Basic Flash movie questions from a Flex coder

Hi,
I've coded several Flex applications (I'm a programmer by
trade) for the last 6 months. Now I have a new project to do with
Flash, and I'm mighty confused - as I don't know much about Flash
and its timelines, etc.
I've been given a bunch of FLV files - movies from a video
camera like you see on Youtube. I'd like to add some logic to them.
Do I create a new Flex or Flash project and somehow embed the
FLV file?
I read that the they can attach "labels" to timelines in a
movie and that I can react to the labels being triggered using
event handlers. Can I programmatically add labels to an existing
FLV movie?
So after all is said and done, I'm guessing I would compile
it using MXMLC if it is a Flex project. But what if it were a Flash
project, what is the compiler? In addition, can I simply code the
whole thing as an actionscript (.as) file and compile it using a
Flash compiler?

I wouldn't embed the files. This is OK if they don't include
audio that's synched to the video, but otherwise will be
problematic. You'll get better performance overall by linking to
the external FLV. To 'add logic' you'll need to us cue points.
These can either be added via ActionScript or embedded into the FLV
using something like Flash Video Encoder. You can use the cue
points to trigger whatever actions you require.

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