flash 8 video dreamweaver problems viewing the flash skin

[subwayslim]

Hi,

Hope somebody can help me!

i have inserted a .swf file into a .html page. the problem is that i can see the video but i can't see the skin i chose in Flash, in the broweser. if i open the swf file in flash player i can see it, but when it's online i can only see the streamed video. please have a look here: http://www.artapart.net/video380.html

i uploaded either the ClearExternalAll.swf SKIN and also the .flw file onto the server.

what have i done wrong?!! hope somebody out there can help!!

CHEERS!


GG

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Give us the link to the .fla file or did you use Dreamweaver 8 to insert the flash video?

[subwayslim]

I Embedded the SWF file onto a .html page using Dreamweaver. Then I uploaded both the .fla and the .swf files onto the server, here are the directories:
http://www.artapart.net/stanhope_img/swf/video380.swf
http://www.artapart.net/stanhope_img/swf/SAT NEW.flv

Thanks,


G

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

What did you use to create the swf file? Macromedia Flash 8 or did you use Dreamweaver's Insert Flash Video option?

[subwayslim]

HI

I used Flash8. and i also uploaded the skin.swf on the same directory.

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Okay so where is the .fla file then? The .fla file is the actual Flash 8 file that has all of the symbols in as well as timelines. Its not the .flv file.

[subwayslim]

sorry. the actual flash file is in the same folder in my computer but it hasn't been uploaded online...

[_Aerospace_Eng_]

Can you upload that please?

[subwayslim]

it's in there...same directory as the others

[subwayslim]

hi this is the directory:
http://www.artapart.net/stanhope_img/swf/video380.fla

many thanks

[Nap]

I have the same problem. Movie shows but no controls.

I used Flash 8 to create a Flash Document. When I published it, Flash 8 created a SWF and HTML file, and placed ClearExternalAll.swf in the same folder. I then saved my project FLA file. So I have all these files together in a media sub-folder.

When I open the Flash created HTML file (that is in the same folder with all the other files, inlcuding the skin), it works fine.

However, since the actual page that I want to show the movie on is in the parent folder, I've changed the name="movie" value= and src= parameters to point to the media sub-folder. All I get now is the video show but not the skin.

It seems to me that the SWF for my movie does not find the SWF for the skin.

Is there another parameter that I need to set, like base folder or something?
Here is the code I have:


<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,0" width="747" height="535" id="IDFL_Season3" align="middle">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="media/IDFL_Season3.swf" />
<param name="play" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#cc0033" />
<embed src="media/IDFL_Season3.swf" play="false" quality="high" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#cc0033" width="747" height="535" name="IDFL_Season3" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>


The object is inside a DIV element that is inside a table.


Cheers,
Nap

[Nap]

I've figured it out.
For some reason, I had to increase the vertical height to accomodate the skin. With height set to 536 in my example, it seems to work.
What is strange is that the despite only 1 pixel making the difference, the whole skin didn't show (I was expecting that a portion of it would have been hidden).

Cheers,
Nap

[Redfish]

I have the same problem: I cannot see the skin (control panel) of the Flash 8 video. I can see and use the controls just fine locally, but cannot see them in the browser on the server.

I increased the height by 100 pixels to make sure it wasnt big high enough, but that didn't help.

I have uploaded my swf and my skin swf and my flv and verified they are all in the same folder on the server.

Anyone??