swf/html file doesnt play video when exported

[Ymok]

Hi all

I am having a bit of trouble with the exported swf file, i have a video that i placed in the indesign file and it works in the SWF perview in indesign. But when i export the file as a swf file and open the html link the video does not play. It just shows the first frame of the video and never plays. I tried showing the controllers of the video so i can even press play in the html but the controllers do not appear.

I uploaded the video on youtube and tried making a hyperlink button in the indesign file, but when i exported and clicked the hyperlink it opened another tab rather than playing the video in my layout.

I also tried taking the url of the youtube video and placing it in indesign using the "place a video from url" but apparently the extension of the video i get from the url is not supported.

[BobLevine]

SWF is DEAD. It won't play on mobile or any desktop without Flash player installed.

Without telling us exactly what you hope to accomplish I can't really give you any solid advice on an alternative. But if you're actually trying to create web content, then I suggest using a proper web authoring tool.

[Ymok]

Thank you Bob, but i do have flash player installed. I do realize now that SWF is an old technology, unfortunately i found out after weeks of working on a project. The video exporting thing is the only thing left for me.

What am trying to do is to place a video in the background of a page. The page -is like a home page to the project- has a menu on the side with a few buttons that go to to other pages and supposedly the video playing in the back. When i export the file the menu and all the buttons work but the video appears as an image, just showing the first frame and thats it.

[BobLevine]

Are you trying to do this locally or on a server? You'll need to upload everything to a web server to test it.

[Ymok]

I am trying to do it locally.

[BobLevine]

I don't believe that will work locally, but again, you're dealing with dead technology. I've got nothing for you except using a proper application for something like that.

[rob day · Accepted solution]

I am trying to do it locally.

For security reasons the Flash player plugin usually prevents a local .swf from loading assets. On OSX you can allow local exceptions via the System Preferences>Flash Player>Advanced>Trusted Loaction Settings...

Or you can try doing it via Adobe's site:

Adobe - Flash Player : Settings Manager - Global Security Settings panel

But you'll have to eventually test from a web url, so you might as well upload the folder with the HTML, SWF, and assets folder. Keep in mind the links are relative.

[Dave Creamer of IDEAS]

Try exporting as a Flash file (.fla) and open in Animate to see if there is an actionscript preventing play.

You can also try importing the video there.

[JonathanArias]

if you are interested in running your own web server locally to test things with no access to an actual web server you can use MAMP. It has a free version. i use it for testing IN5 projects. here:

MAMP & MAMP PRO

[rob day]

Jonathan, I tested a SWF export in my MAMP server it it does work, but I think a MAMP installation might be overkill in this case. I also used my System's Trusted Location Settings for the exported SWF folder on my Desktop and it also worked