Flash Tutorials

In this Flash tutorial you will learn how to build a complete video player with dynamic XML playlist using Actionscript 3.0. The player's content will be created entirely through an external XML file, meaning that you can update the contents of the player without having to update your actual FLA file. This kind of video player can be used on your website that allows the users to select a video to play from a certain list.

Tutorial overview

• Step 1: Creating the XML file
• Step 2: Setup the Scene
• Step 3: Loading the XML file
• Step 4: Creating the video
• Step 5: Setup the buttons
• Step 6: Initialization
• Step 7: HTML embedding code
• Source code