Looping a streaming movie

Hi,
I have a streaming flv. I would like to know if it is
possible to loop it continuously? I can do it if I embed it but
this increases the size of the movie too much.

Yes - give the flv playback component the instance name vid
and use this code on the frame:
var vidList : Object = new Object();
vidList.complete = function() {
vid.play();
vid.addEventListener ("complete",vidList);
stop();

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