Server-Side Communication ActionScript > Stream.length

Stream.length

Availability

Flash Communication Server MX.

Usage

Stream.length(name)

Parameters

name Name of a recorded stream (FLV) file or MP3 file. To get the length of an MP3 file, precede the name of the file with mp3: (for example, "mp3:beethoven").

Returns

The length of a recorded stream file or MP3 file in seconds.

Description

Method (static); returns the length of a recorded stream file or MP3 file in seconds. If the requested file is not found, the return value is 0.

Example

This example gets the length of the recorded stream file myVideo and assigns it to the variable streamLen:

function onProcessCmd(cmd){
	var streamLen = Stream.length("myVideo");
	trace("Length: " + streamLen + "\n");
} 

This example gets the length of the MP3 file beethoven.mp3 and assigns it to the variable streamLen:

function onProcessCmd(cmd){
	var streamLen = Stream.length("mp3:beethoven");
	trace("Length: " + streamLen + "\n");
}