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youTube.as

package com.drpunchlogic
{
	/*	

		YOU MIGHT WANT TO READ THIS FIRST:

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/flash_api_reference.html

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/flash_api_reference.html#GettingStarted

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/flash_api_reference.html#Adding_event_listener

		good to know:

http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/articles/tubeloc.html

		this is based off of the example located at: http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/flash_api_reference.html#loadVideoById

	*/

/*
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	INCLUDE STUFF
-------------------------------------------------
*/
	// security
	import flash.system.Security;
    import flash.system.SecurityPanel;
	import flash.system.LoaderContext;

	// display objects
	import flash.display.MovieClip;
	import flash.display.Loader;
	import flash.geom.Rectangle;

	// standard events
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.events.MouseEvent;
	import flash.events.ProgressEvent;
	import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
	import flash.events.KeyboardEvent;

	// error checking
	import flash.events.ErrorEvent;
	import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
	import flash.errors.IOError;
	import flash.errors.MemoryError;

	// networking
	import flash.net.URLRequest;
	import flash.net.navigateToURL;

	// TweenMax
	import com.greensock.*;
	import com.greensock.easing.*;

	// Custom
	// ---- OOPS (traces out to text box)
	import com.drpunchlogic.oops;
	// ---- XML
	import com.drpunchlogic.youTubeXML;
	// ---- GALLERY
	import com.drpunchlogic.youTubeGallery;

	// -----------------------

	public class youTube extends MovieClip
	{
// START --------------------------

/*
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	SHARED VARIABLES
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private var loader:Loader;
		private var _youTube:Object; // This will hold the API player instance once it is initialized.

		public var _nowPlaying:uint = 0; // The current video uint

		//public var _file:String = "http://www.youtube.com/v/UA3TLWplbHs"; // the file we want to play
		public var _file:Array = new Array(); // the file we want to play in an array for the XML

		// oops
		private var _log:String = '';

		// player controls
		public var _ctrl:youTubeBtn;
		private var _isFirstPlay:Boolean = true;

		// OOPS
		public var _oops:oops; // TRACE CLASS
		public var _say:Function;

		// XML
		public var _X:youTubeXML; // XML CLASS

		// GALLERY
		public var _G:youTubeGallery; // GALLERY CLASS

/*
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	YOU TUBE!
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		public function youTube() : void
		{
			_oops = new oops();
			_oops.x = 260;
			addChild( _oops );
			_say = _oops.say;

			_say( "\n\n[ testTube! ]" );

			// first thing I am going to do is add security
			sercureDom();

			// after it is secure, INIT the player
			addEventListener( "SEC", init );

		} 

/*
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	SECURE DOMAINS
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function sercureDom() : void
		{
			_say( "[ sercureDom ]" );

			/*
			The player SWF file on www.youtube.com needs to communicate with your host SWF file.
			Your code must call Security.allowDomain() to allow this communication.
			*/

			Security.allowDomain("www.youtube.com");

			// ok, let's init
			//dispatchEvent( new Event( "SEC" ) );
			init();
		}

/*
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	INIT
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		public function init( ) : void
		{
			_say( "[ init ]" );

			// we don't need the event listener any longer
			removeEventListener( "SEC", init );

			// add XML
			addEventListener( "XMLFIN" , XMLready ); // <-- Start Movie After XML is finished
			// parse XML
			addXML();

			// normally yes, but today we want the XML to tell us when it is ready.
			/*
			loader = new Loader();
			loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, onLoaderInit);
			loader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.youtube.com/apiplayer?version=3"));
			*/

		}
/*
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	XML READY
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		public function XMLready( e:Event ) : void
		{
			_say( "[ XML ready ]\n" );

			// kill listener we don't need
			removeEventListener( "XMLFIN" , XMLready ); 

			// create file array
			for( var i:uint = 0; i < _X._itemArr.length; i++ )
			{
				_file.push( _X._itemArr[i].video );
			}

			// add a gallery
			addGallery(); // not needed for the player

			// start loading movies
			loader = new Loader();
			loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.INIT, onLoaderInit);
			loader.load(new URLRequest("http://www.youtube.com/apiplayer?version=3"));
		}
/*
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	LOADER
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function onLoaderInit(event:Event):void {
			addChild(loader);
			loader.content.addEventListener("onReady", onPlayerReady);
			loader.content.addEventListener("onError", onPlayerError);
			loader.content.addEventListener("onStateChange", onPlayerStateChange);
			loader.content.addEventListener("onPlaybackQualityChange", onVideoPlaybackQualityChange);
		}

/*
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	READY?
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function onPlayerReady(e:Event):void {
			// Event.data contains the event parameter, which is the player API ID
			_say("\t{ ready: " + Object(e).data + " }" );

			// Once this event has been dispatched by the player, we can use
			// cueVideoById, loadVideoById, cueVideoByUrl and loadVideoByUrl
			// to load a particular YouTube video.
			_youTube = loader.content;

			// Set appropriate player dimensions for your application
			_youTube.setSize(400, 300);
			// We are playing a movie smaller then 640 so let's not load some big format we won't use:
			_youTube.setPlaybackQuality( "small" );

			// don't allow multiple loads of the video player and controls
			if( _isFirstPlay )
			{
				// lets add the controls
				ctrls();

				// play the first video
				newVideo( _nowPlaying );

				_isFirstPlay = false;
			}
		}
/*
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	ERROR, WTF?
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function onPlayerError(e:Event):void {
			// Event.data contains the event parameter, which is the error code
			_say("\t{ error: " +  Object(e).data + " }",1 );
		}
/*
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	MARK CHANGES
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function onPlayerStateChange(e:Event):void {
			// Event.data contains the event parameter, which is the new _youTube state
			_say("\t{ state: " + Object(e).data + " }" );
			// send new event to controller
			_ctrl.stateChange( Object(e).data );

			// activate gallery buttons
			if( Object(e).data == 1 ) _G.btnOnOff( true );
			//if( Object(e).data == 5 ) _G.btnOnOff( false );

		}

		private function onVideoPlaybackQualityChange(e:Event):void {
			// Event.data contains the event parameter, which is the new video quality
			_say("\t{ quality: " + Object(e).data + " }" );
		}
/*
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	PLAY THE VIDEO
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		public function newVideo( i:uint ) : void
		{
			_say("\t{ file: " + _file[i] + " }",3 );
			// let's load a movie to play
			_youTube.loadVideoByUrl( _file[i] , 3);

			_nowPlaying = i;
		}
/*
	This next little area is to prep the
	thumbnail gallery section
*/

/*
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	NEXT VIDEO
-------------------------------------------------
*/
	public function prepFile() : void
	{
		// let's get a movie ready to play
		_youTube.cueVideoByUrl( _file[ _nowPlaying ] , 0);

	}
/*
	That is basically everything we need,
	So, I'm going to add the controls now.
*/
/*
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	CONTROLS
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		public function ctrls() : void
		{

			_say( "[ ctrl ]" );

			_ctrl = new youTubeBtn( );
			_ctrl.x = _ctrl.width / 2;
			_ctrl.y = 300;
			_ctrl.name = "ctrl";

			addChild( _ctrl );

			_ctrl.init( _youTube, this );

			// this isn't part of controlls, I just want to show/hide oops
			_ctrl.shbtn.addEventListener( MouseEvent.CLICK, showhideOOPS );

		} 

/*
	Let's add a gallery to the video player
*/
/*
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	ADD XML
-------------------------------------------------
*/
	private function addXML() : void
	{
		// add the XML from the feed
		var feed:String = "http://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/playlists/";
		// 43697368FC276DB2 <-- mine
		// DF668B5F247C0CE7 <-- another
		feed += "D7FE57402F99A513"; //<--- playlist id
		feed += "?";
		feed += "&start-index=1";
		//feed += "&max-results=12";
		feed += "&v=2";

		_X = new youTubeXML( this, feed );

	}
/*
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	ADD GALLERY
-------------------------------------------------
*/
	private function addGallery() : void
	{
		// add the gallery thumbnails
		_G = new youTubeGallery( this, _X._itemArr );
		_G.x = 0;
		_G.y = 330;
		addChild( _G );
	}

/*
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	SHOW/HIDE OOPS
-------------------------------------------------
*/
		private function showhideOOPS( e:Event ) : void
		{
			//( _oops.visible ) ? _oops.visible = false : _oops.visible = true;
			( _oops.x == 0 ) ? [ TweenLite.to(_oops, 1, {x:260}) , TweenLite.to(_G, 1, {x:0}) ] : [ TweenLite.to(_oops, 1, {x:0}) ,TweenLite.to(_G, 1, {x:-404}) ];
		}
// END --------------------
	}
}

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