Preloading large FLVs inside of a swf

Hi I have a client that I have developed a trailer for their project. Its a swf and at certain keyframes large videos play, the my listener tells the time line to continue on  its path, and eventually hits a new large video.
These videos are not playing very well for the client, when they start typically they stutter.
Client is mad now and I need a solution. I am using actionscript 2.0 . How can I have each flv loadup all the way before it starts playing so it'd be smooth. I was hoping there would be a plugin or something I could buy that would show a loading bar and then have it go.
Any ideas? Thanks in advance, this would be a huge releif if I could get this finished.
Thanks,
John

Thanks so much. One more small thing if you have time. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I don't mean to
monopolize your time.
Here's the code  I have but my text field isn't displaying. I was able to play with it a bunch and the best thing I could get to happen was a NAN.
myFlv.play();
myFlv.stop();
myFlv.onEnterFrame = function (){
// display load progress
tf.text=100*flv.bytesLoaded/bytesTotal+"% Loaded";
if(myFlv.bytesLoaded>0&&myFlv.bytesLoaded>=myFlv.bytesTotal){
delete myFlv.onEnterFrame;
myFlv.play();
here's a link to the fla  I'm pretty sure I have the text field set up correctly.
Again. You rock. Thanks!
http://www.thedenebianempire.com/flash/bytesTest.zip

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