Placing SWF Movie into IDCS4 for export to PDF

I'm trying to place a swf into an Indesign document for export to PDF.
I made a simple swf using Flash CS4 (AS2 if it matters) and placed it using the File->Place menu.
I checked the Movie Options and selected, Embed in PDF, and play options.
Then I export to PDF and am sure that Interactive Elements is checked.
I found someplace that suggested toggling "create tagged PDF" to the opposite setting of whatever it is, but that didn't make any difference.
When I open the PDF with Acrobat and move to that page it just shows the default movie preview and shows a "buffering" window for ever, but the file is tiny so it should load immediately.
So how do I do this? Is it possible? I've tried some searches, but most everything I'm finding is about exporting ID docs to swf. And that isn't what I want.
At least I don't think this is what I want. I need to make a PDF that will have an animation of how to navigate a web app. So if anybody has a better way to do this, then please let me know!

I wrote up a very long explanation of this for indesignsecrets.com.
http://indesignsecrets.com/putting-swfs-into-indesign-documents.php
The bottom line is:
It's a bug on the Mac
Windows users can play those SWFs but the Mac hangs
Adobe is aware of the problem
But if you want an SWF to play on both Mac and Windows, open the PDF in Acrobat Professional and add the SWF there.
You will actually have more control than if you had placed it in InDesign and it played correctly.

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