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Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full Created Dec 17, 2008

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degenerate

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Sep 19, 2008

Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full

Posted: Dec 17, 2008

I am using commercial flowplayer to show a series of video presentations. The playlist feature makes this easy to show video, audio, and SWF movies seamlessly.

A very nice addition to the playlist would be an option to preload the next item in the playlist. When the current playlist item finishes loading and the buffer is full, it would be good to start loading the next item in the playlist silently. Then when the next item starts, it has already been loaded into memory and can begin playing immediately.

This is not a big deal for small files, but for large videos like I use in my playlists, there is some wait time between playlist elements because we want them to buffer enough to play smoothly.

Thank you for being a very supportive developer and listening to your community. No other software developers are as active as you.

blackpond

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Nov 20, 2008

» Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full

Posted: Dec 19, 2008

Reply to: Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full, from degenerate
I second this request!

degenerate

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not possible?

Posted: Feb 20, 2009

Reply to: » Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full, from blackpond
In trying to develop my own solution (using my own flash video player) I think this can't even be done. Is it possible to get 2 flv files streaming at the same time from the same swf?

Virgil

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Nov 25, 2008

» Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full

Posted: Nov 20, 2009

Reply to: Preload next element in playlist after buffer is full, from degenerate
I'd like to see this as well - I noticed that the Ooyala player that EA is using seems to have this functionality.

Here's an example:http://www.pandemicstudios.com/thesaboteur/node

If you use Firebug (or something similar) to watch your browser requests you can see that there are actually several video files being used for a single trailer, but for the end user it is completely transparent.

We currently use a solution that allows us to stitch multiple video files together into a single output file, but I would much rather be able to use multiple files and a playlist if this was a possibility.