VideoDisplay component to play mp4/h.264 content

Hi,
I want to build a simple video player that plays HD movie
content.
Can the VideoDisplay component in flex builder 3 be used play
mp4/h.264 content?
If so how is it done as I have tried setting VideoDisplay's
source to a local MP4 file and it will not play? I know for sure
that the file is loaded and that it is h.264.
Can anyone please help me?
Regards
Adam
Flexchief

Hey chief,
I think you'll find the answer to this issue lies in your
encoding, not in Flex.
The VideoDisplay component plays FLV files and H.264. Your
video file must adhere to the MPEG4 specs. If you've created an MP4
file using an Adobe product, this should work if you did not stray
too far from the Adobe Media Encoder settings, like trying to
squeeze the file size down too far. Flash player 9.0.115.0 or later
must be used to view H.264 video.
If in doubt, use AME to create a small MP4 clip at default
settings (use something like "web banner 320x240") and see if that
plays. If it plays, start going through all your encoding settings
and see if you set something out of spec--like maybe the audio
settings. Just use straight AAC for the audio, 48kHz, 192 kbps
bitrate. Video, use NTSC (fps shouldn't matter...) progressive,
square pixels, "main" profile, "level" of 3. Change the Bitrate
encoding to CBR (you are probably using VBR for high quality, but
just try it).
Any of these settings may trip Flex up. You just have to
experiment. If this doesn't work, send me some more info on how you
created the video file.

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