
var player_height:int=375;

button01.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onBtn01Clicked);
button02.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, onBtn02Clicked);

function onBtn01Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void {
startLoad('4157301');
}

function onBtn02Clicked(event:MouseEvent):void {
startLoad('4153171');
}

function startLoad(clip_id:String):void
{
Security.allowDomain("bitcast.vimeo.com");
var v_loader:Loader = new Loader();
var v_request = new URLRequest("bitcast.vimeo.com/vimeo/swf/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=" + clip_id + "&server=vimeo.com" + "&width=" + player_width + "&height=" + player_height + "&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=ffffff&fullscreen=1");
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onCompleteHandler);
v_loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS, onProgressHandler);
v_loader.load(v_request);
}

function onCompleteHandler(e:Event):void
{
// Position the player where you want it
moogaloop.x = 13;
moogaloop.y = 15;
moogaloop.addChild(e.currentTarget.content);

// Create the mask for moogaloop
var v_mask:Sprite = new Sprite();
with( v_mask.graphics ) {
beginFill(0x000000, 1);
drawRect(moogaloop.x, moogaloop.y, player_width, player_height);
endFill();
}

addChild(v_mask);
moogaloop.mask = v_mask;

addChild(moogaloop);
}

function onProgressHandler(e:ProgressEvent):void
{
var percent:Number = e.bytesLoaded / e.bytesTotal;
trace(percent);
}

startLoad('4157301');


Ideas?? Thanks in advance for any assistance!

add http:// to your URLReguest...

boy oh boy

Thank you, dreamMonkey. That seems like it should have been pretty obvious, lol. I think I was thinking there was more to it then that. At any rate, that was it. It works perfectly! Much thanks to DW Ferrell, Brelsnok, dreamMonkey and anyone else who had a part in figuring this out!!

Has anyone attempted an AS 2 version? Is it possible with the Vimeo player?

I am working in AS2 as well, and need to play a vimeo video on my site. (I have the youtube files working, due to copyright problems with youtube I have to have some vids on Vimeo)

This happened to me too... re-upload the video.