Video Assistance

> Due to limitations of my LMS system I need to put my SWF, HTML, and XML
> files
> on the LMS, and FLV video files on a separate server, which is a web
> server,
> but not a video streaming server. Is there a way to change a reference to
> a
> video in captivate to point to a web server HTTP link, but not be
> streaming? I
> believe this should be setup as a progressive download, but any
> suggestions you
> have will be helpful. I know Captivate puts the FLV in the project
> directory
> when you publish, is there a way to change that setting so it places it in
> another location, or looks for the file in another location? Any info will
> be
> very appreciated.
>

I've not needed to do this, but you are going to need to learn about the
Flash sandbox/security rules to enable it.

Here's the problem. If you link to a different domain in Flash, you are open
to the file in the other domain changing and, theoretically, becoming a
security risk. Equally, if any old web site tries to link to your flv then
you might be peeved at them using all your bandwidth.

Anyway, I think this is what you need to read to begin with

http://www.adobe.com/livedocs/flash/9.0/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001082.html

Steve


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