Hi Julia. As these issues are still not swfobject related, I will try to (quickly) help, but you will most likely find better help on other forums which are generalist Flash related.
For both 1) and 2) I would suggest to re-encode your videos as an FLV or MP4 files rather than embeding inside a swf. You can then use JW media player to buffer the correct amount of video before playing and ensure the audio and video stays in sync. (a swf will stream data in order to show the user something as soon as possible, and can do some funny things like you are see if you do not preload it properly). JW media player will be telling your main swf timeline to stop, but if you have your video embeded inside with another movieclip/timeline, then this will keep playing etc. Other things: - I see the page making a call for http://bms.bethscott.net/_flowstyle.css, which is 404ing (not found) Aran On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:52 PM, maggiesmom <[email protected]>wrote: > Actually, I spoke too soon. I have a few problems on my staging site, > bms.bethscott.net > > The first issue is the pause control does not pause the video. > > Then second issue is that the videos take a long time to load on the > Mac (I am testing with FF and Safari). The sound plays but there is > not video. > > > On Jul 7, 7:10 pm, maggiesmom <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you for the help. I think I have this working. > > > > On Jul 5, 8:10 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Getting the right code to display a Flash file cross-browser is what > > > SWFObject is all about, so made the right decision there. > > > > > In terms of giving advice / code examples on how to implement a media > > > player, that is beyond the scope of this list / my available time. We > keep > > > this mailing list very specific to direct SWFObject related > > > issues/questions. > > > > > Both JW media player and flow player have usage examples and tuts on > their > > > sites. 5 min on Google would show you what you need to know. > > > > > JW media player <http://www.longtailvideo.com/players/jw-flv-player/> > > > - swfobject > > > embed example< > http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player/jw-player-for-flash-v5...> > > > | setup wizard < > http://www.longtailvideo.com/support/jw-player-setup-wizard> > > > > > Flow player <http://flowplayer.org/> - > > > docs<http://flowplayer.org/documentation/index.html>| > > > setup <http://flowplayer.org/setup/index.html> > > > > > Aran > > > > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 7:01 PM, maggiesmom <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > Hi, thanks for looking at my staging site. The site is actually > > > > supposed to work like this:www.bedfordmontessori.org(thisdoes not > > > > use swfobject). But this solution does not work on Mac. > > > > > > So, I am switching over to using swfobject. > > > > > > How would I use a media player with the embedswf method? > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > On Jul 5, 7:41 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > > Your page seems to work for me on my mac using Chrome, Firefox and > > > > Safari. > > > > > > > That being said, I would suggest that you split your video from > your swf > > > > > (this way you can get proper loading progress and playback progress > etc), > > > > > and add at least a pause/play button so someone can stop the video > if > > > > they > > > > > want. The free swf based video players like JW media player and > Flow > > > > player > > > > > both allow you to specify FLV and MP4 videos to playback and can ve > > > > styled > > > > > to match your site easily through javascript / flash variables. > > > > > > > I also noticed that you have click actions and styling on the > replacement > > > > > DIV: > > > > > > > <div Id = "theMovie" style="width: 480px; height: 285px; z-index=1" > > > > onclick > > > > > ="play(1);"> > > > > > > > As this div gets destroyed when the swf is inserted, I'd suggest to > move > > > > any > > > > > click actions on the image inside the div and additionally add a > wrapper > > > > div > > > > > with the style values so that the size can be maintained after the > swf > > > > > overwrites your "theMovie" div. (BTW - the play() function forces > the > > > > > display of a swf even though the user might not have flash - this > is a > > > > bad > > > > > idea) > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 6:26 PM, maggiesmom < > [email protected] > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi, my staging site is bms.bethscott.net. > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > > > > > On Jul 5, 7:22 pm, Aran Rhee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi there. > > > > > > > > > There are too may possible reasons as to why this may be > occurring > > > > > > without > > > > > > > seeing (preferably) your affected page, or the code on the > page. > > > > > > > > > Once people can have a look at what is going on, they can offer > > > > > > > suggestions/help. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > Aran > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 5:41 PM, maggiesmom < > > > > [email protected] > > > > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hello. I am new to swfobject and trying to get flash video to > play > > > > on > > > > > > > > a school web site. I tested the video and it plays fine for > IE and > > > > > > > > Firefox. However, Mac users report the video does not play. 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