Why name an "Imbedded Video" Instance?

[pup100]

When you import a video into Flash you get the chance to give the instance a name in the property pannel.

What can you do with this named instance of an imbedded video?

I have tried using actionscript to control it as in

stop();
_root.embedVid.onRelease = function() {
	trace("here");
};

but no joy - What is the point of allowing you to be able to name an imbedded video instance?

[enpstudios]

Place the embedded video into a mc, then you can control it !!

[pup100]

ok estudioworks & thanks for taking the time to reply;

Now to test this out I have a movie clip on the main timeline - Instance name "in_mc" with an embedded video inside it - Instance name "lew" - this has a stop action on the first frame.

From a button on the main timeline I have an onRelease script that targets the embedded video.

stop();
red_mc.onRelease=function(){
	_root.in_mc.lew.play();
}

I can get it to work if I just target the holding MC (in_mc) but not the embedded vid - So I can't really see the point of nameing the embedded vid?

[Mirandir]

I would assume that an imported videoclip put on stage is an instance of a Video-object not a movieclip. So you can look up Video in the online AS reference manual to check what properties and methods the object supports.

/Mirandir