Whichever publishing method I choose the video plays but I cannot get any control (skin). I set the parameters in Components Inspector thus: align=topleft autoplay=true skin=SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf skinAutoHide=false source=pawnee.swf
I assume that the 'source' parameter is the relative referencing that your told me to use. <!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></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", "/movies/ expressInstall.swf"); </script> </head> <body> <div> <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="400" id="pawnee"> <param name="movie" value="/movies/pawnee.swf" /> <!--[if !IE]>--> <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/movies/ pawnee.swf" width="400" height="400"> <!--<![endif]--> <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";> <img src="/images/getflash.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /> </a> <!--[if !IE]>--> </object> <!--<![endif]--> </object> </div> </body> </html> Hans On Aug 25, 8:24 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, so to save everyone some time, I made a test page with valid code: > > http://www.misterhee.com/tests/strahle/ > > <http://www.misterhee.com/tests/strahle/>So, after seeing requests to the > server for both the swf and skin file, I could not see the swf requesting > the video. So I decompiled your swf, and I can see that you reference your > source as: > "C:\\temp\\Pawnee.f4v" > > As per the previous emails, can you please reference the resources Flash > needs to load as relative paths? (we went through this with the skin file > before) > > regarding the autoplay - this is something to set in your FLVplayback > component in the FLA, not the HTML. The play param is only for the parent > swf. You currently have it set to: > autoPlay = true; > > Once you change these values, the test page I made SHOULD work as > intended... > > Also, your code will not read any of the params, as you are missing the > expressInstall param in your embedSWF() call, which means all values are out > of index by one. Can you please use the code generator to help you write > valid code? > > Aran > > > > On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 12:15 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > I started all over from and reencoded the .avi and recreated the .fla > > file. > > The pawnee.f4v, pawnee.swf, SkinUnderPlaySeekStop.swf and > > expressInstall.swf file reside in folder /movies. > > The test file, testdyn.php, is in the root folder and 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>SWFObject dynamic embed</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"> > > var flashvars = {}; > > var params = {}; > > var attributes = {}; > > params.play = "false"; > > params.loop = "false"; > > params.menu = "true"; > > params.quality = "autohigh"; > > params.wmode = "windows"; > > params.base ="/"; > > swfobject.embedSWF("/movies/pawnee.swf", "alternative", > > "400", "300", "9", flashvars, params, attributes); > > </script> > > </head> > > <body> > > <div id=alternative> > > <h1>Alternative content</h1> > > <p><a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer";><img > > src="/images/getflash.gif" alt="Get Flash player" /></a></p> > > </div> > > </body> > > </html> > > > The video plays ok but the skin doesn't show and it starts > > automatically in spite of the 'play' parameter. > > A little step forward but still things that don't work. > > > 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; > > ... > > read more »- 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]. 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