Pre-loading a scene while playing a movie

How would I go about pre-loading "Scene 2" of my web site,
which is the main content area, while my intro movie "Scene 1" is
playing? The movie playing on "Scene 1" is an flv being streamed
from the server.
Is there a way of doing this so when my flv is over, "Scene
2" appears without the user having to wait for it to load?
Thanks in advance,
G

all scenes load as your swf loads. you can monitor the load
progress of various scenes by using actionscript.

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