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Flash Article
Customizing the FLVPlayback Component
Dan Carr
Table of Contents
One of the feature upgrades in Flash Professional 8 is the new FLVPlayback component for Flash Video. For those of you who have been waiting for a graphically flexible Flash Video component, the wait is over. The FLVPlayback component offers an expanded ActionScript API and several approaches to graphic customization and skinning.
This article walks you through three approaches available for skinning the FLVPlayback component:
- Choosing prebuilt skins through the Select Skin dialog box
- Using the FLV Playback Custom UI components to mix and match customizable controls
- Creating your own prebuilt skins
Requirements
To make the most of this tutorial, you need the following software and files:
Macromedia Flash Professional 8
The FLVPlayback component comes with Flash Professional 8 along with the new Flash 8 Video Encoder.
Tutorials and sample files:
Although it's not mandatory in order for you to understand this article, you will most likely want to have a Flash Video (FLV) file on hand so that you can test your skin customizations with a working file. If you don't have an FLV file on hand, you can use the following URL in the contentPath property of the FLVPlayback component.
- water.flv (FLV, 378K)
Prerequisite Knowledge
This article focuses on customizing the FLVPlayback component using the skinning features. For details on how to play and control videos, see Flash Video Template: Video Presentation with Navigation.
About the author
Dan Carr is owner, lead developer, and trainer for Dan Carr Design in San Francisco. With years of history developing for Macromedia and Adobe, Dan has created a range of features available in Flash, including e-learning templates, UI components, and Developer Resource Kit extensions. Dan teaches Flash design and ActionScript classes in San Francisco and develops e-learning and web applications for the public, as well as for Adobe product teams.
