Flash Video

[scooter7519]

I new at web design and am teaching myself different things as I move along. I am stuck on inserting a video onto a webpage. I converted the video into a flv file, and reference it with the swf file. When I view it from my box it works, but after I upload it to the site, it doesn't.

http://scotts.bounceme.net/video_test.html.

Thanks for the help

Scott Williams

[Comtrad]

Your hosting site may not support the file type.

[quaker120]

I think you need to escape the ampersands in your parameters. I.e.,

value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_3&streamName=FlashVideos/100_0063&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true" />

[scooter7519]

I am hosting the site myself using server 2003 and running iis...could that have anything to do with it?

[scooter7519]

I tried changing that line of code to the one mentioned above and I still have the same problem as before.

[Jim the Wideboy]

I had this exact problem. It turns out that microsoft ommitted the flv suffix from their recognised server extensions on the last update of their windows 2003 servers, Linux does. If you go to macromedia.com they have instructions to re instate the the extension. However when I asked my web host to do this they wouldn't. Which leaves you and I in the same boat. We need a flash media player that does not use flv's. Anyone got one?

[scooter7519]

Thanks a lot, that was exactly what it needed. Since i am hosting the site myself I added that extension and it works now. I do have a few business sites that I am working on which I am paying to be hosted, so I could use a flash media player that doesn't use flv's as well.

[VideoFuner]

flv cann't play by flash media player, but swf can play by flash media player.