Thanks, Fotis. I'm thinking they're using Flash cue points to know when to set the label's text dynamically. Also, they're probably using an AS decryption package to read the querystring value passed in. That must contain the person's name.
Alex --- In [email protected], "Fotis Chatzinikos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems they are recreating the video for every name submitted, as the > camera moves while the name is shown. > > A quick hack would be to use a video with some static scenes and overlay a > couple of labels there on the correct time frame... > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:32 PM, oneworld95 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. I've been tasked to find out how an SWF file such as this is > > generated: > > > > http://www.cnnbcvideo.com/?nid=lRbWr4wkznBWkEcCraq91zQ5Njc2NA--&referred_by=14859716-SGF0a4x > > > > Please, please note: I'm not not responsible for the political content > > of the video; I'm just a web developer and have enough trouble making > > sense of technology stuff without getting caught up in politics. My > > boss is interested in discovering how difficult it is to dynamically > > change text in an FLV video, if in fact that's what's occurring here. > > > > I sent the video to a fictitious "Joe Schmoe", and you'll see his name > > pop up in various spots in the video. Is this something Flex can do? > > How is this done? Thanks. > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > > -- > Fotis Chatzinikos, Ph.D. > Founder, > Phinnovation > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >
