Adding intro/outro to Flash video

Hi there,
Sorry for cross-posting, but I posted this to the plain Flash
forum a
few weeks ago and got no response. I'm wondering if this is a
better
venue for it, so I'll try again:
We have created a series of short video product reviews that
are all
being loaded dynamically into a common SWF container
something like this:
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var so = new
SWFObject("/swf/movie.swf?video=http://images.ourserver.com/product_reviews/SS13.flv",
"myMovie", "320", "277", "8", "#FFFFFF");
so.addParam("base", "/swf/");
so.write("noFlash");
// ]]>
</script>
We want to add a simple common intro and outro (logo fading
to video for
intro and logo fading back in for outro). Is there a cool and
clean way
to do this as part of the Flash movie rather than having to
insert it
into each QT movie beforehand?
The biggest problem seems to be determining when to begin the
outro
since all the videos are slightly different durations. Is
there some way
to use script to determine when each video is ending and
trigger the
closing animation?
Thanks for any help with this,
Don Hinshaw

open the xml file and look at it. it should be obvious how it corresponds with the video.
then read the flash help files about working with cue points. read the section(s) that relate to your actionscript version and which class (netstream, flvplayback component) you're using to play your flv.

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>
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========================
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