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Chipleh
Chipleh
Inspiring
April 9, 2013
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Playing flv files from dvd drive...

  • April 9, 2013
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Hi All,

I've been working with Flash for some time, but have never attempted to run a Flash project from a dvd drive, I thought it would be seamless, but of course, it was not. I have an e-learning project with a Main.html, Main.swf, and many .flvs sitting in various folders. Using Flash Builder, I compiled everything to my bin-release folder, tested it, and everything was running smoothly, no complaints. When I dropped all those files on a dvd, the Main.html loads up the Main.swf, but NONE of the .flv files load. Moreover, when I copy all the files from the dvd to my computer, I see the same results where none of the .flv's load.

Can anyone explain to me why this is going on? Is there something I need to do to the .flv files in order to make them play from a dvd drive?

Thanks for your help, very confused,

~Chipleh

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Correct answer moccamaximum

I have made a dvd where I got a 6gB f4v file with multiple chapters running inside an air application, there is no trick other than that you use relative linking your Flash Videos.

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moccamaximumCorrect answer
Inspiring
April 9, 2013

I have made a dvd where I got a 6gB f4v file with multiple chapters running inside an air application, there is no trick other than that you use relative linking your Flash Videos.

Chipleh
ChiplehAuthor
Inspiring
April 9, 2013

In order to "make it go", I had to modify the Flash Player Settings Manager/Trusted Location Settings and add my D:\ drive to the Trusted File or Folder Location. Now everything is hunky dorey.

Is there a way around this security layer.

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moccamaximum
Inspiring
April 10, 2013

Since you distribute your project on dvd it could be possible to target AIR (AIR has none of  Flashs local security issues) and use AIRs htmlLoader Capabilities to make a "homebrew" Browser (there should even be some frameworks out there you can use for that)

You would basically use AIR as a glorified Preloding Engine for your Htmls

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