Simple AS3 Video FLV Player

Here are the basics for loading an external FLV and reading progress.

var vid:Video=new Video(320,240);
videoPlayerHost.addChild(vid);

var nc:NetConnection=new NetConnection  ;
nc.connect(null);

var ns:NetStream=new NetStream(nc);
vid.attachNetStream(ns);

var infoContainer:Object;
var listener:Object=new Object  ;
listener.onMetaData=function(info:Object):void {
   trace("metadata: duration=" + info.duration + " width=" + info.width + " height=" + info.height + " framerate=" + info.framerate);
   tmrDisplay.start();
   infoContainer=info;
};
ns.client=listener;
ns.play("myVideo.flv");

var tmrDisplay:Timer=new Timer(10);
tmrDisplay.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,updateDisplay);
var playbackPercentComplete:Number=0;

function updateDisplay(e:TimerEvent):void {
 playbackPercentComplete=ns.time/infoContainer.duration;
 trace("PLAYING... elapsed time="+ns.time+", video length="+infoContainer.duration+", percent complete="+playbackPercentComplete);
 if (ns.time>infoContainer.duration) {
  playbackPercentComplete=0;
  tmrDisplay.stop();
  trace("done playing")
 }
}

//ns.pause()    will pause the video
//ns.resume()   will resume the video
//ns.seek(0)     will jump the playhead to the beginning