Full-bleed background video?

Similar to this question (that one doesn't want to use Flash, though, while I'd be fine with it):

Is there a reliable, works-in-most-browsers way to have a full-area Video background in an HTML page, the Video starting to play automatically and looping endlessly, and being able to put HTML elements on top of it transparently?

I'm fine with using a Flash video player.

"Most browsers" means, support for IE 6 would be perfect, but if it can't be done it can't be done. IE7 is a must, though, as are all the modern browsers Firefox 2.x and 3.x, and the Webkit family. Don't hesitate to also post solutions that have a more limited scope, though.

Ideally, it would automatical开发者_C百科ly stretch to 100% document width anmd resize the video accordingly.

I'm open about which video format to use, although H.264 would be perfect.

Also ideally, this could be done with a minimalistic player component that works out of the box (i.e. doesn't require me having Flash to compile a movie). A simple volume control / mute button would be nice but is not mandatory.

Unlike in the question I linked to, waiting for HTML 5 is not an option.

This is not so much of a problem. Basically, you have to set the right wmode when embedding the SWF, for the browser to be able to render above the FlashPlayer. I'm not a pro on that, so either someone else can tell you, or you'll have to try. As far as I know, this can have quite a hit on performance though.

The video format doesn't matter at all, as long as it's an FLV-codec.

So to basically answer your question: yes, this can be done using flash and it is quite straight forward. You can either find a playback component, that suits your needs, or start from scratch using flash.media::Video. Using flash.external::ExternalInterface you could also create an interface, so that you can implement any controls you want in JavaScript.

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