Adobe flash cs4 tutorial XML Video Player

earn how to easy it is to create an XML driven video player in adobe flash cs4 using actionscript 3

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,xmlloaded);

var xml:XML = new XML();
var amountofvid:Number=0;
var currentvideo:Number=0;

btn1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,nextvid);
btn2.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK,prevvid);

function xmlloaded(e:Event) {
 xml=XML(e.target.data);
 amountofvid=xml.video.length()-1;
 changevid();
}

function nextvid(e:Event) {
 currentvideo++;
 changevid();
}

function prevvid(e:Event) {
 currentvideo--;
 changevid();
}

function changevid():void {
 var cv:Number=Math.abs(currentvideo);

 if (cv>amountofvid) {
  currentvideo=cv=0;
 }
 if (currentvideo<0) {
  currentvideo=cv=amountofvid;
 }
 t_txt.text=xml.video.@title[cv];
 vid.source =xml.video.@src[cv]
 ;


}

loader.load(new URLRequest('videos.xml'));

5 comments:

samBrown said...: good stuff.....; July 6, 2009 7:31 PM
haikal said...: what if i want to create each button of the video...so people can click the video randomly the want to watch....now its just linear kind of navigation.....can you help me?; November 18, 2009 8:48 PM
Anonymous said...: Hi I liked your tutorial one thing I wanted to know that is it possible that the videos rotate on their own... You dont have to click next; January 12, 2010 7:13 PM
Daniel said...: hi, im looking to do something similar to this, however, i require the videos to play randomly from a list of buttons, can you share any light on this

thanx; January 29, 2010 6:04 AM
Ariel Pete-pan said...: great tutorial dude.. very helpful stuff specially the charlie video.. lol..; March 3, 2010 8:56 AM