I would look closely at the actionscript within your fla and also the settings of components your using
when you find it and change as I described earlier then it shall work - S On 19 August 2010 12:48, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > Now you've really got me puzzled. I haven't specified 'http:// > localhost:8080/SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf' anywhere. When I create the > test.swf file in Flash I tell it that I want the SkinUnderPlaySeekStop > skin and then the test.swf and <skin>.swf files are created and a > reference is made to the skin file. I think that is what happens. The > only place where I mention localhost is when I call the test page from > the browser. > > Hans > > On Aug 18, 11:01 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > Change the refernce in the flash IDE of your skin from: > > > > http://localhost:8080/SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf > > > > to: > > > > SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf < > http://localhost:8080/SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf> > > > > (you have a hard coded reference to localhost which means it will never > work > > on your production server) > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:18 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > What exactly do you mean by "if you change to ..." ?? > > > > > On Aug 18, 12:57 pm, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > server seems to be struggling currently. > > > > > > but it did load and using firebug (extension for firefox) I can see > that > > > the > > > > flash file is trying to load > > > > > >http://localhost:8080/SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf > > > > > > if you change to > > > > /SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf > > > > > > it should work both locally (on localhost) and online > > > > > > - S > > > > > > On 18 August 2010 11:41, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I did that and it's the same. I then changed the file 'pawnee.swf' > to > > > > > 'test.swf', which is the file that comes with the download and > shows a > > > > > green rectangle with your flash player version. This worked so I 'm > > > > > wondering if I have created my .swf file incorrectly. The > pawnee.swf > > > > > file can't be all wrong because if I double-click it it comes up > and > > > > > starts playing. > > > > > > > Hans > > > > > > > On Aug 18, 1:05 am, Sam Sherlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > replace > > > > > > > > <param name="base" value="http://localhost:8080/"; /> > > > > > > > > with > > > > > > > > <param name="base" value="/" /> > > > > > > -or- > > > > > > <param name="base" value="./" /> > > > > > > > > and try then. > > > > > > > > I could not find the flv or f4v (is that another format of flash > > > video) > > > > > on > > > > > > server > > > > > > > > - S > > > > > > > > On 17 August 2010 23:38, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > your server seems down, so I cannot check. > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:11 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> I have now put the files pawnee.swf, pawnee.f4v in the root > folder > > > and > > > > > > >> added the BASE parameter to test.php like this: > > > > > > > > >> <object id="pawnee" > > > > > > >> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" > > > > > > >> width="550px" > > > > > > >> height="400px"> > > > > > > >> <param name="base" value="www.strahle.eu/" /> > > > > > > >> <param name="movie" value="/movies/pawnee.swf" /> > > > > > > >> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><!-- optional, used here > as > > > an > > > > > > >> example --> > > > > > > >> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><!-- > optional, > > > used > > > > > > >> here as an example --> > > > > > > >> <!--[if !IE]>--> > > > > > > >> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" > > > > > > >> data="/movies/pawnee.swf" > > > > > > >> width="550px" > > > > > > >> height="400px"> > > > > > > >> <param name="base" value="www.strahle.eu/" /> > > > > > > >> <param name="wmode" value="opaque" /><!-- optional, used here > as > > > an > > > > > > >> example --> > > > > > > >> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><!-- > optional, > > > used > > > > > > >> here as an example --> > > > > > > > > >> No change as I can see. > > > > > > > > >> Hans > > > > > > > > >> On Aug 17, 10:16 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > >> > Ok, we have some forward motion. > > > > > > > > >> > On your live server, I can now see a grey square > (pawnee.swf) > > > being > > > > > > >> > displayed. > > > > > > > > >> > Now, as I mentioned in my earlier post, relative pathing can > be > > > a > > > > > bit > > > > > > >> > strange, so right now, the page is looking for the skin file > > > here: > > > > > > > > >> >http://www.strahle.eu/SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf > > > > > > > > >> > I also presume it will look for the video file in the same > > > folder > > > > > > >> location. > > > > > > > > >> > put the files where it is looking for them temporarily > (let's at > > > > > least > > > > > > >> get > > > > > > >> > the player displaying the video), and then we can work out > how > > > to > > > > > get it > > > > > > >> to > > > > > > >> > path to the correct location (we can use a param called > BASE, > > > which > > > > > can > > > > > > >> set > > > > > > >> > the root forlder for relative pathing) > > > > > > > > >> > Aran > > > > > > > > >> > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:36 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > It's strange. It is definitely in there. I even recreated > it > > > and > > > > > > >> > > transferred it again. > > > > > > >> > > Even locally, if I > runhttp://localhost:8080/movies/pawnee.swf, > > > it > > > > > > >> > > doesn't show but the SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf which is > > > referenced > > > > > in > > > > > > >> > > it and resides in the same folder appears. Could it have > > > anything > > > > > to > > > > > > >> > > do with how it was created? > > > > > > >> > > I'm at a loss now. > > > > > > > > >> > > Hans > > > > > > > > >> > > On Aug 17, 8:37 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > Ok, so right now the page is looking forhttp:// > > > > > > >> > >www.strahle.eu/movies/pawnee.swfandnotfindingit(404). > > > > > > > > >> > > > Aran > > > > > > > > >> > > > On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 1:29 PM, hcccs <[email protected] > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > Ok, here it is:http://www.strahle.eu/test.php > > > > > > >> > > > > I don't think I fully understand all of it but it is > taken > > > > > from an > > > > > > >> > > > > example of static publishing at > > > > > > >> > > > > > http://learnswfobject.com/the-basics/static-publishing/ > > > > > > > > >> > > > > Hans > > > > > > > > >> > > > > On Aug 17, 3:34 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > Sorry, I meant a link to your page, so that I can > debug > > > the > > > > > http > > > > > > >> > > traffic. > > > > > > >> > > > > It > > > > > > >> > > > > > is really easy to see where the files are being > > > requested > > > > > (and > > > > > > >> if > > > > > > >> > > there > > > > > > >> > > > > are > > > > > > >> > > > > > any mis-paths etc). > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 3:29 PM, hcccs < > [email protected] > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > This is the actual page. I have now taken the > example > > > html > > > > > > >> file > > > > > > >> > > > > > > 'index_static.html' and put in my own values and > it > > > looks > > > > > like > > > > > > >> > > this: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 > > > Strict//EN" > > > > > > >> "http:// > > > > > > >> > > > > > >www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; > lang="en" > > > > > > >> > > xml:lang="en"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <head> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <title>test</title> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" > content="text/html; > > > > > > >> > > > > > > charset=iso-8859-1" /> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <script type="text/javascript" > > > > > > >> src="/js/swfobject.js"></script> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <script type="text/javascript"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > swfobject.registerObject("pawnee", "9.0.0"); > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </script> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </head> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <body> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <div> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <object > > > > > > >> classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" > > > > > > >> > > > > > > width="400" height="300" id="pawnee"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <param name="movie" > value="/movies/pawnee.swf" > > > /> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <!--[if !IE]>--> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <object > type="application/x-shockwave-flash" > > > > > > >> data="/movies/ > > > > > > >> > > > > > > pawnee.swf" width="400" height="300"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <!--<![endif]--> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <a href=" > > >http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <img src=" > > >http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/ > > > > > > >> > > > > > > download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get > Adobe > > > > > Flash > > > > > > >> player" > > > > > > >> > > /> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </a> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <!--[if !IE]>--> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </object> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > <!--<![endif]--> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </object> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </div> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </body> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > </html> > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > The pawnee.swf is in the folder 'movies' so > > > > > > >> '/movies/pawnee.swf' > > > > > > >> > > must > > > > > > >> > > > > > > be correct!? > > > > > > >> > > > > > > I have tried without the leading '/' but it > doesn't > > > work > > > > > > >> either. I > > > > > > >> > > > > > > don't get any errors - just a white page with > nothing > > > on > > > > > it. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > Since this is an example file it ought to work. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > On Aug 16, 1:17 am, Aran Rhee < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > If you could post your actual page, that would > be > > > most > > > > > > >> helpful. > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > I am imagining that it is just a relative > pathing > > > issue > > > > > > >> (remember > > > > > > >> > > if > > > > > > >> > > > > you > > > > > > >> > > > > > > are > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > loading a video/skin from within flash, that it > is > > > > > relative > > > > > > >> to > > > > > > >> > > your > > > > > > >> > > > > swf, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > not > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > your HTML page). > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:34 PM, hcccs < > > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > >> wrote: > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > I have done things according to the > documentation > > > and > > > > > I > > > > > > >> can't > > > > > > >> > > see > > > > > > >> > > > > the > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > video, just a blank frame. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > I have the files pawnee.f4v, pawnee.swf and > > > > > > >> skin_etc_etc.swf in > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > folder /movies/ and this is my test code: > > > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 > > > > > Strict//EN" > > > > > > >> > > "http:// > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > >www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"; > > > lang="en" > > > > > > >> > > > > xml:lang="en"> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > <head> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" > > > content="text/html; > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > charset=ISO-8859-1" /> > > > > ... > > > > read more ยป- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > 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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