Flash development setup comments Created Feb 23, 2010

Hi Annsi, please fix api doc link. Thanks, eb_dev.

Where is that broken link?

The link that is not working is on the right hand side developer docs section. The link to Flash Api leads to a Tomcat error.

thanks

Maybe its just me but the link to the Flash API document just hangs for me - same as eb_dev pointed out.

thanks,

Add API document link.

I was attempting to download the current versions and received an error that none of these existed. Is there another location to download them from

http://flowplayer-core.googlecode.com/svn/flowplayer/trunk/flowplayer.core

http://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/flowplayer.devkit/trunk/flowplayer.devkit

http://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/controls/trunk/controls

These urls are used with the SVN client (or with the svn command line tool). If you want to download source packages the plugins are available in the plugin pages under the Plugins section. The player source package is available in the Download page.

You should be creating these three folders, named "flowplayer.core", "flowplayer.devkit" and "controls", put them inside a folder, named flowplayer-setup or flowplayer-workspace, whichever suits you. Then checkout the respective links in those directories.
flowplayer.core -> checkouthttp://flowplayer-core.googlecode.com/svn/flowplayer/trunk/
flowplayer.devkit -> checkouthttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/flowplayer.devkit/trunk/
controls -> checkouthttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/controls/trunk/controls

Remember, when you are checking out plugins, you are getting all of them, which are under development, if you only want flowplayer.devkit, explore the directories under trunk folder, and choose to checkout "flowplayer.devkit".

You can explore directory structure using TortoiseSVN(Windows), and VisualSVN(MAC).

Hope this helps.

--
Chetan
http://riageeks.com

The best thing you've just recommended si defenitely changing the structure of Windows through TortoiseSVN.It does work,moreover I've explored a lot more interesting and useful features.Thanks!

Can you provide some information upon accessing the class methods (onLoad for example) using only flash player? I have included the compiled SWC file (flowplayer.swc) in flash and still I can't get any results when I use import org.flowplayer.model.plugin. Please help.

flowplayer.swc is not the complete player. It contains only those classes that are needed to compile a flowplayer flash plugin.

Are you looking for info about embeding flowplayer into Flash? Here is some info:http://flowplayer.org/forum/1/37338

Basically, I am trying to develop a debbuger plugin (something like the debug option on the youtube player). Its nothing fancy really, I got on the first frame the labels and dynamic text fields. On the second layer (actions layer) I've got the vars:

var name_value:TextField;
var isLive_value:TextField;

Now, what I am trying to do is to hook up my vars with the Flowplayer onLoad action provided by model.Plugin class. This is where I'm stuck. As I said, it's nothing really fancy. I've tried including the flowplayer component and still nothing. Not even the import org.flowplayer.model.Plugin does not work.

What I am trying to do is this:

name_value.text = _player.getTime() (where _player is returned from the onLoad event in the class)

Please help me out on this one. I don't use a main class, its linear AS2 style coding :)

Any tips on how I can do that directly? It gives me errors like fireworks on 4th of July, saying that Plugin must subclass Movieclip and if I try to extend it over Movieclip, it's saying: interface cannot extend MovieClip. Please help

You need these additional packages to compile Core/Controls:

svn checkouthttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/content/trunk/ content
svn checkouthttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/common/trunk/ common

In "flowplayer.core/build.properties" comment out these unavailable plugins:

${plugins.dir}akamai/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}rtmp/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}pseudostreaming/src/actionscript 
${plugins.dir}audio/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}bwcheck/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}cluster/src/actionscript 
${plugins.dir}captions/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}securestreaming/src/actionscript ${plugins.dir}smil/src/actionscript 

I found this advice helpful. I'm compiling on OSX with Flash Builder 4 installed. I chose to use the Flex 3.5.0 sdk and found the best way to avoid errors because of spaces in the file path is to:

ln -s /Applications/Adobe Flash Builder 4/sdks/3.5.0/ flexsdk

Then in flowplayer.core/build.properties and flowplayer.devkit/build.properties use:

flex3dir=../flexsdk

thanks, this tip saved my day!

I also needed to svn checkout
http://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/viralvideos/trunk/ viralvideos

and it only compiled in windows by changing
mxmlc_bin= ${flex3bindir}/mxmlc to
mxmlc_bin= ${flex3bindir}/mxmlc.exe
instead of
mxmlc_bin= /mxmlc.exe

(and likewise for compc_bin & asdoc_bin)

and setting
plugin-classes=
instead of
plugin-classes=0/src/actionscript

Hi, I have compiled the player with stated procedures in this document, but when I try to compile the controlbar as instructed, I am having errors and it doesnot succeed. the error message I get is as below:

C:flowplayerflowplayer.controls>ant

Buildfile: C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlsuild.xml

build:
[echo] ++ flowplayer.controls.swf +++
[echo]

prepare:
[mkdir] Created dir: C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlsexample
[mkdir] Created dir: C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlsuild
[mkdir] Created dir: C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlsdist
[copy] Copying 1 file to C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlsuild
[unzip] Expanding: C:flowplayerflowplayer.devkitflowplayer.swc into C:fl
owplayerflowplayer.controlsuild

compile:
[echo] compiling with src/flash/modern
[echo] compiling with -define=CONFIG::skin,'true' -define=CONFIG::hasSlowM
otion,'true'
[exec] Loading configuration file C:flexframeworksflex-config.xml
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberController.as(148): col: 21 Error: Access of possibly un
defined property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view
:Flowplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = false;
[exec] ^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolscontrollersToggleFullScreenButtonController.as(71): col: 73 Error: Acces
s of possibly undefined property useHWScaling through a reference with static ty
pe org.flowplayer.model:Clip.
[exec]
[exec] var shouldEnable:Boolean = clip && (clip.origina
lWidth > 0 || ! clip.useHWScaling) && _config.config.enabled;
[exec]
^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberSlider.as(398): col: 25 Error: Access of possibly undefi
ned property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view:Flo
wplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = true;
[exec] ^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberSlider.as(400): col: 25 Error: Access of possibly undefi
ned property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view:Flo
wplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = false;
[exec] ^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberSlider.as(411): col: 25 Error: Access of possibly undefi
ned property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view:Flo
wplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = true;
[exec] ^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberSlider.as(415): col: 21 Error: Access of possibly undefi
ned property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view:Flo
wplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = false;
[exec] ^
[exec]
[exec] C:flowplayerflowplayer.controlssrcactionscriptorgflowplayerco
ntrolsscrubberScrubberSlider.as(462): col: 21 Error: Access of possibly undefi
ned property silent through a reference with static type org.flowplayer.view:Flo
wplayer.
[exec]
[exec] _player.silent = true;
[exec] ^
[exec]

BUILD FAILED
C:flowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:219: The following error occurr
ed while executing this line:
C:flowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:32: The following error occurre
d while executing this line:
C:flowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:210: The following error occurr
ed while executing this line:
C:flowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:84: exec returned: 7

Total time: 9 seconds

I have the same problem

I need some information to enter the class methods such as onLoad not using other than the Flash Player. Now put the SWC in flash and also I can not achieve when using org.flowplayer.model.plugin. Could you please respond.
Thank you,
Joshua Carpenter - Vudu

Hello everyone,

We're testing flowplayer as we'd like to use it on our production site. I am following the above instructions and got a Build Failed error (Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!) when I tried to build the player. Apache Ant, Flex and Java installations were successful. I used svn to checkout the controls and core files, downloaded the devkit and created directory structure, flowplayer/controls/trunk
flowplayer/flowplayer.core/trunk
flowplayer/flowplayer.devkit/(files)

I'd appreciate any advice on how to proceed next. Do I need to
svn checkouhttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/content/trunk/ content
svn checkouhttp://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/common/trunk/ common
http://flowplayer-plugins.googlecode.com/svn/flash/viralvideos/trunk/ If so, which directory should I download them to?

Thanks so much!

http://flexville.blogspot.com/2010/06/compile-flowplayer-and-add-simple.html

Hello,

could you please tag all sources (core and plugins) at the time of release of Flowplayer and/or plugin and create KGS (known good set) of recommended versions for the particular Flowplayer version? (version list in player release notes is sufficient) I want to build custom flowplayer with included plugins but there are no SVN tags (latest is core:3_1_5 and audio:3.1.0). It may be difficult sometimes to build Flowplayer+Plugins from trunk because of API changes!

Thanks

Hej Forum,

I am getting an error while compiling pseudostreaming.swf. This is the error:

[echo] ++ flowplayer.pseudostreaming.swf +++
     [echo] 			
prepare:
    [unzip] Expanding: C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.devkitflowplayer.swc into C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreaminguild
compile:
     [echo] compiling with  
     [echo] compiling with  
     [exec] Loading configuration file C:flex_sdkframeworksflex-config.xml
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(78): col: 9 Error: Aufruf f?r eine m?glicherweise nicht definierte Methode appendBytesAction ?ber einen Verweis mit statischem Typ org.flowplayer.pseudostreaming.net:ByteRangeNetStream.
     [exec] 			this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.END_SEQUENCE);
     [exec] 			     ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(78): col: 27 Error: Zugriff auf eine nicht definierte Eigenschaft NetStreamAppendBytesAction.
     [exec] 			this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.END_SEQUENCE);
     [exec] 			                       ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(170): col: 10 Error: Aufruf f?r eine m?glicherweise nicht definierte Methode appendBytesAction ?ber einen Verweis mit statischem Typ org.flowplayer.pseudostreaming.net:ByteRangeNetStream.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_SEEK);
     [exec] 				     ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(170): col: 28 Error: Zugriff auf eine nicht definierte Eigenschaft NetStreamAppendBytesAction.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_SEEK);
     [exec] 				                       ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(173): col: 5 Error: Aufruf einer m?glicherweise undefinierten Methode appendBytes.
     [exec] 				appendBytes(bytes);
     [exec] 				^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(181): col: 10 Error: Aufruf f?r eine m?glicherweise nicht definierte Methode appendBytesAction ?ber einen Verweis mit statischem Typ org.flowplayer.pseudostreaming.net:ByteRangeNetStream.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.END_SEQUENCE);
     [exec] 				     ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(181): col: 28 Error: Zugriff auf eine nicht definierte Eigenschaft NetStreamAppendBytesAction.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.END_SEQUENCE);
     [exec] 				                       ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(182): col: 10 Error: Aufruf f?r eine m?glicherweise nicht definierte Methode appendBytesAction ?ber einen Verweis mit statischem Typ org.flowplayer.pseudostreaming.net:ByteRangeNetStream.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_BEGIN);
     [exec] 				     ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(182): col: 28 Error: Zugriff auf eine nicht definierte Eigenschaft NetStreamAppendBytesAction.
     [exec] 				this.appendBytesAction(NetStreamAppendBytesAction.RESET_BEGIN);
     [exec] 				                       ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(200): col: 9 Error: Aufruf f?r eine m?glicherweise nicht definierte Methode appendBytes ?ber einen Verweis mit statischem Typ org.flowplayer.pseudostreaming.net:ByteRangeNetStream.
     [exec] 			this.appendBytes(bytes);
     [exec] 			     ^
     [exec] C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerpseudostreamingsrcactionscriptorgflowplayerpseudostreaming
etByteRangeNetStream.as(12): col: 22 Error: Definition flash.net:NetStreamAppendBytesAction wurde nicht gefunden.
     [exec]     import flash.net.NetStreamAppendBytesAction;
     [exec]                      ^

BUILD FAILED
C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.coreuild.xml:314: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.coreuild.xml:328: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:207: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:31: The following error occurred while executing this line:
C:\_workspace_fdtFlowplayerflowplayer.devkitplugin-build.xml:198: The following error occurred while executing this line:

Does anybody know what to do?
Cheers, elbjoern

I got it. The best way to compile everything is to download Flex SDK 4.1.

Hi,
I'm facing the same problem, I updated flex SDK to 4.1 already, but the problem persists. According to the ActionScript documentation, appendBytes function is available in Flash Player 10.1. See http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/NetStream.html#appendBytes()

How can I update my dev environment to compile pseudostreaming plugin, please? It is possible to update SDK to support Player 10.1 runtime ? Should I use Flex 4.1 nightly build ?

Thanks

Hi,

I've" followed this thread as is but same problem persist with drupal 7. any help please.

Hi, im getting this error:

flowplayer.core/build.xml:549: The following error occurred while executing this line:
flowplayer.core/build.xml:354:
jsplugins does not exist.

Im using flexsdk 4.5.1 and running it in Mac 10.6

Do I need to downgrade flexsdk4.5.1 to flex 3?

Thanks.

I got that too.
There is a svn director above the /src/flash called /src/javascript
Check out the trunks of those plugins in a called jsplugins in your plugins directory
and you be good to go.

I had the same problem with "jsplugins" not found, I just created the directory.

I then had an issue with build.properties, having "deploy.dir" set to "(something) / hyde (something) .... changed it to my local webserver's flowplayer (where I'll be testing) and all good.

All in all pretty painless to get going, thanks to the VERY well-written and thorough doco here:http://flowplayer.org/documentation/developer/development-environment.html

Hi all,

this is the first time compiling the flowplayer by myself. I have done everything, which I have to do according to the tutorial, but I am still unable to build a working flowplayer swf.

The development environment should fine: (I am using Windows 7 64 bit, German)

Console output:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

C:UsersSInCE>ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010

C:UsersSInCE>javac -version
javac 1.7.0_01

C:UsersSInCE>cd flex3sdkin

C:UsersSInCEflex3sdkin>mxmlc
Adobe Flex Compiler (mxmlc)
Version 4.6.0 build 23201
Copyright (c) 2004-2011 Adobe Systems, Inc. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

mxmlc [Optionen] [defaultVar]

So on, I checked out all needed folders as described in the tutorial, edited the build.properties at "flowplayer/flowplayer.core" and run ant:

Console Output:

C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.core>ant
Buildfile: C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coreuild.xml

check-uptodate:
     [echo] main up-to-date: ${uptodate.main}
     [echo] main up-to-date: ${uptodate.commercial}
     [echo] lib up-to-date: ${uptodate.lib}

build-lib:

prepare:

compile-lib:
     [exec] Konfigurationsdatei C:UsersSInCEflex3sdkframeworksflex-config.x
ml wird geladen
     [exec] C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coresrcactionscriptorgflowp
layerconfigConfigParser.as: Error: A reference with multiple name can't be unique resolved. JSON (aus C:UsersSInCEflex3sdkframeworkslibspl
ayer11.1playerglobal.swc(JSON, Walker)) and com.adobe.serialization.json:JSON
(aus C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.corelibcorelibsrccomadobeseriali
zationjsonJSON.as) are available.
     [exec]
     [exec] C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coresrcactionscriptorgflowp
layerconfigConfigParser.as(35): column: 20 Error: Try to access an undefined property JSON.
     [exec]
     [exec]             return JSON.decode(config);
     [exec]                    ^
     [exec]
     [exec] C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coresrcactionscriptorgflowp
layerconfigConfigParser.as(40): column: 55 Error: Try to access an undefined property JSON.
     [exec]
     [exec]             var configObj:Object = config is String ? JSON.decode(co
nfig as String) : config;
     [exec]                                                       ^
     [exec]

BUILD FAILED
C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coreuild.xml:235: The following error occ
urred while executing this line:
C:UsersSInCEflowplayerflowplayer.coreuild.xml:241: exec returned: 3

Total time: 3 seconds

Translations:
Because I am using a german windows version, I translated the error messages.

Anssi or anyone else:
Do you get the same error or something similar some time? Hopefully someone can help me! thx

I'm getting the same error. Any help would be much appreciated!