Still image on frame1 in Flash 8 Media Playback component

I have been using an actionscript FLA for MX 2004 that has the video embedded on the Scene1 timeline. This allowed me to use still images on frame 1 and copy movie clips that urged people to some type of action ie watch the video.

The video I was provided for this project uses a codec that will only play with Flash 8 and on import the dialog informed me that I cannot edit this video because of the codec used.

So I decided to try the mediaPlayBack component and converted the video to an FLV on import. This gives me a 1 frame FLA and no ability to manipulate the timeline by placing a still image only on the first and last frames of the timeline AND it does not seem I have access to the video timeline since it is streaming it from a particular URL. This is a pretty long video.

So I have a really cool still image MC on frame 1, but pressing the play button starts the video which you cannot see because the still image is blocking the view of the FLV. Is there a way around this using the mediaPlayBack component?

I have continued to use my MX 2004 video player FLA in Flash8 but got warning dialogs when I attempted to use it with this particular video presumably because of the codec used.

If I use the MX 2004 videoplayer FLA and click the play button the video appears to be playing since I can see the counter registering elapsed time but the screen is white.

Not really sure where you're going here.. you say you've got a working FLV player you've developed in 2K4, but it can't play a certain video so you're now using F8?
Why not just re-encode the video into a base AVI and reimport into 2K4, then you can carry on using the same system you've already developed.
Alternatively if your only problem is that your MC is blocking view of your FLV, then why not just attach some new code to your play BTN setting it to _visible=false ?

Not too sure if this is what you're after.. if not, attach a link

Hope this helps

Here is an example of the MX 2004 video player with a different (mov) file embedded.

http://www.cincinnati.com/sponsors/v...s_300x250.html

There is a still image movie clip on frame 1 and the play button starts playing the timeline so once frame 2 is reached the still is no longer an issue. I was able to use this video in my existing player but another video I have does not play properly in this FLA. If I import and embed the WMV I get nothing but a white screen. If I convert the wmv to an FLV and drag it to the timeline, the music portion of the audio track is too loud and makes the voice audio difficult to hear. This may be because of the codec used for this video.

Here is the difficult video in the Flash 8 MediaPlayback component being called via http: Because the component is on frame1 I can't have a still movie clip on frame1. The still you see is just the still in the beginning of the video.

http://www.cincinnati.com/sponsors/v...nstudents.html

I know the audio is creeping out of synch on the first example, I have had this problem before and the solution was to get an MPG from the client instead.