FLV Playback Component - specifying an image before it plays

I am using the FLV Playback Component to play a video.
Instead of playing automatically, I want to be able to set an image
(or a frame of the movie) to display and only play the movie after
the user clicks the play button. I can't find anything anywhere to
explain how to do this or a workaround for it. Can anyone point me
in the right direction? thanks.

Actually, I'm just trying to access the movie controls in the
FLV Playback component, so I can adjust how the work.
This does not work:
this.movie.forward_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,someFunction)
Neither does this:
MovieClip(this.movie).forward_mc.addEventListener(MouseEvent.MOUSE_DOWN,someFunction)

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> That came from here
>
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flvplayback_behaviors.html

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import flash.events.MouseEvent;
var fl_SecondsToCountDown:Number = 1;
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video1.load("film/film1.flv");
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function go(e:MouseEvent){
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fl_CountDownTimerInstance.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, fl_CountDownTimerHandler);
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butt1.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, go1);
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Aran,
Are you looking for something for the .FLV playback
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http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?cid=8E9A0
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i have strange problem the full screen function not work in any third party flash protection and projector tools ...
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This may be old news, but I see that the latest version of Mpeg Stream Clip now requires that you pay $19.99 for the Apple Playback Component. Was wondering if this is a recent development/requirement from the older 1.6 version (which is a version I also have in my other Mac)?
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