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I would also like to learn how to stream/embed flash videos, too. I am having troubles with QuickTime streaming so this may be another solution for me.
DH does not has a flash server for streaming flash videos.
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I know you need two files, .swf and .flv. I think one is the video itself and one is the code for the flash design, or some sort. You need to create both for yourself, I think. Then when you embed the stream code, you point to both. I am not quite sure about all this, but that is as far as I got. I also have had trouble on finding a nice tutorial on creating flash videos and properly getting them to stream on a site. What confused me the most is having the two files.
This will depend on how you create the files as Adobe flash can embed the flv file into a single swf file but is meant for smaller files.
When publishing from Adobe flash, flash will create the swf, html and javascript files for you. Just copy them with the flv(if you choose to keep them seperate) to a folder. Now copy the html from the file that flash created to your web page. Edit the location of the files if necessary. Once you upload the web page the html page flash created is no longer needed.
Tip:
Create a loader swf file that contains an image (convert to button) and this code:
this.stop();
addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, player);
function player(event:MouseEvent): void
{
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest("http://www.example.com/example.swf");/*edit this link to point to your movie's swf file and remove everything after the semi colon on this line just in case*/
var loader:Loader = new Loader()
loader.load(request);
addChild(loader);
removeEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, player);
}
This will allow the viewer to see your web page without downloading the video until they click on the image(to be nice to dial up users). Make sure you convert the image to a button.
As I mentioned above streaming is not possible.
I hope this helps,
Silk
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