Create a video (flv) portfolio

Question

I'm trying to create a video portfolio on my website and
video demo CD. All of my Flash menus, pages, etc are complete. I'm
using Flash 8 and have already edited and compressed all of my
video samples into swf linked flv files. (Please excuse any
terminology confusion, I typically work in Director.)
In Flash, I'd like to know the script or behavior to use that
will enable the user to click on a still image (button) or text in
my portfolio which will then launch the associated video clip (flv
or swf) to play. And also to close it afterwards. It seems like
there should be an easy script or behavior for this, and there may
be, but all that Actionscript stuff makes it seem more complicated.
I've also heard something about "classes" and that they are more
like behaviors in Director than Flash behaviors. Perhaps there is
one already packaged I can use.
Any help is much appreciated.

Answer 1

Easy? Only if you've done it multiple times. Here is what you
can do (one of many methods). Drag the FLVcomponent to the stage,
give it an instance name of vid.
Button Script (change path for each button):
on(release){
vid.ContentPath = "flv-file-name.flv" //the video you want to
play
Script for frame with FLV component to find when movie ends:
var vidList : Object = new Object();
vidList.complete = function() {
gotoAndStop("frame name"); //your desired action
vid.addEventListener ("complete",vidList);
stop();
That code will listen for the movie to end then do whatever
you put into the function. I commented the function so you can see
what to change.