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flash (macromedia) : can't play flv on web server
Molly,
is the flv file in that folder as well on the server? -- Dan Mode --> Adobe Community Expert *Flash Helps* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?cat=11 *THE online Radio* http://www.tornadostream.com *Must Read* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog [quoted text, click to view] "Molly777" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message news:eqg79f$fbr$1@forums.macromedia.com... > Hi, > > I am a total flash video newbie, and I am trying to post a flash video to > my > site to progressively download. I followed all instructions very > carefully - > created an flv file in flash 8, opened dreamweaver and used the insert > flash > wizard to create the html page. The flash plays perfectly when I test it > locally. It plays not at all on the web server. I read all the forums > about > this issue and have set the .flv mime type correctly in IIS (I've checked > it > again twice and restarted www service). > > The URL is http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/video/test.htm > > all the files are in the video folder together - the .htm page, the .swf > that > makes the player, and the .flv file. Does anyone have any suggestions > about why > this doesn't work? I am at wit's end here. Thank you kindly for any help. >
Seems to play OK for me. The FLV is pulling from your server.
http://www.smithmediafusion.com/helps/MollyFLVTest.html Check with your host to see if they have any issues. -- Dan Mode --> Adobe Community Expert *Flash Helps* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog/?cat=11 *THE online Radio* http://www.tornadostream.com *Must Read* http://www.smithmediafusion.com/blog [quoted text, click to view] "Molly777" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message news:eqgeq8$nih$1@forums.macromedia.com... > Hi Dan, > > Thank you so much for responding. Yes, it is in the folder, here: > http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/video/liberia_2-2007.flv > I get prompted to download it when I load the URL into a browser. I read > on > another post that that indicates that the mime type has been created > successfully. The flv is pretty big - about 53MB, could this be the issue? > Thanks again, > Molly >
Hi,
I am a total flash video newbie, and I am trying to post a flash video to my site to progressively download. I followed all instructions very carefully - created an flv file in flash 8, opened dreamweaver and used the insert flash wizard to create the html page. The flash plays perfectly when I test it locally. It plays not at all on the web server. I read all the forums about this issue and have set the .flv mime type correctly in IIS (I've checked it again twice and restarted www service). The URL is http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/video/test.htm all the files are in the video folder together - the .htm page, the .swf that makes the player, and the .flv file. Does anyone have any suggestions about why this doesn't work? I am at wit's end here. Thank you kindly for any help.
Hi Dan,
Thank you so much for responding. Yes, it is in the folder, here: http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/video/liberia_2-2007.flv I get prompted to download it when I load the URL into a browser. I read on another post that that indicates that the mime type has been created successfully. The flv is pretty big - about 53MB, could this be the issue? Thanks again, Molly
Hmmm... I am my host, what kind of issue would I be looking for? Do I also need
to add .flvs to the application extensions under the IIS mapping tab for the site? I don't see swf there either, but they seem to play fine on my server. I wonder if I could ask you to also test the .swf player and the HTML, so I can pin the problem difinitively on the server config? The page HTML is below but I don't know how to get you the swf. Thanks again <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title>Untitled Document</title> <script type="text/javascript"> function MM_CheckFlashVersion(reqVerStr,msg){ with(navigator){ var isIE = (appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1 && userAgent.indexOf("Opera") == -1); var isWin = (appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1); if (!isIE || !isWin){ var flashVer = -1; if (plugins && plugins.length > 0){ var desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash"] ? plugins["Shockwave Flash"].description : ""; desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ? plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"].description : desc; if (desc == "") flashVer = -1; else{ var descArr = desc.split(" "); var tempArrMajor = descArr[2].split("."); var verMajor = tempArrMajor[0]; var tempArrMinor = (descArr[3] != "") ? descArr[3].split("r") : descArr[4].split("r"); var verMinor = (tempArrMinor[1] > 0) ? tempArrMinor[1] : 0; flashVer = parseFloat(verMajor + "." + verMinor); } } // WebTV has Flash Player 4 or lower -- too low for video else if (userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1) flashVer = 4.0; var verArr = reqVerStr.split(","); var reqVer = parseFloat(verArr[0] + "." + verArr[2]); if (flashVer < reqVer){ if (confirm(msg)) window.location = "http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Shock waveFlash"; } } } } </script> </head> <body onLoad="MM_CheckFlashVersion('8,0,0,0','Content on this page requires a newer version of Macromedia Flash Player. Do you want to download it now?');"> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve rsion=8,0,0,0" width="342" height="291" 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="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=liberia_2-2007&aut oPlay=true&autoRewind=true" /> <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=liberia_2-2007 &autoPlay=true&autoRewind=true" quality="high" scale="noscale" width="342" height="291" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /> </object> </body> </html>
I don't know if this is the issue - but I helped someone earlier that had a
similiar problem. His issue was fixed by adding the .swf to the skin name in the html code: ...skinName=Halo_Skin_3&... Try changing that to ...skinName=Halo_Skin_3.swf&... Not sure why the skin name needs the .swf everywhere it is referenced but that may help. Also make sure you upload the skin file also as it seems to be missing from your server.
Thanks for these ideas! The skin was missing, and I changed the code as
suggested, but no luck still. I'm gonna go back and remake this whole thing again, it's all I can think of at this point. Thank you again for your help and quick response. If I don't get this thing sorted out in the next hour or two, I'm going to have to post a crappy-looking over-compressed quicktime movie of it...
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