This quick tutorial should have you playing .FLV videos in your flash movies and web pages in no time.
This tutorial is meant for users running Flash 8 Professional, but can be used closely with previous versions of Flash.
1) Open the Window> Component menu. Under the FLV Playback – Player 8 tab, drag and drop an instance of the FLVPlayback component on to the stage.
2) Resize the player to the specifications of the video you wish to play using the sizing option in the toolbar near the bottom of the screen.
3) Select the player, and open the Window> Component Inspector menu. Make the following changes:
autoPlay: False (let the user select when the video should start)
bufferTime: 10 (allows smooth playback)
contentPath: locate the video on your computer, or web root directory (remember, your video will not play on a local machine if you enter the filepath of a video located on a web server.When you upload the SWF file and test on- line, everything should work fine.)
skin: Select whichever skin you'd like (MojaveExternalAll is my favorite)
If possible, only deal with .FLV movies less than five minutes in length, and 20MB in size. If the buffer time of 10 is not enough, and your movie is not running as smooth as you'd like, experiment with higher times.
Remember to keep the user in mind. It may be more feasible to compress the file size, rather than running extremely high buffer times.
That's it. You should be good to go! Compile the movie and take it for a test run to make sure everything is working smoothly.
