Recording beta question - seeking in recorded streams and syncing playback

hi lccs, some initial questions for you as i get started on the beta..
you say audio and video are saved in separate FLVs on the client server. does LCCS ensure that audio/video sync is maintained during playback?
how are the recorded streams delivered during playback? can you seek into these streams? e.g. if i have a recording of a video chat, can i use a timeline to seek forward and back through that video?
and finally - i will want to play back a recorded audio video chat between two users. will LCCS take care of synchronization between these four streams? (two video, two audio) or do i need to build a synchronized buffering strategy to achieve this?

To reiterate Raff's point - when you setup a ConnectSessionContainer with a
PlaybackAuthenticator (essentially, a "playback application"), that
ConnectSession does all the work of synchronizing streams for you. As Raff
says, you can build a timeline and seek within it - ConnectSession's
archiveManager exposes all aspects of the playback to you.
In fact, here's a basic seek bar you could try :
<s:HSlider width="800" maximum="{cSession.archiveManager.totalTime}"
value="{cSession.archiveManager.currentTime}" id="slider"
change="cSession.archiveManager.seek(slider.value)"/>
lastly, as Raff also says, you're not restricted to playing back the exact
application you recorded. If you had, say, audio/video chat plus text chat
recorded, and all you wanted for playback was the A/V, remove the text chat
from your playback application (and delete the chat FLV from the recording
zip, to save on bandwidth), and your playback app should just work. You can
also totally re-layout how your app looks for playback as compared to
"live", or allow your users to manipulate the layout or contents of what's
being played back as they watch the recording. We think this will allow for
some really interesting, innovative applications.
hope that helps,
nigel

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