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Working with imported video files

When you select an instance of an embedded or linked video clip on the Stage and open the Property inspector, the Property inspector displays the clip's symbol name and its pixel dimensions and position on the Stage. Using the Property inspector, you can assign a new name to the video clip, and you can swap an instance of a video clip—that is, replace the instance with an instance of another video clip in the current document.

The Embedded Video Properties dialog box allows you to view information about an imported video clip, including its name, path, creation date, pixel dimensions, length, and file size.

Note: You can preview frames of an imported video by dragging the playhead along the Timeline. However, the sound will not play back. To preview the video with sound, use the Test Movie command. See Previewing and testing movies.

To display the Property inspector:

1 | Select an instance of an embedded or linked video clip on the Stage.
2 | Choose Window > Properties.

To assign a new name to a video clip:

1 | Select the video clip in the Library panel.
2 | Select an instance of the video clip on the Stage.
3 | Choose Window > Properties if the Property inspector is not visible.
4 | In the Property inspector, enter a new name in the Name text box.
5 | Click OK.

To replace an instance of a video clip with an instance of another video clip:

1 | Select an embedded or linked video clip instance on the Stage.
2 | Choose Window > Properties if the Property inspector is not visible.
3 | In the Property inspector, click Swap.
4 | In the Swap Embedded Video dialog box, select a video clip to replace the one currently assigned to the instance.
| Note: You can swap an embedded video clip only with another embedded video clip, and you can swap a linked video clip only with another linked video clip.

To display the Embedded Video Properties dialog box:

1 | Select an imported video clip in the Library panel.
2 | Choose Properties from the options menu in the upper right of the Library panel.

Controlling video playback

You can control playback of an embedded or linked video file by controlling the Timeline that contains the video. For example, to pause a video playing on the main Timeline, you would call a `stop()` action that targets that Timeline. Similarly, you can control a video object in a movie clip symbol by controlling the playback of that symbol's Timeline. For an example of this technique, see the sample file import_video.fla located in the Samples/FLA folder in the Flash MX application folder.