Archive for August, 2007
I was messing around w/ the Yahoo’s Astra Library, mainly the Menu Component and added a little fade on the menu so it’s not so harsh when it comes up.
It’s easy just use the show/hide events **Remember use the constants**
[as]
//import the required data class
import com.yahoo.astra.fl.controls.Menu;
import com.yahoo.astra.fl.data.XMLDataProvider;
import com.yahoo.astra.fl.events.*;
import fl.transitions.Tween;
import fl.transitions.easing.*;
//Create some XML to populate the menu don’t leave in CDATA
var colors:XML =
So I was reading a detailed explaination of what the new bet Flash player “Moviestar” can do on someones blog, I forgot who that was. After testing this out I realized how cool this update is.
Flash now can play FLV, MOV, QT, h.264 WITH NO FOOLING AROUND. That is a good amount codecs to support. So I desided to try it for myself.
Here is how you get HD into flash.
- GET THE NEW FLASH PLAYER 9 9.0.60.184
- get some HD content. (I downloaded a Steve Carell movie from Apple Trailers)
- change the file extension from .mov (or other valid format) to .flv (so you can trick Flash since all the API is not up to snuff, when it gets out of beta you won’t have to do this)
- go throught usual import video and chose your clandestine .mov file
- set the size to 1920 x 1080 ( the metadata will not auto size it)
- test in the updated flash player browser (using authoring tool player will not do anything) I’d suggest selecting a skin that has Full Screen.
Don’t believe me here is an example | source
August 29th, 2007
Flash Video has hit the big time if you haven’t already read.
Flash is able to now load and play .mp4,.m4v,.m4a,.mov and .3gp files using the same NetStream API and is HD compatible
for more info
Also Yahoo released some new components
This is an answer to the components Adobe pulled from Flash CS3 and then some.
- Menu
- Tree
- Charting
- Auto Complete
- TabBar (great design)
for more info
August 21st, 2007
This example is a modification from flexblogexamples.com. It was original to make a snapshot of cuepoints but I though why not on click so you can specify what you want a picture of. I know not original but still useful to post. view source
August 14th, 2007
Hey I just wanted to tell you about a great open source video player. (Sounds like I’m plugging the total gym).
The player is a one stop show for video. I didn’t need to download any codexs or a separate flv player for flash stuff.
Also it’s good fo IPTV, I get Diggnation, The Totally Rad Show, NBC Nightly news, Onion News and some other things that are from TV.
Here are some features:
- BitTorrent
- YouTube and others Video Downloads
- HD content
- true full screen
- Video RSS feeds parser
Get it NOW!!!
August 7th, 2007
This version has radio buttons to search first or last names, onFocus of TextInput box text is cleared. source | v2 | v1
August 1st, 2007