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The MediaController component provides user interface controls that let the user interact
with streaming media. The Controller features Play, Pause, and Rewind to Start buttons and a
volume control. It also includes playbars that show how much of the media has loaded and
how much has played. A playhead slider can be dragged forward and backward on the playbar
to navigate quickly to different parts of the video. Using behaviors or ActionScript, you can
easily link this component to the MediaDisplay component to show streaming video and
provide user control.
The MediaPlayback component provides the easiest and quickest way to add video and a
controller to your Flash documents. The MediaPlayback component combines the
MediaDisplay and MediaController components into a single, integrated component. The
MediaDisplay and MediaController component instances are automatically linked to each
other for playback control.
You use the Component inspector or the Parameters tab in the Property inspector to
configure parameters for playback, size, and layout for all three components. All the media
components work equally well with MP3 audio content.
For more information on the media components, see Chapter 29, "Media components (Flash
Professional only)," in Components Language Reference.
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