Re: Preventing progressive download FLV file from downloading until Play is clicked

I'll explain it and you see if it works for you. It's made with Actionscript 2 and it's very simple to do if you have a few movies in your page.

Create your swf with your actual video. Publish and upload it to your server (you'll need the URL later).

Then, create another swf the same size of the previous movie.

Place a snapshot of your video or any image you want.

Create a button.

Select your button and open the Actions panel going

>window >actions

Now, open the Behaviors window going to

>window >Behaviors

This will open a window. You'll see in the upper left of the Behaviors window a blue plus sign. Click on it and it will show you a menu. Be sure you have your button selected and go to:

>Movieclip >Load external movieclip

Another window will open asking you to put the URL for the swf file you want to place (the one with your actual video). You can let the other options as they are.

Press OK and publish your movie.

I hope this info can help you.

Fernando Mol