// listen to player events and kill manual connection once we're streaming
   player.addEventListener("playing", playListener);
   player.addEventListener("stateChange", stateListener);
   player.addEventListener("ready", readyListener);
      
/* this is the hack: check once every frame if the NC has been defined inside the FLVPlayback component */   
   this.onEnterFrame = function()
   {
      if (player.ncMgr.getNetConnection() != undefined)
      {
         this.onEnterFrame = null;
         delete this.onEnterFrame;
         trace("got NC");
         //subscribe(streamName);       }
   }
         
   var nc:NetConnection;
   var serverName:String = "server.llnwd.net";
   var appName:String = "account_name/_definst_";
   var streamName:String = "live";
   
   var source_Str = "rtmp://" + serverName + "/" + appName + "/" + streamName;
   
   // start up by setting the contentPath (now called source in newer versions of the component)    
player.contentPath = source_Str;   
   
   function subscribe(name:String)
   {
      nc = player.ncMgr.getNetConnection();
         
      nc.onFCSubscribe = function(info:Object)
      {
         trace("onFCSubscribe: " + info.code);
         clearInterval(int_id);

         if (info.code == "NetStream.Play.StreamNotFound")
         {
            // handle error, retry after a few secs or similar          }
         else if (info.code == "NetStream.Play.Start")
         {
            // we're successfully subscribed          }
         else
         {
            // handle error          }
      };
         
      
// not used right now       
nc.onFCUnsubscribe = function(info:Object)
      {
      }
         
      trace("subscribing to " + name);
      nc.call("FCSubscribe",null,name);
   }
   
   // can be used to unsubscribe from stream    
function unsubscribe(name:String)
   {
      nc.call("FCUnsubscribe",null,name);
   }