flash (macromedia): Hi,
i need help on making a flv video not autoplay when the page loads.
I followed the tutorials by Lee Brimelow (http://www.gotoandlearn.com) on
videos. Great site.

I have long movies from school trips (arounf 10 minutes) that I dont want to
start playing when the page loads, and ideally not even load the flv until the
user clicks something.

Can someone tell me if it's possible, and if so, how ?

Jean

Jean - from one of my pages. The trick is the bit "autoPlay=false" It wont
play until user clicks the start button.
If you are putting the vid on the page with Dreamweaver then you have a box
to tick right there, or if not just write it into the page code as below.
AFAIK you cannot stop an FLV from downloading in the background though -
that's what they do.


<!-- Begin Flash Video for Progressive download -->
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="480" height="218" id="FLVPlayer">
<param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" />
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="FlashVars"
value="&skinName=clearSkin_3&streamName=../showpix/video/massive1&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
/>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
flashvars="&skinName=clearSkin_3&streamName=../showpix/video/massive1&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
quality="high" scale="noscale" width="480" height="218" name="FLVPlayer"
salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
<!-- End Flash Video for Progressive Download -->



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