Hi guys,

On the Dynamic Playlist the thumbnails are made by connecting to the video and
getting the relevant frame.

I have over 40 videos in my collection and lots of traffic which would mean
every client is connecting to 40 videos each time.

I would like to put in my own jpg image into the list instead of a video frame
capture.

New to all this so any help would be appreciated.

This is what creates the frame capture

nc = new NetConnection();
nc.onStatus = function( info ) { trace( info.code ); }
nc.connect( url );

ns = new NetStream(nc);
ns.onStatus = function(info) {
if ( info.code == "NetStream.Play.Stop" ) {
nc = null;
ns = null;
}
}
thumb.video.attachVideo(ns);
ns.connect();
ns.play( stream, start, 0 );

but I would like to say thumb.image = "my_image.jpg"; or something.

Any ideas?

You can't load a jpg image through a netstream (or into a video object), so
you'll need to use a moviecliploader instead.

Inside the thumb movie clip, replace the video object with an empty movie clip
(or create one a runtime with actionscript). Then replace all of the
netconnection and netstream code with a movieClipLoader(), and target your
movie clip in your moviecliploader.loadclip() arguments.

Wow, Im a little lost there but I think I know what you are saying.

Trouble is how would I do that?

Lets see if I have it right, create a new movie clip symbol in the library
that is simply the picture.
Then load this in the VideoThumb.as.
I might be completely wrong there as im a newbie to Flash.

Would you have an example of the code to do that?

Thanks

Ideally, the images will reside outside of the .swf, and you'll load them at
runtime. That way, you don't have to recompile your .swf every time you
add/remove videos.

See the Flash 8 docs about how to use the movieClip loader class, or check the
general flash forum for discussions about it (I'm sure there are plenty).