About controlling video playback using the Timeline

You can control playback of an embedded or linked video file by controlling the Timeline that contains the video. For example, to pause a video playing on the main Timeline, you would call a stop() action that targets that Timeline. Similarly, you can control a video object in a movie clip symbol by controlling the playback of that symbol's Timeline.

You can apply the following actions to imported video objects in movie clips: goTo, play, stop, toggleHighQuality, stopAllSounds, getURL, FScommand, loadMovie, unloadMovie, ifFrameLoaded, and onMouseEvent. To apply actions to a Video object, you must first convert the Video object to a movie clip. For more information, see Video class.

You can also use ActionScript to display a live video stream from a camera. First, use the New Video Object in the Library panel to place a Video object on the Stage. Then use Video.attachVideo to attach the video stream to the Video object. For more information, see Video.attachVideo().