Synchronizing a Macromedia Flash Presentation to Streaming Video
Odopod
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The new Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX includes a remarkable collection of features that fall into the following categories:
- Streaming media
- Rich media messaging
- Real-time collaboration
These features make it easy for developers to create an entirely new array of audio, video, communication, and collaboration applications using Macromedia Flash. This article will examine one of these applications - the MX Executive Presentation on the Macromedia website.
Editor's note: While Jeremy Allaire's presentation is no longer live on macromedia.com, you can review one featuring Al Ramadan, The Business Impact of Rich Internet Applications, which was created in a similar fashion.
Odopod created this presentation as a way to tell the MX story without a Macromedia executive present. By combining video of Jeremy Allaire with supporting graphics it offers an online version of the kind of personal presentation given to prospective customers globally.
It is comprised of a user-controlled, fifteen-minute video presentation with synchronized Macromedia Flash graphics, closed captioning, and a set of product demonstrations built using QuickTime. The project took two months to complete-including concept, script writing, video production and editing, Macromedia Flash programming, and QA.
What you'll learn
This article uses the MX Executive Presentation to demonstrate the basic steps of building a multi-media presentation using streaming video in Macromedia Flash. It focuses on streaming media from the Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX
and synchronizing other Macromedia Flash content to it.
Prerequisites
You should be fairly comfortable working with ActionScript objects in order to get the most out of this article.
Before you can build your own presentation, you will need to install the following software:
- Macromedia Flash MX
- Macromedia Flash Communications Server MX
Trial versions of these products are available. For more information about installing and configuring Macromedia Flash Communication Server applications see Moving into Production: A Security Checklist for Macromedia Flash Communication Server MX.
