Conditional video load - streaming vs embedded

Hello,
I am currently evaluating InDesign CS5 for creating online & offline reports, which will include videos. Is there a way to have both a streaming video & an embedded video, but to prefer the streaming if there is an Internet connection. So if there is no Internet connection, the embedded video will play, otherwise the streaming one will play in its stead. Browsing through the forums, it seems this might be possible, perhaps using the ideas behind the conditional text or with a script?
I appreciate any help you might have!
Thank you

Thank you for the reply. Yes, the output format would be PDF.
The advantage we see for the streaming video would be our ability to easily make any video content updates, while still providing "mostly-relevant" content when no Internet connection is available.
I understand your point about the filesize always being large, if the videos were embedded. Perhaps in InDesign there is a way to automate the publishing of two different versions, one that embeds video and one that streams?
The goal, from our end, is to not have to "maintain" two different versions of a PDF, but rather, to have one that would work for both online & offline situations, understanding that the video content of a "final" PDF could possibly change at certain points in time.

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