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nickindie
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April 22, 2009
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Flash video does not show up once uploaded. Help please.

  • April 22, 2009
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OK I've spent several days searching online for an answer to this question and I'm at my wit's end.  Please help me out.  This is what is going on.

I'm using flash to design a basic website.  Within that website I want to place a .flv file.  Everything works fine in preview mode and test movie mode.  The problem comes when I puplish to the web.  I'm just using flash to publish which puts all the files in a folder.

IN previous attempts, once I load those files onto a server it does not play the .flv file.  The .sfw skin will show up but the general .sfw file for the project doesn't seem to be finding the .flv file.  And yes, I'm uploading the .flv file to the server.  Is there something wrong with the html code that it can't find the .flv file?  I can replicate this problem on my desktop by moving the .flv file out of it's project folder.  Once I do that and then click the .html file the page will load but it won't find the video file.  It's like it can only open that file if it's in the original project folder and the folder doesn't get moved.

I can't be the only who has experienced this.  Please help!

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    funkysoul
    funkysoul
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2009

    The effect you're having "only displaying the flvplayer skin but no video" is a clear sign that your swf can't find the flv.

    One thing that you can do to ensure that everything is right is to first upload the .flv file to the desired location and then link your FLVPlayback to the url on the flash IDE / AS.

    2nd Option would be to:

    save flv, fla and swf in the SAME folder (no subfolders or such)

    upload flv and swf to your webserver while keeping them together in the same folder, that ensures that your files can find eachother.

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    nickindieAuthor
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    April 22, 2009

    Hey thanks for the response.  OK, option 1 questions.  what is "flash IDE / AS", where in flash do I put in the url for the .flv file, and finally I've got a web based server service, how do I figure out what my url is for the folder on the server is?

    Thanks again for the response and sorry for the novice questions.

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    nickindieAuthor
    Participant
    April 22, 2009

    Problem solved!  Thanks!

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