Need advice on multiple videos in Flash Catalyst 5.5

Hi,
I am looking for some advice and I was hoping that some of you had already made some experience with what I am trying to achieve.
Well, I need to be able to show something like 15-20 F4V-Files, each about 2-3 Minutes, in my project. Each movie is supposed to be triggered by a dedicated button, ideally all from one single state, so like a master state or so. I was wondering now, what would be the best approach.
Can I simply create new stage and basically stack all videos on top of each other and have them played whenever needed or should I create a state for each of them. This would probably cause a mess too, as there is no option to organize the states in a smooth manner.
Any good advice?
Thanks,
Christian

Hi Christian
I created something similar a while back. From my experience the most efficient way was to create a main page, then on it, a custom component, which hold 20 states within it. I linked the menu buttons to the various states within the custom component. Can't vouch that it's the best way, but it worked well for me.
Kind regards,
Darren

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