Video encode flashmx vs. flash 8

I tried to 'import to library' a quicktime video file to
flash 8. The first thing that goes wrong is that the file does not
show up in the list of files to import. So, instead I dragged the
file directly to the library. The 'import video' screen opens and
the path to the video file shows up correctly, but when I hit the
next button I get an error message saying:
'The source file yourVideo contains video in an unsupported
format and cannot be encoded'.
What could be the problem here? I went back and used flashMX
to encode my video to a swf using the same quicktime video file and
it worked, so what's the problem with flash 8? I'd really like to
get it working with flash 8. Any suggestions?

Bob,
> I just completed a nice little project making use of the
> FLVPlayback features of Flash 8. [...] Does anyone
> know if these same features are available in Flash7
The FLVPlayback component requires Flash Player 8. The Media
components
(also in the Components panel) work in Flash Players 6 and 7.
Your success
will also depend on what FLV encoding you used. The On2 codec
requires
Flash Player 8.
David
stiller (at) quip (dot) net
Dev essays:
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

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