Getting the current time of a loaded flv file

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone knows how to get the current time that the playhead is at to display it. like on a youtube player. I can get the total duration time of the flv but i am having trouble with the current time it is playing at. I am assuming this has to interact somehow with the scrub bar for when people jump around in the video. This player was created using the tutorial offered at gotoandlearn.com.

Below is my code i have so far. I commented the things I thought might be vague. Any help is appreciated.

//you need to change the path to the flv file and the path to the xml file for the dropdown

rewindBtn.onRelease = function(){
stream_ns.seek(0);
}


// pause button function
pauseBtn.onRelease = function(){
stream_ns.pause();
}

// stop button function
stopBtn.onRelease = function(){
//stream_ns.seek(0);
stream_ns.play.stop(0);
}



var connection_nc:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
connection_nc.connect(null);
var stream_ns:NetStream = new NetStream(connection_nc);

video.attachVideo(stream_ns);
//video name i am pulling to test
stream_ns.play("jay.flv");

stream_ns.setBufferTime(20);


stream_ns.onStatus = function(info){
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Full"){
bufferClip._visible = false;
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Empty"){
bufferClip._visible = true;
}
if(info.code == "NetStream.Buffer.Stop"){
stream_ns.seek(0);
}
}

var videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus, 100);
var amountLoaded:Number;
var duration:Number;

stream_ns["onMetaData"] = function(obj){
duration = obj.duration;
}
function videoStatus(){
amountLoaded = stream_ns.bytesLoaded / stream_ns.bytesTotal;
loader.loadBar._width = amountLoaded * 240;
loader.scrub._x = stream_ns.time / duration * 240;
}

var scrubInterval;
//loader is the MC that the scrubber and bar are located in

loader.scrub.onPress = function(){
clearInterval(videoInterval);
scrubInterval = setInterval(scrubIt, 10);
this.startDrag(false, .5, this._y, 232.5, this._y);
}

loader.scrub.onRelease = loader.scrub.onReleaseOutside = function(){
clearInterval(scrubInterval);
videoInterval = setInterval(videoStatus, 100);
this.stopDrag();
}

function scrubIt(){
stream_ns.seek(Math.floor((loader.scrub._x / 232.5)*duration));
}

var scrubEndInterval = setInterval(endPlay, 100);

function endPlay(){
if (loader.scrub._x == 239){
stream_ns.pause();
stream_ns.seek(0);
controlBtn.gotoAndStop(2);
return;
}
}

var showTalkInterval = setInterval(showTalk, 1000);

function showTalk(){
if (stream_ns.bytesLoaded == stream_ns.bytesTotal){
viewTalk._visible = true;
}
}

//this gets my duration
stream_ns.onMetaData = function(metadata) {
duration = metadata.duration;
var dur_seconds:Number = duration;
var minutes_dspl = Math.floor(dur_seconds/60);
var seconds_dspl = Math.floor(dur_seconds%60);
if (minutes_dspl<10) {
minutes_dspl = ("0"+minutes_dspl);
}
if (seconds_dspl<10) {
seconds_dspl = ("0"+seconds_dspl);
}
//textTime is the variable name for the text field
textTime.text = minutes_dspl+":"+seconds_dspl;
};

///form here down i found this online but it seems like there is more to it that i am missing or i
///just screwed it up somewhere

curTime = formattime(stream_ns.time)+" / "+formattime(duration);

//format the time of the video
function formattime(intime) {
//initialize it to null
output = "";
//calculate the current passed minutes
minutes = Math.floor(intime/60);
//if the minutes are under 10, add in a leading 0
if (minutes<10) {
output += "0";
}
//output the minutes
output += minutes+":";
//if the seconds are under 10, add in a leading 0
if (intime%60<10) {
output += "0";
}
//output the time
output += Math.floor(intime%60);
//return the time
return (output);
}

Check number 32 in this tutorial. I think it's basically what you are after.

http://www.actionscript4designers.com/w ... ents3.html



You might also find additional ideas with searches for these terms

display playheadTime
or
display.playheadTime

Thank you ATNO/TW. I will try applying your ideas tomorrow. I will let you know if i was successful. Again thank you.

That code seems to be only for the drag and drop media player. The one i have is all custom. I foun out how to do it and also convert the seconds to minutes when it reaches 60. Let me know if you want this code , I will give it to you. Thanks for the help.

Glad you figured out something. It would be nice to have the code, but if you're up for it, you may have noticed Bigwebmaster has started adding tutorial sections to OZZU. This Flash forum is one that doesn't have any tutorials yet. If you feel up to writing a tutorial on what you did, I think it would be awesome.

You can find the format and instructions for posting tutorials in the announcements board
announcements-rules/tutorial-making-tutorials-for-ozzu-howto-t85736.html

Then just PM Bigwebmaster and let him know you'd like to add one here. Up to you of course but would love to see you take the challenge.