Loading FLVPlayback with still image

A problem I am having is that with multiple .swfs embedded on
a webpage that all play a video, it seems to me that with
progressive download the videos start to automatically download
even though the players are on pause after a call to...
theVideo.source = tileList.selectedItem.data;
theVideo.pause();
where the name of the video is loaded from an .xml file.
Ideally, what I'd like to do is to have the FLVPlayback
component load with a small image, e.g....
theVideo.source = "coape_logo_circle_06.jpg";
...and then load the real flv on the click of a button.
It seems that the theVideo.source has to be fired up in order
to display the video player on the screen.
Is there a way to 'preload' the FLVPlayback thing in this
kind of way?
Many thanks
ROBERT

Does this apply to progressive d/l as well? or does flash see
these as one and the same.
I'm new to this stuff, sorry for being ignorant! I'm assuming
that I could take any appropriately sized bitmap (doesn't have to
be a snapshot from the preview thing) and load that in some way? I
see the preview window says you can snapshot a frame and later load
with code, but I'm damned if I can find code anywhere in the
documentation!

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Obviously, your attempt in Pr has not worked out as you had hoped. Maybe a bit more info would help. How are you rescaling them in Pr? That might well account for some quality loss. What is the original format and size of the images? What color management are you using in PS? Are you using any color correction or effects in Pr? Is your project interlaced or progressive?
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Message was edited by: SuperMonk7

hi,
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