Firefox plays default content SWFObject with Flash player ok

Report · Jun 04, 2013

Hello,

I use SWFObject to define HTML 5 video content as a fallback to flash video, basically in line with the instructions given here:

http://gotoandlearn.com/play.php?id=128

code is:

<script type="text/javascript">

swfobject.embedSWF("test.swf","player1","938","533","9");

</script>

<div id="player1">

<video src="video.mp4"

controls="controls"

autoplay="autoplay"

autobuffer="autobuffer"

height="533"

width="938">

</video>

</div>

This was a stable solution until very recently, when Firefox 21.0 started to play both the flash content AND the fallback video content. Chrome, IE etc are ok. Flash Player 11.7

Any ideas?

Thank you -

Jay

Report · Jun 04, 2013

Hi Jay,

I haven't seen this come up before. Have you tried posting over on the Mozilla forums to see if anyone there knows what's going on?

http://forums.mozillazine.org/

Report · Jun 05, 2013

Hi, Chris,

indeed the issue has come up with regard to youtube's HTML5 testing:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2487395

Let's see what the Firefox guys say.

Thanks -

J