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somedaysunny
08-16-2006, 03:30 PM
Hello everyone,

I was wondering if there is some actionscript that will prevent the swf player from downloading the entire flv file. I would like to be able to only load the first couple seconds and then stop until the play button is hit.

Right now, as soon as the page loads, the entire file begins buffering, which eats up bandwidth, especially if no one even decides to play the video.

THANK YOU for any assitance!

Jen :)

stephen1davis
08-17-2006, 04:06 PM
why do you want to download the first couple of seconds? you could just set the autoplay parameter to false.

somedaysunny
08-17-2006, 05:25 PM
Even with autoplay set to false, the flv file still downloads in the background.

stephen1davis
08-17-2006, 08:10 PM
i get it, your talking bandwidth. sorry i didn't read well it enough. i don't really know... i've only recently gotten inot Flash a lot... sorry.