This chapter will include a variety of recipes for the display of image data and playback of both video and audio streams. Included among these recipes are examples demonstrating the ability to load images from the device camera repository, applying Pixel Bender Shaders to loaded images, the playback of audio and video over different protocols, as well as the generation of visual data from sound and the generation of raw sound data.
The Flash platform is well known as the premiere video distribution platform worldwide. In the following pages, we will see that this experience and reach is in no way confined to desktop and browser-based computing. With new features such as StageVideo available in AIR 2.6 and Flash Player 10.2, Flash is becoming an even stronger platform for delivering video while preserving device battery life and providing a better user experience.