youtube video player for iphone

[Video Man]

swfobject is not Flash, it's javascript used to detect if the web browser has the Flash plug-in or not.
I believe that this is the line that gets the Quicktime player:

codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab"

You are welcome to copy the source code from the example above.... there's your Quicktime player that plays .mov files.
As for compression and buffering.. I've written lots about it before, here's just a small sample:
http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s....php3?p=973278
The buffering will occur automatically as the file is progressively downloaded. About the only thing you can change is to set the number of seconds of video you want to download before the video file plays for the FIRST time. Otherwise, the buffer will fill up as fast as the Internet connection download speed will allow and it will be emptied out at the bitrate of the video.
If the download speed is greater than the bitrate.. video plays uninterruped.
One more thing with .mov files.... they will not progressive download unless the moov atom is correctly set...
Best wishes,
Video Man