Device video playback

Flash Lite 2.0 can play video in any format that’s supported natively by the target device. For example, some devices record and playback video in the 3GP video format. Others support AVI or MPEG video. During playback, Flash Lite passes the original video data to the device to decode and render the data directly to the screen. You can incorporate video in your application in any of the following ways:

• Bundle the original video data in the SWF file.

• Load an external video file from the device’s memory card, or over the network.

To control video playback in Flash Lite 2.0 you use the ActionScript Video object. First available in Flash Player 6, the Video object in Flash Lite 2.0 has additional methods for controlling video, as the Video.play() and Video.pause() methods. You can also use the System.capabilities.videoMIMETypes array to determine what video formats a device supports.

For more information about the Video object and using video in Flash Lite, see Working with video.