Loading Flash Video through XML

Hello,
I have an Flash gallery that loads dynamic content from an
XML file. I'm trying to display a flash movie in the main display
section, so when a user clicks a thumbnails the corresponding video
would play in the main display area. Right now the thumbnails are
displaying wonderfully but when I try to load an external swf file
using the loadClip() method, that itself is the the container of an
FLV(01.swf + 01.flv), the video doesn't play. Nothing loads. But
the funny thing is I tried to load a simple swf file and it loads
fine. I'm guessing it has to do with the video. There's some
drawback to loading flash videos in this manner. I've attached the
code, and would appreciate any help. Thanks.

check the path to your video. it should be relative to the
_level0 swf's embedding html.

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