Director MX and Flash MX have come a LONG way. Perhaps good enough a framework to get prototyping.
Undocumented Lingo : Quickstart for Xtra Programming
Screen Capture screensaver
http://www.director-online.com/buildArticle.php?id=1109
Streaming Flash video into Shockwave 3D
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/mx/director/articles/streaming_video_03.html