Movies (.mov/mpeg/etc) in a flash movie?

hi all,
i'm wondering what kinds of movie files you can embed in a
.swf? is it possible to embed things like mpegs/movs in a .swf, or
is it better to just put them on a separate html page and link to
them from the .swf?
cheers,
macron

Macron--
If you open a Flash document, then look in the
File>Import>Import Video dialogue box. Click the Choose file
button and look in the file type drop-down, you'll see the types of
video Flash suppports. Best practice is probably to convert the
videos to FLV files, then call them into your SWF at runtime...but
there are always exceptions...
Good luck!

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When you moved the script, did you correct the path to it in
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"Barbara" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:g86mp9$8e3$[email protected]..
> Hi,
> Maybe I am just stupid right now ... I have a large mpeg
movie from a
> client
> that needs to go on their website, and here is what I
do:
> I open the Adobe Flash CS3 Video encoder, add the mpeg,
set my
> preferences,
> and let the encoder convert it to a .flv and copy the
file into the web
> site. In DW I then chose "insert flash movie", chose the
skin etc. and it
> creates the necessary files and the script. Then I
upload the whole thing
> with all its dependent files (including the scripts
folder, I also took
> the
> script out of the folder and put it in the root,
nothing) ... and nothing.
> The page loads, but the movie is invisible! If I mouse
over it behaves as
> if
> there is indeed something on the page. But nothing
visible.
>
> I've done it now a dozen times in a row, then I switched
to another web on
> another server, same result ... nothing visible, no
movie.
>
> I am so frustrated I could ....
>
> HELP
>
> Barbara
>

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