As you all know, there is different ways to spread video over the web, the most common technologies are Windows Media and RealPlayer and don't forget the MAC users using Quicktime.
Either if you do Streaming or progressive download you always need a player that get's the IP-videoinformation and converts to our known formats.
Whe are going to create together a basic Flash Video Player, first of all please ensure that you have everything needed for it:
- Macromedia Flash MX 2004
- Riva FLV Encoder
If you don't have an FLV encoder, then just download my FLV that I'm using
HERE
Let's get down to it.