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Import video with Flash Media Server or FVSS

Import a video file that is already deployed to a web server or a Flash Media Server or Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS), or select a video file that is stored locally on your computer, and upload the video file to the server after importing it to your FLA file.

  1. To import the video clip into the current Flash document, select File > Import > Import Video.
  2. Select the video clip to import. Select either a video clip stored on your local computer, or enter the URL of a video already uploaded to a web server, your own Flash Media Server, or an FVSS and do one of the following:

    • To import video for progressive download, select Progressive Download from a standard web server.

    • To import video for streaming with Flash Media Server or FVSS, select Stream From Flash Video Streaming Service (FVSS) or Stream From Flash Media Server (FMS).

  3. (Optional) If the video you are deploying is not in FLV format, use the Encoding panel to select an encoding profile, and copy, trim, and split the video clip.
    Note: This step applies only if you are uploading the video from your local computer. Video clips that are already deployed to a server must be previously encoded in the FLV format.
  4. Select a skin for your video clip. You can choose to:

    • Not use a skin with the video.

    • Select one of the predefined skins.

    • Select a custom skin of your own design by entering the URL of the skin on the server.

      The Video Import wizard encodes your source video clip in the FLV format (if it isn’t already in FLV format) and creates a video component on the Stage that you can use to test video playback locally.

  5. Upload the following assets to the web server hosting your video:

    • The FLV encoded video clip (which is located in the same folder as the source video clip you selected with a .flv extension)

      Note: If the video clip is in FLV format, Flash uses a relative path to point to the FLV file (relative to the SWF file), letting you use the same directory structure locally that you use on the server. If the video was previously deployed to your FMS or FVSS hosting your video, you can skip this step.

    • The video skin (if you chose to use a skin)

      To use a predefined skin, Flash copies the skin into the same folder as the FLA file.

    • The video component

      To edit the component’s URL field to that of the web server that you are uploading the video to, use the Component inspector.



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