Sadly, still no news about mobile device video support in AIR 3.8 beta.. ( CameraRoll.browseForVideo(), acquired videos playback, snapshot extraction, ecc.)
2013/4/6 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > Sounds like an AIR thing. Is what you want possible via PhoneGap/Cordova? > We are looking into having the AS to JS conversion create PhoneGap apps. > > > On 4/5/13 10:38 AM, "Christian M. Cepel" <puddleg...@marshwiggle.org> > wrote: > > > I'm not certain how things stand with Apache incubating Flex and Adobe > > developing AIR. > > > > I'm wondering if this is something on the radar as far as the SDK > > development team goes, and if so, where it might stand, what we might > > expect. The below is specifically regarding iOS, but the non-existing > API > > methods of course > > > > Specifically, the SDK lacks any way to > > > > - CameraRoll.browseForVideo() similar to CameraRoll.browseForImage() > > - Using the CameraUI to take a video creates a file in the system tmp > > that is not immediately available w/o first using FileIO to move it > > elsewhere. > > - Directly/simply accessing local video on the filesystem without > > involving a far more complex server/streaming model that is simply > > unnecessary (so far as I understand things) > > - Harvest frame BitmapData directly for display of thumbnails > > > > I've, personally had no luck with using Video or StageVideo to simply > > display a video file on the local file system that was -created/captured- > > using the delegated system level functionality. More directly stated... > > Native Video format doesn't seem to be playable on the device that > created > > it (though this may just be my shortcomings as a developer). > > > > So... I can create videos using the delegated system camera util, but not > > play them. I can create videos outside of my software using the system > > camera which are then stored in the system CameraRoll, but I can in no > ways > > use the existing native functionality to browse and select those videos > in > > the way I can images. > > > > Is any of this being addressed? > > > > ANEs seem to be my only solution, but I've not found what I need so far > and > > I've absolutely no time to dedicate to learning a new technology. > > > > Cheers. > > -- > Alex Harui > Flex SDK Team > Adobe Systems, Inc. > http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui > >
