Playing flv files from dvd drive...

[Chipleh]

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

[moccamaximum · Accepted solution]

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]

Thanks for your reply moccamaximum,

That's what I thought too, "no trick other than that you use relative linking your Flash Videos" - which is why I'm confused as to why nothing loads. Works fine locally, works on the server, play from disk = fail! Nothing loads where it's supposed, aside from the Main.swf into Main.html, but I don't see any errors either, which is also completely puzzling.

Quite frustrating at the moment, as I don't even know what to really search for, based on the fact that I have no idea what the underlying problem is.

Stupid computers!

[Chipleh]

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.

[moccamaximum]

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