extract a frame from a flash movie

Question

I have a flash player playing a .flv video file

How could I reproduce this behaviour : when client press stop, catch the current frame ; kill the player ; display the last frame (previously caught) instead

Any solution would be fine (AS, PHP, JS, etc.), though it cannot be only server sided because I don't know in advance what frame will be needed.

Answer 1

Here is a simplified version:

var flv:FLVPlayback = new FLVPlayback();
var bmd:BitmapData = new BitmapData(flv.width, flv.height);
var bm:Bitmap;

function captureFrame():void {
    flv.stop();
    bmd.draw(flv);
    bm = new Bitmap(bmd);
    addChild(bm);
    // kill video and player here
}

Depending on where you're hosting the video, you may have some cross-domain issues with using BitmapData. But, assuming you have full control, this should work.