LoadMoveClip or not to LoadMovieClip?

[Cyberdyne]

howdy.... well, my first question would be this : is it better to use actionscript to load a video file into flash, or should i import the movie, and drag it onto the timeline and make my progect a few thousand frames?

i would like to use and figure out how this CreateEmptyMovieClip function works, because i have a feeling its much easyer that way.

in my project i have a TV box with a still headshot of a doctor. when you click onto the 'view presentation' button, the TV frame moves up to the top right corner, the control buttons fade up and then i want to make the still headshot begin playing automatically. as of now i havent imported the footage or anything, because i figured i would ask the gods at actionscript.org this question first ;)

so, do i deal with the 10,000+ frames this file will creat on the timeline, or can i keep it to one frame with nice coding on it?

Thanks

(if you don't understand what i'm talking about, and need to see my project, i can zip it and upload it)

[Billy T]

well you're gonna have to have the 10000 frames somewhere - either in external movie or an internal mc or on the main timeline

I would put it in its own fla and use loadMovie

cheers