That is because on your live site it cannot find: http://www.strahle.eu/movies/Pawnee.f4v
Put this file in the movies directory. Aran On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 2:31 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > Test HTML this time: > > <!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", "/movies/ > expressInstall.swf"); > </script> > </head> > <body> > <div> > <object id="pawnee" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E- > AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="340"> > <param name="movie" value="/movies/pawnee.swf"/> > <!--[if !IE]>--> > <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="/movies/ > pawnee.swf" width="400" height="340"> > <!--<![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> > > In position and size in Flash I have made changes: > X, Y = 0 > W=400 H=300 > > In the PHP file I have added 40px to the height allow for the skin. > When I play it locally the video plays, no skin but threre is a grey > area under the video where the skin would have gone. > When I play it in my real web site I see the skin and nothing else. > (http://www.strahle.eu/test.php) > http://localhost:8080/movies/pawnee.swf works and a big video plays > with skin. > http://www.strahle.eu/movies/pawnee.swf shows only a skin. > It is getting more and more weird by the day. > > Hans > > On Aug 31, 12:03 am, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > So you need to make sure you give enough room in your swf to display the > > skin. As you have specified the "under" skin, ot means you need at least > > 20px or so of extra height to display the skin under the video. What are > the > > dimensions of your f4v? > > > > To be clear, everything is displaying correctly when you export the HTML > / > > Flash file on your desktop? (I am just surprised how much trouble you are > > having if everything was already working as intended before you tried to > > place your content on your web server) > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:46 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > ... > > > > 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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