Insert Media Flash Video... pre-loader question

Hello everybody
I'm desperately looking for a solution regarding the
following problem: I've inserted a rather long flv video (insert -
media - flash video) into my site. Visitors with smaller bandwith
have to wait up to 30" until the video starts playing. I either
want to show them a screen saying: "video is going to be buffered -
please wait" or to include an adaptive preloader that shows the %
until the video will start playing. How can this be achieved?
Thanks for all of your input, because this issue is very important
to me and time is running for the project...
TCG

Can you divide your long video into several small clips or
chapters? Then
just put all the clips into a common player like this one
from Coffee Cup -
and loop them together.
http://www.coffeecup.com/video-player/
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
"TeeCeeGee" <[email protected]> wrote in
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news:g35efj$f81$[email protected]..
> Hello everybody
> I'm desperately looking for a solution regarding the
following problem:
I've
> inserted a rather long flv video (insert - media - flash
video) into my
site.
> Visitors with smaller bandwith have to wait up to 30"
until the video
starts
> playing. I either want to show them a screen saying:
"video is going to be
> buffered - please wait" or to include an adaptive
preloader that shows the
> until the video will start playing. How can this be
achieved? Thanks for
all of
> your input, because this issue is very important to me
and time is running
for
> the project...
> TCG
>

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