Styling the scrub bar data tip on a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On June 17, 2010 · 5 Comments

The following example shows how you can customize the appearance of the data tip on the Spark VideoPlayer control’s scrub bar when scrubbing the playhead by creating a custom VideoPlayer skin and specifying a custom ScrubBar skin.

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Rewinding a video when changing the selected item in the MX Accordion container in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On April 29, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can rewind a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 when the selected MX Accordion container changes its selected item by listening for the hide event on the Spark NavigatorContent container and calling the seek() method on the VideoPlayer instance.

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Setting a roll over open delay on a Spark VolumeBar control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On February 4, 2010 · 6 Comments

In a previous example, “Setting a roll over open delay on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4″, we saw how you could set a roll over open delay on a Spark DropDownList control in Flex 4 by extending the DropDownList control, accessing the protected DropDownController object and setting the rollOverOpenDelay property.

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Preventing the Spark VideoPlayer control skin parts from getting tab focus in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On January 28, 2010 · 1 Comment

The following example shows how you can prevent the various skin parts in a Spark VideoPlayer control from getting focus from the Tab key in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean tabChildren property.

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Detecting when a video cannot be loaded by the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 15, 2009 · 9 Comments

The following example shows how you can detect when an error was encountered while trying to play media using the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by listening for the mediaPlayerStateChange event and checking for the playbackError state.

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Playing a video from an RTMP server using the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 14, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows how you can load a recorded F4V video from an RTMP server in a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by setting the source property to a DynamicStreamingVideoSource object.

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Toggling data tips on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 12, 2009 · 3 Comments

The following example shows how you can toggle the data tip on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean showDataTip property on the scrubBar skin part.

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Changing the time format on a Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 11, 2009 · 4 Comments

The following example shows you how you can modify the time value format on the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4 by overriding the formatTimeValue() method.

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Disabling the mouse scroll wheel on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can disable the mouse scroll wheel on a Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseFocusEnabled property on the VideoPlayer control’s scrubBar skin part.

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Disabling the scrub bar on the Spark VideoPlayer control in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

In a previous example, “Disabling the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4″, we saw how to disable the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseEnabled and mouseChildren properties.

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Disabling the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can disable the mouse on the Spark VideoPlayer control scrub bar in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean mouseEnabled and mouseChildren properties.

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Pausing a video in the Spark VideoPlayer control when it is removed from the display list in Flex 4

By Peter deHaan On December 7, 2009 · Leave a Comment

The following example shows how you can pause a Spark VideoPlayer control when it is hidden or removed from the display list in Flex 4 by setting the Boolean pauseWhenHidden property.

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