Dynamic flv contentPath

Hi all,
I am writing a script that loads the path to an FLV file and
loads it in an FLVPlayback object. The FLVPlayback object is placed
inside a MovieClip called "theVideo" and has the instance name
"player".
If theVideo is already on stage when the movie loads, this
works fine. The problem is that until I actually load the FLV file,
the FLVPlayback object is displayed with the "loading bars" in the
timeline, and I am guessing this is wasting CPU cycles.
If I try to load the MC when I am ready to load the video,
the MC loads but I cannot seem to set the contentPath since I get
these "loading bars".
I checked my path and I know it is correct since it works
with the first option, but I would need to do this the second way.
Would anyone know why I am having problems setting the contentPath
parameter?
Thanks for the help

A couple of observations, maybe nothing to do with your
problem:
1) you attach a movieClip to _root, but you use a
getNextHighestDepth of a different movieClip (contentMC ???
2) did you just quickly type this from memory or did you
copy/paste the code? You have spaces in front of and after "root."
Other than that, I haven't understood what you mean with
"loading bars in the timeline". Maybe you can expand on that a bit?
Good luck
Wolf

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