How to play MOV,M4V, M4A files using flex or flash?

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nethra picture nethra · Mar 26, 2010 · Viewed 8.2k times · Source

Is it possible to play these files in Adobe Flex or flash?

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Akash Kava picture Akash Kava · Mar 26, 2010

Current version of Flash can play MOV, M4V and M4A provided they are only of type container "MP4", all quicktime files have litle variation of MP4, but if they contain pure video of type H.264 and audio of AAC only, then flash can play it.

Checkout Flash Video, you will need converter to convert them to correct MP4 format, since MOV etc formats can have video as H.264 and audio as MP3, flash will not play it, flash only needs video as H.264 and audio as AAC only.

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