Delay start of flash movie with autoplay?

Question

I am wondering what my best option is to delay the loading/playing of a movie that is set to autoplay?

The videos are all external if that matters; is there any kind of code I can fire within a javascript function once I want it to start? That would be ideal.

Answer 1

var movie = '<object....><embed....</embed></object>';
window.onload=function() {
  var tId = setTimeout(function() {document.getElementById('movieContainer').innerHMTL=movie;},3000); // delay 3 secs
}
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<div id="movieContainer"><img src="trailer.jpg" /></div>