Don't want my Flash videos to starting loading until play

I have Flash videos on a website, and I don't want the video to start loading until the user has hit the play button. How do I do that?
Joey
http://toadarray.com

I'm using the 'skinoverplaystopseekmutevol' skin for my videos. I have it set so the video doesn't start to play right away, but it loads right away - I don't want that to start until the user clicks play. I have created the video in an AS3 file, but I haven't added any AS to it - just used the component.
Here is the video:
http://estebanmusic.com

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