Well the issue wasn't that it was a remote or removable drive. It had to do with the FAT32 file system on that drive. The project worked perfectly on an NTFS formatted USB drive and again wouldn't work on a local FAT32 drive. So it's all in the formatting baby ;)
-kent -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Éric Thibault Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 9:10 AM To: Flashcoders mailing list Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive If I understand correctly, I can use relative path if project is on a CD, the WEB or on a local drive but have to use absolute path if its on a removable or remote drive? :-\ Thanks for the clarifications! :-) Kent Haynes a écrit : > Yeah it worked...thanks John > > -kent > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John > Grden > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:34 AM > To: Flashcoders mailing list > Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb drive > > try the drive letter > > On 9/7/06, Kent Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Okay we're accessing them with relative paths. The exe is located at >> the base of the directory and the flv's are in >> > "\english\flv\myFlv.flv" > >> So I'm doing FLVPlayback.contenPath = "\english\flv\myFlv.flv" >> >> Do I need to have the drive letter in there as well? >> >> >> I just tried changing the publish settings to the access network only >> and it didn't do anything. >> >> Thanks >> -kent >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John >> Grden >> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 8:13 AM >> To: Flashcoders mailing list >> Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb >> drive >> >> also, try setting your publish settings for Flash 8 to "access >> network >> > > >> only" >> and see if that helps, after you get the drive letter thing worked >> > out. > >> On 9/7/06, John Grden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> If you use a UNC url you can't load/play FLV's - it won't work. >>> >>> you have to have a drive letter mapped. I assume, though, that your >>> > > >>> USB has a drive letter - yes? >>> >>> bad: \\serverName\folder\myfile.flv >>> >>> good: J:\folder\myfile.flv >>> >>> >>> On 9/7/06, Kent Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> I just gave that a shot and no luck. >>>> >>>> Thanks for the idea though... >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Guy >>>> McLoughlin >>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 7:08 PM >>>> To: Flashcoders mailing list >>>> Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] Flv's playing in a projector from usb >>>> drive >>>> >>>> >>>> Have you tried shortening the file name to something DOS >>>> > compatable? > >>>> ( 8 characters + extension ) >>>> >>>> i.e. Classrom.flv >>>> >>>> >>>> - Guy >>>> >>>> At 06:20 PM 06/09/2006, Kent Haynes wrote: >>>> >>>>> It's not huge 3.9 MB. >>>>> >>>>> But we've just discovered some more info. It's definitely related >>>>> to the FAT32 file system. We formatted two partitions on >>>>> > > >>>>> the drive >>>>> >>>>> one NTFS and another FAT32 and sure enough the NTFS plays fine >>>>> FAT32 doesn't play. So I was looking for weird characters in the >>>>> >> path. >> >>>>> Nothing out of the ordinary. Path + name = >>>>> english/flv/Classroom.flv I >>>>> >>>> >>>>> also tried english\flv\Classroom.flv to no avail. >>>>> >>>>> None of our package structures are deep at all. >>>>> >>>> -------------------------- >>>> Guy McLoughlin >>>> New Media Developer >>>> Toronto Ontario Canada >>>> E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> --------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe >>>> Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >>>> http://training.figleaf.com >>>> >>>> -- >>>> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >>>> > > >>>> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> [email protected] >>>> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >>>> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >>>> >>>> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe >>>> Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com >>>> http://training.figleaf.com >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> [ JPG ] >>> >>> >> >> -- >> [ JPG ] >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >> >> -- >> This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by >> MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] >> To change your subscription options or search the archive: >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software >> Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training >> http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com >> >> > > > > -- =============================================================== Éric Thibault Programmeur analyste Réseau de valorisation de l'enseignement Université Laval, pavillon Félix-Antoine Savard Québec, Canada Tel.: 656-2131 poste 18015 Courriel : [EMAIL PROTECTED] =============================================================== Avis relatif à la confidentialité / Notice of Confidentiality / Advertencia de confidencialidad <http://www.rec.ulaval.ca/lce/securite/confidentialite.htm> _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ [email protected] To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
