[LINK] Re: executable content vs plain data

[Robin Stephens]

On Jan 20, 2008 2:36 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick at praxis.com.au> wrote:
> Craig Sanders wrote:
>
> > no, flash videos are NOT just data.  they are data plus program code
> > which is executed by the flash plugin.
>
> If that is the case, I stand corrected and will accept the fact. So far,
> I have not seen any evidence of there being interpreted code in a FLV file.

Flash video is embedded in SWF for embedding in web pages.

Where do you think the play/pause etc buttons come from?

FLV by itself does not contain executable code.  In the context of
this discussion, flash video as streamed from web pages, yes it does.

Robin