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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
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.