As noted before, your choice of delivery method for your video??”either progressive download or
streaming??”is a key one. The importance of this choice is reflected in the Insert Flash Video dialog box;
depending on your choice, different options appear and the steps for including a video object vary. For this
reason, instructions for including a Flash Video object of each type are presented separately.
Including progressive download Flash video
To add a progressive download Flash Video object to your page, follow these steps:
1. Place your cursor where you??™d like the Flash Video object to appear.
2. From the Insert bar??™s Common category, choose Media: Flash Video.
The Insert Flash Video dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 26-2.
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FIGURE 26-2
Progressive download video can be hosted on any standard Web server.
3. Make sure that Progressive Download Video is selected in the Video Type list.
4. Click Browse to locate the desired .flv video file or enter the path directly into the URL field.
If you??™re working on a Macintosh and your .flv file is two or more levels up from your HTML
file, you??™ll need to use an absolute URL, such as
http://www.bigco.com/media/newvideo.flv.
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