Server-Side Communication ActionScript > Stream.setBufferTime

Stream.setBufferTime

Availability

Flash Communication Server MX.

Usage

Stream.setBufferTime()

Description

Method; increases the message queue length. When you play a stream from a remote server, the Stream.setBufferTime method sends a message to the remote server that adjusts the length of the message queue. The default length of the message queue is 2 seconds. You should set the buffer time higher when playing a high-quality recorded stream over a low-bandwidth network.

When a user clicks a seek button in an application, buffered packets are sent to the server. The buffered seeking in a Flash Communication Server application occurs on the server; the Flash Communication Server doesn't support client-side buffering. The seek time can be smaller or larger than the buffer size, and it has no direct relationship to the buffer size. Every time the server receives a seek request from the Flash Player, it clears the message queue on the server. The server tries to seek to the desired position and starts filling the queue again. At the same time, the Flash Player also clears its own buffer after a seek request, and the buffer is eventually filled after the server starts sending the new messages.