Linked video inside of Flash

[QuestionMan]

Hi friends, sorry if this is in the wrong forum.

What I want is to put a linked video inside of a SWF file.

On my web server these three files will exist:

- index.html
- gate.swf
- ratherbigvideo.avi

This is what will be in index.html:

<embed src="gate.swf?usefil=ratherbigvideo.avi"></embed>

When you enter the web page the video (.avi) will start playing through the flash file (.swf).

And if I were to change the querystring sent to the flash file to another video file, that one would play instead, regardless of file extension (and codec used).

Now I ask you: Is this possible to do?

[[PAUL FERRIE]]

I could be wrong but i dont think flash can handle video in this way.

Moved this thread to flash video.

I do use video streaming a lot on my site but this tends to be with small fils not bigger than 10mb. I use a third party swf tool convert avi files to swf files then stream them.

Hope that is of some help to you.

[Scottae]

You need to check out flv files. Those are the Flash video file extensions. And pound for pound, flv is the best video format on the web. Check out Flash Video Learning Guide (http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/flash/articles/video_guide.html)