Entries from December 2007 ↓

extending the flash videoplayer class to load the crossdomain.xml file on demand

I’ve been doing lots of Flash video streaming work using ActionScript 3 and I’ve found a nice balance between using the built-in Flash video components and doing my own thing to achieve the exact look and feel that I want. The new as3 version of FLVPlayback has some great features in it, including sophisticated connection [...]

new and exciting security policy settings in flash moviestar

In addition to all new video capabilities, the recent 9.0.115 release of the Flash Player contains an update to the security policy framework that I haven’t seen much press about. I guess the nickname crossdomain smackdown just wasn’t sexy enough compared to moviestar.
I discovered the new framework by accident when the following message showed up [...]