Question about switching videos.

Hello everyone!
I would like to make a video player with the ability to
switch between two different
video files with a keystroke. It must loop the file forever
until it reads the keystroke to switch.
How can i do that? Dont have great experience with flash, im
using flash cs3 on a mac.
If someone could point me somewhere or explain i would be
grateful.
Thanks in advance

lyons00,
The legality of copying DVDs to another format, sometimes called "ripping", is a murky area legally, and outside the Terms of Use for Apple Discussions. Essentially when your purchase a movie, your purchase a license to play it at home on a DVD player. Playing it in front of an audience, or changing the format of it require a different license from whomever holds the distribution rights.
Thank you,
Nathan C.

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