Insert Flash Video

Next you'll insert a Flash Video file, using the asset provided.

1.

With the index.html page open in the Dreamweaver Document 

window, click once above the graphic that you placed in the center 

column of the three columned table. 

In the previous section, you created some space before you inserted the 

graphic this is where you should click.

2.

Select Insert > Media > Flash Video.

3.

In the Insert Flash Video dialog box, select Progressive Download Video 

from the Video type pop up menu.

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About Flash Video  The Insert Flash Video command in Dreamweaver lets you insert Flash Video 

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content in your web pages without using the Flash authoring tool. The command inserts a Flash 

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component, which displays the Flash Video content you select, as well as a set of playback controls, 

when viewed in a browser.

The Insert Flash Video command gives you the following options for delivering video content to your site 

visitors:

Progressive Download Video downloads the Flash Video (FLV) file to the site visitor's hard disk and 

then plays it. Unlike traditional  download and play  methods of video delivery, however, progressive 

download allows the video file to start playing before the download is complete.

Streaming Video streams the Flash Video content and plays it on a web page immediately. To enable 

streaming video on your web pages, however, you must have access to Macromedia Flash 

Communication Server, the only server that can stream Flash Video content.

For more information about using Flash Video, see  Inserting Flash Video content  in Using 

Dreamweaver.

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