Intercepting Adobe Flashplayer datastream possible?

Is it possible to intercept the datastream that goes into an Adobe Flashplayer box?

My project is to read out some data (several numbers) that appear in a Flashplayer box.
The box is updated continuously through the net (perhaps 1/sec).

So far I can think of two potential solutions:

1. Intercept the data stream. Find out where the fresh numbers are located.
2. Perform a screen capture. Perform OCR on the screen region where the numbers appear.


1. might be relatively easy if it was possible to intercept the data.
2. might be quite a programming effort.

Please give recommendations / other ideas.