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Morning all,

I'm trying to play an flv video clip in a Flash movie.  Simple enough, but the video is part of a slideshow: a mixture of still images and videos.  I have an array of movie clips that I cycle around using alphas, dynamically loading images into each one shortly before it's displayed.  The problem comes when I try to load the video into the movie clip.

As an example I've created the following code (A):

this.createEmptyMovieClip('fish',200);
with(this.fish)
{
 moveTo(0,0);
 beginFill(0x0000FF)
 lineTo(163,200);
 lineTo(93,280);
 lineTo(0,280);
 endFill();
}

which correctly creates a movie clip and I can see the big blue triangle in the corner.  This successfully plays the video (B):

import mx.video.*;
_root.attachMovie("FLVPlayback", "my_FLVPlybk", 201, {width:320, height:240, x:100, y:100});
my_FLVPlybk.skin = "file:///C|/Program Files/Macromedia/Flash 8/en/Configuration/Skins/ClearOverPlaySeekMute.swf"
my_FLVPlybk.contentPath = "http://www.helpexamples.com/flash/video/water.flv";

but when I attachMovie to my movieclip I don't see the video (C):

this.fish.attachMovie("FLVPlayback", "my_FLVPlybk", 201, {width:320, height:240, x:100, y:100});

Any guidance much appreciated.
Cheers, Alex

Alex Stanhope
Lightenna Ltd.
0117 929 1032
http://www.lightenna.com
Company registration number: 5110477