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Flash Player 7, has established itself as a serious force in the world of streaming video. This is now the format which is widely used it the world of video streaming.

Flash uses two formats: .swf for standard Flash files which are used in web pages, and .flv which is a special Flash video format. flv files can be called from within swf files.

Flash has the disadvantage of being expensive. To get the most from this format you need to own the Macromedia Flash MX Professional 2004 authoring software.  This program is not very easy to work with, and you need to take a special course to learn the basics. But there are many companies which offer you to make you flash movie as you like. The professionals know better how to implement this technology for video streaming. Flash will give you power and flexibility beyond your wildest dreams! Custom controls and menus, interactive video and animations, advanced integration with web pages... there aren’t limits. Extremely interactive….

Flash also has the huge advantage of having the most widely-supported player. It is such a common plugin that everyone have it. Many web sites supports this player, and ask you to download it for free if you don’t have it. As I said today streaming video is very effective with this technology.