One way to deploy Flash Video in your Flash Lite 3.0 application is to package (embed) the video files within your published SWF file. To use embedded video, you import a Flash Video into your document's library. When you publish your application, the authoring tool embeds the Flash Video file into the published SWF file. You can also package device video (as opposed to Flash Video) within a SWF file, but this is referred to as bundled video rather than embedded video. See Using bundled device video for more information.

Embedding Flash Video in a SWF file can add significantly to the size of your published SWF file, but it provides the best portability and playback reliability, because no external files need to open or stream.

To embed Flash Video in your Flash Lite application, you first import the video into your Flash document. To do this, you can either use the Import Video wizard or the import feature available in the Video Properties dialog box. When you publish your application, the authoring tool embeds the video file's data in the published SWF file.