Thank you Greg. I'll look into this article. I'm open to progressive download for sure...just didn't know how to do it in a Flex app.
Don --- In [email protected], "greg h" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Don, > > For video in Flex/Flash there are three options: streaming, progressive & > embedding. > > For true streaming, Sam is correct that the only natively supported option > is with FMS. > > That said, however, for end users the fast start time of progressive > downloads generally is indistinguishable from true streaming. The > preponderance of Flash video on the web uses progressive. YouTube is 100% > progressive. And progressive is viable even given a "40MB MP4 video". And > for applications where there will be a large number of downloads, CDNs (like > Akamai) support progressive. > > So, where you write "I guess I'll have to look into another approach that > doesn't require flashmedia for now", I suggest that you just give > progressive a try. If you try progressive and identify > problems/shortcomings, please post back with any issues that you encounter. > > fyi ... For full details on the implications of streaming, progressive & > embedding, see this article by Chris Hock (former Flash Media Product > Manager): > Delivering Flash Video: Understanding the Difference Between Progressive > Download and Streaming Video > http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_download.html > > Also, although I do not use it, Red5 is an open source streaming server. > > (Note: Embedded video is supported by Flash authoring only. Currently > neither Flex 2 nor Flex 3 support embedding. Not that you would want to > embed "40MB MP4 video" anyway ;-) > > hth, > > g >
