The following instructions explain how to setup the FlvPlayerPro component in Flash.
1. Having installed the flvPlayerPro/flvPlayerPro-Stream using the Adobe/Macromedia Extension Manager, open Flash and start a new file.
2. Press Ctrl+F7 (Windows) or Cmnd+F7 (Mac) to open the components panel and locate the FlvPlayerPro/FlvPlayerProStream component inside the flvPlayerPRO/flvPlayerPRO-Stream folder. Drag a copy of the component onto stage.
3. With the component still selected press Ctrl+F3 to open the Properties panel and give the component the instance name flvPlayer, as shown in the image below.
4. With the FlvPlayerPro instance on your stage still selected, click the Parameters tab in the Properties panel or view the parameters in the Component Inspector (alt+F7).
In the first parameter, Flv File, enter the filename of your .flv video file. Note: If the .flv that you are playing resides on a streaming server, you should specify the name of the .flv file without the .flv extension. This applies to the flvPlayerPRO-Stream component only.
If you prefer the video to start playing automatically, set the Autoplay parameter to true. In order to repeat the video in a looping fashion, set the Repeat parameter to true. You may also wish to set the Keep original size parameter to true. Leave the other parameters at their default settings.
5. If you are using the flvPlayerPRO-Stream component and the the .flv that you are playing resides on a streaming server, enter the URL of the streaming server (starting with rtmp://), followed by the application instance name, in the Server/Application parameter. For example:
rtmp://rtmphost.com/appname
6. If you are using the flvPlayerPRO-Stream component and you have specified an amount to buffer using the Buffer time parameter, you can display the percentage of the buffer that has loaded. To do this, add a new layer above the layer where the flvPlayerPRO-Stream is and place a textfield in that layer, anywhere on or off the stage. Set it to be dynamic and give it an instance name. Set the desired font, font-size and color and any font embedding options that you wish to use. Enter the instance name of this textfield in the Buffer textfield parameter. The buffer text can be customized using the Buffer text parameter. The buffer percentage will now appear in the middle of the flvPlayerPRO-Stream while it is buffering. You can also set this to appear at the actual coordinates of the textfield by setting Buffer textfield centered to true.
7. Press Ctrl+S (Windows) or Cmnd+S (Mac) to save your file and press Ctrl+Enter (Windows) or Cmnd+Enter (Mac) to test it.
To add a playlist, please see the FlvPlaylist instructions.
To add a secondary panel for play speed, zoom and pan capabilites as well as information about the movie playing such as the size, FPS and time elapsed/remaining, please see the flvPanel instructions.