Placed SWFs in IND CS4 do not work

Hey,
I've been searching the Internet for forum-topics/posts on similar problems unsuccessfully. Now I hope to get some help on my prob from the "collective expertise" here ;)
My aim:
Creating a PDF-presentation including multimedia-contents (SWF-Files).
Workflow so far:
I created the presentation in InDesign CS4. On some pages I want to place SWF-Files which I've created in Flash CS4
(Export for FlashPlayer 9, Movie-compression activated).
Once finished the layout, I want to export the doc to PDF
(PDF Export options: PDF 1.7, Multimedia-Content embedded, no color-conversion, no compression )
My problem:
1) No preview of the SWF-File in the InD-Doc itself. Doc doesn't indicate that the movie was actually placed. Only movie-roll-picture is shown.
2) Movie doesn't load in Acrobat 9 Pro on opening the exported PDF (Buffering starts but no process is shown)
Is there something wrong with my export-options or can InD simply not handle SWF-Files (but export into SWF )?
Are there other export-formats in Flash CS4 I can place in InDesign?
My only "workaround" so far: SWF-files can directly be placed in a PDF via Acrobat, but is this the only way?

These two posts by David Blatner may help:
http://indesignsecrets.com/swf-embedded-in-indesign-pdf-problem-solved-mostly.php
http://indesignsecrets.com/preview-swf-files-inside-indesign-with-playswf-script.php

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