Understanding Flash Video Flash Video is actually an all-encompassing term. The archi- tecture has many different components (including three file extensions and three different compression types). Since the addition of video into version 6 in 2002, Flash has gone on to claim market leader status. In 2009, Flash video accounted for 75% of all online video consumption. Flash's popularity has been driven by two forces. Developers prefer it as it offers a cross-platform browser-based application. This makes it much easier to author once and deploy to many 9