How to download video file from application server and auto-run it in Spark VideoPlayer?

[mo...@comcast.net]

Hi, I have a desktop app using Flex SDK 4.12 and Java for middle tier. 

I'd like to store my .mp4 video files on my application server instead of my public website so that only users of my Flex app may access them. 

I've no experience with playing video in Flex, but the spark VideoPlayer seems pretty simple. It seems to work fine when I specify a source that points to a video on a public website, such as 

<s:VideoPlayer autoPlay="true" source="https://www.mydomain.com/myVideoFile.mp4" /> 


However, I'd like to place my video files on my application server then use a Java servlett to download it when the user selects an item in a drop down list (which presents a list of video files). 

Is it possible to download files like this somehow, and have the VideoPlayer access them from the download folder? I'm currently doing this with my PDF files, and hoped I could similarly with video files. The PDF files simply download to the Download folder (on a Mac at least), then the user must open them manually. 

However, I'd prefer the video download to auto-run inside VideoPlayer so the whole selection process appears seamless to the user (as if I were using source="..." as shown above). I wonder if anyone has done something like this before? Thanks in advance for any comments or example code. 

Re: How to download video file from application server and auto-run it in Spark VideoPlayer?

[leejk <le...@yahoo.com>]

Why wouldn't you just set the url of the video player to your video files on
the application server? The player will just start playing them once the
video is buffered... no need to download them first.



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