I would say that the delay that you describe is due to the video setting up within the player - not swfobject
if your using the longtail media player you can use events to help you MediaEvent.JWPLAYER_MEDIA_LOADED PlayerStateEvent.JWPLAYER_PLAYER_STATE http://developer.longtailvideo.com/trac/wiki/Player5Events - S On 4 June 2010 05:19, gwh <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks so much for the quick reply, > > I've just tried the base param as follows: > > <script type="text/javascript" src="swf/swfobject.js"></script> > <script type="text/javascript"> > var flashvars = {}; > var params = {base: "swf/"}; > var attributes = {}; > swfobject.embedSWF("swf/preloader.swf", > "flash_replace", "430", > "218", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); > </script> > > This has corrected the problem to some degree. The preloader.swf file > has the preloader and also an image on the first frame. The preloader > is now counting up correctly but when it reaches 100%, the image > that's on frame one still remains for about 4 or 5 seconds before the > video appears. I thought that the preloader was supposed to end at the > point at which the video appears. > > I'm not sure whether this is a swfObject related issue or something to > do with the code in either of the swf files. > > Can you comment further? > > > On Jun 4, 2:12 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > It will be to do with the way you are pathing/loading your video.swf as a > > relative path. > > > > Your preloader is loaded as "swf/preloader.swf", so I imagine that the > > video.swf is not being loaded from the dir you expect. > > > > you can set the root folder for relative paths by setting the "base" > param. > > > > more here:http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html > > > > either that, or you can set an absolute path (you can guarantee exactly > > where the file is coming from) > > > > Cheers, > > Aran > > > > <http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html> > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 1:54 PM, gwh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > I have a separate swf file that contains a preloader which then loads > > > another swf file containing the main movie. The code I'm using in the > > > preloader file is as follows: > > > > > var loader_mc:MovieClip = new Preloader(); > > > var loader:Loader = new Loader(); > > > function handleResize(e:Event) > > > { > > > loader_mc.x=stage.stageWidth/2; > > > loader_mc.y=stage.stageHeight/2; > > > } > > > handleResize(null); > > > > > > loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(ProgressEvent.PROGRESS,onProgress > ); > > > > > loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,onComplete); > > > > > loader.load(new URLRequest("video.swf")); > > > > > addChild(loader_mc); > > > function onProgress(e:ProgressEvent) > > > { > > > loader_mc.nr_txt.text=int(e.currentTarget.bytesLoaded/ > > > e.currentTarget.bytesTotal*100); > > > } > > > function onComplete(e:Event) > > > { > > > removeChild(loader_mc); > > > addChild(loader); > > > } > > > > > In the video.swf file I'm using a flvplayback component to attach the > > > video. > > > > > If I let flash create the code for the html page, the above two files > > > work as expected. However I'm not using the flash-generated html code > > > but instead I'm using swfObject as follows: > > > > > <script type="text/javascript" src="swf/swfobject.js"></script> > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > var flashvars = {}; > > > var params = {}; > > > var attributes = {}; > > > swfobject.embedSWF("swf/preloader.swf", > > > "flash_replace", "430", > > > "218", "9.0.0", false, flashvars, params, attributes); > > > </script> > > > > > and > > > > > <div id="flash_outer"> > > > <div id="flash_replace"> > > > <a href="consumer/sale.php"><img src="../images/ > > > index_swf_replace.jpg" width="430" height="218" alt="Sale now on" /></ > > > a> > > > </div> > > > </div> > > > > > If I use the above swfObject code, it loads the preloader.swf file but > > > the preloader gets stuck on zero. The animation functions correctly > > > but the download of the video.swf file doesn't happen - it just stays > > > at 0. > > > > > The problem seems to be linked to the swfObject code as I mentioned it > > > doesn't happen when the html code is generated by flash. > > > > > I wondered if someone could point out why this might be happening and > > > suggest a workaround. > > > > > Would really appreciate any help. > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > > "SWFObject" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > <swfobject%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups .com> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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