# FLV playback progressive download query

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-progressive-download-query/296819>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 21, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-progressive-download-query/296819 "2009-09-21T13:22:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![theMonitor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@theMonitor](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/theMonitor)\
**Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:22pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-playback-progressive-download-query/296819/1 "2009-09-21T13:22:31Z")

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I’m using the FLV Playback component to play FLV files on several web pages. The files on each page range from 15 to 30MB in size. I was under the impression that with progressive FLV Playback, the SWF started playing the file when only a small portion of it had downloaded; however, in this case, the entire FLV seems to be downloading as there is a sizeable delay between the play button being clicked and the FLV starting. When it does play I am able to scrub straight to the end of the movie, which again seems to indicate that it has downloaded in its entirety. I only want a part of it to download before the user can view the start - can anyone tell me where I’m going wrong?