16.0.
Introduction
The Flash
Player is capable of playing back video. Although it's possible to
embed video content within an .swf file, most Flash video
content is stored in Flash video files (.flv files) and
loaded into the Flash Player at runtime using ActionScript. By
loading .flv files at runtime, you have smaller .swf
files, more flexible content management, and greater control over
the loading and playback of the video content.
Flash video loaded from .flv files has two faces:
progressive download and streaming. Streaming .flv video
requires a streaming server, such as Flash Media Server. In
contrast, progressive download doesn't require any additional
software. However, for the most part, the ActionScript required to
work with streaming and progressive download video is identical.
The recipes in this chapter discuss how to work with progressive
download video and focus exclusively on working with .flv
files.
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