Chapter 29: Media Components (Flash Professional Only) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-COMPONENTS LANGUAGE Reference

CHAPTER 29
Media components (Flash
Professional only)
The streaming media components make it easy to incorporate streaming media into
Macromedia Flash presentations. These components let you present your media in a variety
of ways.
You can use the following three media components:
The MediaDisplay component lets media stream into your Flash content without a
supporting user interface. You can use this component with video and audio data. When
you use this component by itself, the user has no control over the media.
The MediaController component provides standard user interface controls (play, pause,
and so on) for media playback. Media is never loaded into or played by this component; it
is used only for controlling playback in a MediaPlayback or MediaDisplay instance. The
MediaController component features a "drawer," which displays the contents of the
playback controls when the mouse is positioned over the component.
The MediaPlayback component is a combination of the MediaDisplay and
MediaController components; it provides methods to stream your media content.
Bear in mind these points about media components:
The media components require Flash Player 6 or later. In Flash Player 6, media
components support FLV files only through Flash Communication Server, not
through HTTP.
The media components do not support scan forward and scan backward functionality.
However, you can effect this functionality by moving the playback slider.
Only component size and controller policy are reflected in the live preview.
The media components do not support accessibility.
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