Playing two videos in actionscript

OK, I'll start by saying taht I'm in the process of learning actionscript. That said, I'm wanting to play two videos with actionscript. I went through a tutorial and using a prebuilt flash player I used the following script
vid.contentPath = "construction.flv";
var vidList:Object = new Object();
vidList.complete= function() {
    vid.contentPath = "green.flv";
vid.addEventListener("complete", vidList);
Which worked fine. That said, that was just a test. We are wanting to use the F4 Player. I opened up the player and looked at the actionscript (which is below).
So I have two questions.
1. How do I get this player to play one file? Yeah, I know it's probably a simple question, but looking at it, I have no clue.
2. How would I adjust the actionscript above to work with this player?
import f4.Player;
stage.scaleMode = StageScaleMode.NO_SCALE;
stage.align = StageAlign.TOP_LEFT;       
var video = this.loaderInfo.parameters.video;
var thumbnail = this.loaderInfo.parameters.thumbnail;
var skin = this.loaderInfo.parameters.skin;
var autoplay = this.loaderInfo.parameters.autoplay == 1;
var fullscreen = this.loaderInfo.parameters.fullscreen;
// FLEXSCREEN
var player:Player = new Player(
    video, // video url
    thumbnail, // preview image
    parent.stage.stageWidth, // player width
    parent.stage.stageHeight, // player height
    skin, // skin
    autoplay, // autoplay
    fullscreen // fullscreen button
stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, player.resizeEvent);
addChild(player);
// FIX SIZE
var player:Player = new Player(
    video, // video url
    thumbnail, // preview image
    300, // player width
    300, // player height
    skin, // skin
    autoplay, // autoplay
    fullscreen // fullscreen button
    50, // top
    50 // left
// TEST
var player:Player = new Player(
    'http://f4player.googlecode.com/files/delicatessen.mp4', // video
    'video-thumbnail.jpg',  // preview image
    parent.stage.stageWidth, // player width
    parent.stage.stageHeight, // player height
    'skins/default.swf', // skin
    false, // autoplay
    false // fullscreen button
stage.addEventListener(Event.RESIZE, player.resizeEvent);
addChild(player);

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