Using external device video

In addition to playing video that's bundled in the SWF file (see Using bundled device video), you can also play external video files that reside on the device's memory card or that come from a network address. As with bundled device video, the device is responsible for decoding the device video.

To play an external video file, you pass the absolute or relative file location or URL of the video file to the Video.play() method. In the following example, the SWF file and the 3GP file are located in the same folder on the device.

myVideo.play("ocean.3gp");

You can also specify a relative folder path to the SWF file, as follows:

myVideo.play("folder1/folder2/ocean.3gp"); //

Depending on the device, you can also use the file:// protocol to play a video file at a specific location, as follows:

myVideo.play("file://c:/folder1/folder2/ocean.3gp");

NOTE

Not all devices support the file:// protocol. Be sure to test your application on all target devices if you use this protocol.

You can also load a video file from a network address, as follows:

myVideo.play("http://www.macromedia.com/video/ocean.3gp");