That is out of the scope of this list Hans. A quick Google search turns up results like : http://blogs.iis.net/bills/archive/2008/03/25/how-to-add-mime-types-with-iis7-web-config.aspx
Have to definitely determined with godaddy support that it is in fact the mime type which is blocking the ability to view the video file? Aran On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:26 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > The MIME type for f4v is not included in my hosting plan with > GoDaddy.com. I asked them to tell me how to add it but I need to do it > myself. This is what they say: "When using IIS 7 on your Windows > hosting plan, you can add MIME Types through a customized web.config > file." I thought that the web.config file ought to changed at their > end. I can't even find one on my own local server so I don't know what > it should look like. So, how do I do it? > > Hans > > On Sep 1, 12:26 am, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know, but if you go to the below address, it comes up with a 404, > > which means your server is not finding the file. > > > > Are you sure you uploaded this file to that location with the exact name > > (case sensitive) ? > > > > What type of web server is it, and is it set up to handle .f4v mimetypes > ? > > (the mimetype tells the server what it should do with the file when that > > type of file is requested). > > > > The mimetype for F4v is: > > > > video/mp4 > > > > as described here: > http://www.kaourantin.net/2007/10/new-file-extensions-and-mime-types.... > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 3:57 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How can it not find the file - it has been in the /movies directory > > > for a week. I re-transferred it but the result is the same. > > > Could it have anything to do with how the file is transferred. I added > > > the .f4v and .swf extensions to Options - Transfer - ASCII filenames > > > but it didn't make any difference. > > > > > Hans > > > > > On Aug 31, 10:00 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.swfworksand a big video plays > > > > > with skin. > > > > >http://www.strahle.eu/movies/pawnee.swfshowsonly 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 > > > > ... > > > > 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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