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 ]
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