Over the past couple of months i have seen a lot of posts on both gay and straight boards from affiliates asking for more hosted FLVs and im considering making a few for an upcoming program im gearing up to launch however, i really have no clue about 'flash' stuff at all so would it be possible for some of you folks that use or have them on your program to give me some info on how i would go about creating them?

Is there any specific software i need to get in order to create them? I have Sorenson Squeeze right now for example, do i need anything else?

How do i know what size or length to make them, is there an 'ideal' length for a hosted FLV?

Also, what if i want to put controls on the vids like YouTube movies have, that play button, pause button or volume control etc, how easy/difficult is this to do?

In addition, how do i go about working the affiliate stuff in to the FLV file so that affiliates using them are getting creditted with sales made from them etc?

Any help or advice you folks could offer would be greatly appreciated with this, i really do know nothing about flash stuff as it really isnt anything ive really been fond of in the past due to regular flash needing extra clicks.

Thanks in advance for any assistance you can offer

Regards,

Lee