still image before playing flv

Hi there,

I need to do exactly what you have successfully done on your site. I have an imported .flv in Flash 8 which has the SteelExternallAll.swf skin.

I'd like to insert a still frame rather than showing the black screen before the video plays.

I have put the video in frame 2 of Layer 1.
I have the still image in frame 1 of Layer 2.
What are the actions I need in Layer 3?

Can you help me with this? Do I have to get rid of the standard skin and make my own?

Thanks,
Louise

Sorry this took so long. I had forgotten what I did. Here's the deal:
Bottom layer #1 = video with control skin
Next layer above is #2 = image
Top layer = action which is -----

startBtn.onRelease = function() {
// make sure your video has an instance name of vid
// and it is NOT set to auto play.
vid.play();
this._alpha = 0;
};
var listenerObject:Object = new Object();
listenerObject.stopped = function(eventObject) {
startBtn._alpha = 100;
};
vid.addEventListener("stopped",listenerObject);

listenerObject.playing = function(eventObject){
startBtn._alpha = 0;
//Or you can use startBtn._visible = false
}

vid.addEventListener("playing",listenerObject);

All in frame #1

There is prob another way, but I had to create my own image from a frame of the video. I just ran it in Quicktime, stopped it, captured from the screen and saved it/sized it in Photoshop. Hope that works for you.

Jack