NetStream publish

You need to set your netStatus method to listen for the following string:

function netStatus(event:NetStatusEvent):void
{
  if (event.info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success")
  {
    var hostStream:NetStream = new NetStream(livestream);
    hostStream.publish("lecture", "live");
  }
}
 
 
//But you will probably want to declare your hostStream variable before you put it //in the netStatus method.
    

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I did what you said...and added  goLive.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, netStatus) and when I click on my mc button then it gives me the following error:

TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert flash.events::MouseEvent@1d3520e1 to flash.events.NetStatusEvent.

That's because of the strong typing in AS3, you can't have an event of a certain type being handled by a method which only accepts events of a different type.  If you want this to work in response to a mouse click, then you should put your livestream object in a method which is triggered on a mouse click.  

Make sense?

I think I'm following you but I didn't get the most important part...

"you should put your livestream object in a method which is triggered on a mouse click."

So I'm trying to learn but sorry if my interpretation is terrible but...

So the livestream object which is the netconnection...I need to put that in another function? What method triggers a mouse click...event:Event?

The following code should help :)

goLive.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClickHandler);
 
function mouseClickHandler(event:MouseClick):void
{
 var livestream:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
 livestream.objectEncoding = ObjectEncoding.AMF0;
 livestream.client = this;
 livestream.addEventListener( NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS , netStatus );
 livestream.connect("rtmp://domain.com/oflaDemo");
}
 
  

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O.K. so when I click on the button it says Success but it is not publishing...do you know why? I put the brackets around netStatusCheck() but it threw me an error.

function netStatusCheck(event:NetStatusEvent):void
{
  if (event.info.code == "NetConnection.Connect.Success")
  {
	hostStream = new NetStream(livestream);
    hostStream.publish("lecture", "live");
	trace("We are live");
  }
}
 
 
goLive.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, mouseClickHandler);
 
function mouseClickHandler(event:MouseEvent):void
{
 var livestream:NetConnection = new NetConnection();
 livestream.objectEncoding = ObjectEncoding.AMF0;
 livestream.client = this;
 livestream.addEventListener( NetStatusEvent.NET_STATUS , netStatus );
 livestream.connect("rtmp://domain.com/oflaDemo");
 netStatusCheck;
 
}

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I did all that...it still is not tracing out my netStatusCheck. How would I get netStatusCheck to initiate if it is in another function? I have tried putting it all in the same function with no luck.

Can you post your entire code?  I will review and edit, if necesary.

O.K. got it...I had some misspellings. Thanks.

Is it the same thing to play a live stream but instead of publish you use play?

For a live stream, yes, you would use play.