Flash video - navigation cue points from xml?

Is it possible to load navigation cue points from an xml file
like you can
do with captions or do they always have to be embedded in the
encoding?
If it's possible, can you PLEASE point me to a resource that
shows you how?
I've searched and searched for weeks and found nothing!
Thanks,
Mickey

Thank you Jamesabth and GenaroRG for your responses. Someone
in the
flashcom newsgroup pointed out
http://flowplayer.org/. This
looks like
exactly what I've been looking for. I'll give it a try first.
Thanks,
Mickey
"Mickey" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:fk4krg$ca5$[email protected]..
> Is it possible to load navigation cue points from an xml
file like you can
> do with captions or do they always have to be embedded
in the encoding?
>
> If it's possible, can you PLEASE point me to a resource
that shows you
> how? I've searched and searched for weeks and found
nothing!
>
> Thanks,
> Mickey
>

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Thank you Jamesabth and GenaroRG for your responses. Someone
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flashcom newsgroup pointed out
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"Mickey" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:fk4krg$ca5$[email protected]..
> Is it possible to load navigation cue points from an xml
file like you can
> do with captions or do they always have to be embedded
in the encoding?
>
> If it's possible, can you PLEASE point me to a resource
that shows you
> how? I've searched and searched for weeks and found
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>
> Thanks,
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>

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1 stop();
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