HELP-Embedding Video, FLV

[dpcolgan]

Hi, I need to resolve a problem that has plagued me for a few weeks as I cannot seem to find an answer. I have tried many many methods to incorporate flash video into my webpages and have been successful in getting it to work but I cannot understand why my video is so slow. It plays beautifully on rare occasions but most of the time it is fits and starts. CAN someone PLEASE give me some ideas on how i can improve it.

There are lots of other sites on the internet that use the same methods i'm using and they play wonderfully. These are small files 1-3 minutes long. What can I try to solve this?

Many Thanks

[dtm32236]

how did you embed it? do you have a link?

generally, video files playback best as a .flv

what format is your video in, and are you using a FLV player?

you gotta tell us how it's set up on your side.

[dpcolgan]

how did you embed it? do you have a link?

generally, video files playback best as a .flv

what format is your video in, and are you using a FLV player?

you gotta tell us how it's set up on your side.


Sorry all. The file format is flv. I am embedding it with object below:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"
codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/
swflash.cab
#version=7,0,0,0" width="320" height="240" id="320x240" align="middle">
<PARAM NAME=allowFlashAutoInstall VALUE=true>
<param name=Flashvars value="url=120ProvidenceDr.flv">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
<param name="movie" value="320x240.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="320x240.swf" swLiveConnect="true"
Flashvars="url=120ProvidenceDr.flv"
quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="320" height="240" name="320x240"
align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>

an example of what's going on is www.townmvideo.com/vidwalk/120providenceDr.htm

I began to wonder if maybe the filesize is too large. How do I control the size of the file.

[dtm32236]

if you have the video in a format like .avi or .mpeg, you can use the Video Encoder to convert it to .flv... and in the settings, you can change the quality and set the desired kbps of the download.

and the flash doesn't play when it's done loading - there's no > arrow to click (see screenshot)

also, the line "<%@ page language="VB" autoeventwireup="false" inherits="_Default, App_Web_lgui6ohb" %>" displays on the page in Firefox (again, see screenshot)