The content path

Enter the URL or local path for either the FLV file or an XML file that describes how to play the FLV file. If you do not know the exact location of an FLV file, click the folder icon to open a Browser dialog box to help you find the correct location. When browsing for an FLV file, if it is at or below the location of the target SWF file, Flash automatically makes the path relative to that location so you can serve it from a web server. Otherwise, the path is an absolute Windows or Macintosh path. To enter the name of a local XML file, you must type the path and name.

If you specify an HTTP URL, the FLV file plays as a progressive download. If you specify a URL that is an RTMP URL, the FLV file streams from a FMS or a FVSS. A URL to an XML file could also be a streaming FLV file from a FMS or a FVSS.

CAUTION

When you click OK in the Content Path dialog box, the component updates the value of the cuePoints parameter because it might no longer apply if the content path changed. As a result, you could lose any disabled cue points, but not ActionScript cue points. (You will not lose disabled cue points if the new FLV file contains the same cue points, which can happen if you simply change the path.) For this reason, you might want to disable non-ActionScript cue points through ActionScript rather than through the Cue Points dialog box.

You can also specify the location of an XML file that describes how to play multiple FLV file streams for multiple bandwidths. The XML file uses the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) to describe the FLV files. For a description of the XML SMIL file, see Using a SMIL file.

You can also specify the name and location of the FLV file using the ActionScript FLVPlayback.contentPath property and the FLVPlayback.play() and FLVPlayback.load() methods. These three alternatives take precedence over the contentPath parameter in the Component inspector. For more information, see FLVPlayback.contentPath, FLVPlayback.play() and FLVPlayback.load().

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