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flash (macromedia) : Imported video only plays using certain URL


jwague
2/13/2007 10:50:00 PM
I imported an avi file into a flash file and published it to my internal server
web site. If I open the test html file from the server over a mapped drive or
directly while logged onto the server, it plays just fine. If I try to play it
from the server using the web page's URL, it just shows me an empty page except
for the recognition there is a flash object there.

Other flash objects play just fine - it's just this one.

Wes
rafiqelmansy
2/14/2007 12:00:00 AM
Hi,
add you SWF, HTML, FLV and controller SWF files on the root directory or add
the path of the files on the server for the URL of the FLV file you added.

And for the controllers, add the same path on the server as well.

Hope this helps
dfawiseman
2/14/2007 5:13:09 AM
I have encountered the same problem, and i think it's something to do with the
swf containing the flv playback component is unable to access the flv file.
Possibly a file permissions issue?

Could someone please clarify...
jwague
2/14/2007 3:15:46 PM
I'm sorry but I don't understand what you are trying to tell me.
I have a root web site directory which contains a page with a link to the
flash generated html file which is itself in a sub-directory "news". Within
that flash generated html file I've changed all references to the swf file to a
fully qualified url. Where is the path to the FLV file specified? I assume it
is embedded in the swf file.
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add you SWF, HTML, FLV and controller SWF files on the root directory or add
the path of the files on the server for the URL of the FLV file you added.

And for the controllers, add the same path on the server as well.

rafiqelmansy
2/15/2007 9:07:34 AM
Hi,
Yes, the FLV path is enbeded in the SWF file and you need to edit it from
insdie Flash as following:
1- select your video on the Flash stage
2- select the Parameters tab in the Properities panel and choose the content
path value.
3- edit the path to include the full tracking starting from the server root (
\news\videofile.flv ), or you can include it as absolute (but you will need to
change it if you like to move to another server), for example:
http://www.yousite.com/news/yourvideo.flv

And to edit the controllers path do the following:
1- from the same Parameters tab, choose the skin value
2- open the select skin popup menu from the magnifier shape next to the value
3- Choose custom Skin URL
4- Add the path as in the FLV steps
(http://www.yousite.com/news/ClearOverAll.swf)

Hope this helps
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