At last ... I'm not sure exactly what I have done but it is now working. The lenghty HTML file created in Flash worked so I took the last part of it and used it. One thing I learned from some other site was that the skin has to be in the root folder.
Thanks Aran for your patience with me. Hans On Sep 11, 9:07 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > Hans. > > I think we have given you all the help that is possible with this issue. > This is a 29 message thread... You continue not to listen (or understand?) > to the instructions I (and others have given) in that I decompile you latest > pawnee.swf and you are still pointing to a video file which is on yout local > machine ""C:\\temp\\pawnee.flv" > > None of the issues you are seeing are a result of any bugs or problems with > swfobject itself, but your own code and server set up. > > A final suggestion to you is to get yourself a http debugger like charles or > service capture so that you yourself can see what is being requested on the > page. This will help you see if you have any relative path issues. Other > than that, I would suggest you find a friend who has some web developemtn > experience who can help you with some basics... > > Aran > > > > On Sat, Sep 11, 2010 at 1:46 PM, hcccs <[email protected]> wrote: > > Now I've given up the idea to get this with .f4v files to work. I > > could never figure out where to put the web.config file. I tried to > > put a small web.config file in the root directory but it screwed up > > everything. > > I have now tried with .flv and when I put all four files (pawnee.flv, > > expinstall.swf, pawnee.swf and pawnee.php in the same directory ( in > > this case /movies) everything works perfectly - with skin and all. I > > have then tried to change the urls in the pawnee.php to point at the > > 'movies' directory and put the file in the root directory where I > > think it belongs and then again - nothing works, just a white screen. > > I know that relative addresses with Flash is said to be tricky but > > this is too much. Is there a solution to this? After all, the basics > > work now so the solution can't be far away, or ...? > > > Hans Strahle > > > On Sep 7, 11:12 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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-w... > > > > 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.swfworksandabig video > > plays > > > > > > > > with skin. > > > > > > > >http://www.strahle.eu/movies/pawnee.swfshowsonlyaskin. > > > > > > > > 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/ > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. 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