Flex – Play video from local files from local files using Adobe Air

private function playVideo():void {
 var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
 nc.connect(null );

 var ns:NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

 # onMetaData listener is required otherwise you get a ReferenceError
 var client:Object = new Object ();
 client.onMetaData = function(metadata:Object):void {
 trace(metadata.duration);
 }
 ns.client = client;
 
 var v:Video = new Video();
 v.attachNetStream(ns);
 stage.addChild(v);

 var f:File = new File("/tmp/test.flv");
 ns.play(f.url);
}

I want to play a video, And use adobe air to display images and possibly other flash content, and read from the local file system. I have been looking for API , I have not been able to connect the dots.

I know flash.filesystem.File and flash.filesystem.FileStream and have tried to load and read files. I believe I can load in this way Image, but haven’t tried it yet.

As for the video:

mx.controls.VideoDisplay when
– it seems to accept a file: // URI source, but I can’t get It works.

flash.media.Video
– Accepts NetStream or can load video directly from the video input, it seems I can’t find a way to reference local files

Can someone help me from Are you going out here? I especially want to load and play videos directly from the local disk, not from a web server or streaming file server… assuming there is no network connection.

Slightly related question: Loading a video from the local file system…( But my question does not involve the web browser)

The purpose I think of needs to be used in the program. I am looking for a way to perform this operation directly using ActionScript Method.

I finally stumbled upon the solution I hoped for… Use the NetStream object, but (non-intuitively) you can also use it to access local files:

private function playVideo():void {
 var nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
 nc.connect(null);

 var ns :NetStream = new NetStream(nc);

 # onMetaData listener is required otherwise you get a ReferenceError
 var client:Object = new Object();
 client.onMetaData = function (metadata:Object):void {
 trace(metadata.duration);
 }
 ns.client = client;

 var v:Video = new Video( );
 v.attachNetStream(ns);
 stage.addChild(v);

 var f:File = new File("/tmp/test.flv"); 
 ns.play(f.url);
}