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Adding Videos

Unlike earlier versions, Flash MX lets you import digital video into a Flash movie, which can then be played in Flash Player 6 or higher. Prior to MX, QuickTime movies could be linked to a movie in Flash, but then the exported files required a QuickTime Player to view, and the video was still external to the Flash movie. While you can still link to QuickTime Flash movies in MX, you can also embed these and other types of video within Flash. The videos are stored in the document’s library as Flash Video files (.flv).

Keep in mind that if you link to a QuickTime video, rather than embedding it, you’ll have to publish your SWF file as a QuickTime video. The linked video remains external to Flash. As an embedded video, the user only needs the Flash player to view the movie.

To add a video to your movie:

1. From the File menu, select Import and then Import to Stage or Import to Library.
2. In the Import dialog, navigate to the video file and click Open.

This opens the Video Import Wizard:

Note:

If you selected a QuickTime format, the first screen of the wizard asks you whether you want to link to or embed the video: