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Resolved Flash skin doesn't show in 3.6.8

Discussion in 'Firefox, Thunderbird & SeaMonkey' started by Mokie, 2010/09/01.

  1. 2010/09/01
    Mokie

    Mokie Inactive Thread Starter

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    Hello peepz.

    I was looking for some help for an issue concerning Firefox 3.6.8.
    I have recently published four movieclips on a webpage using Adobe Flash CS3 and flashplayer 9.

    I have used a default skin for the video controll and the video is set to progressive download.

    It all worked fine in iExplorer and older versions of Firefox. But after upgrading to 3.6.8 the skin doesn't show and the video doesn't start to play.

    Any suggestions why this is?

    URL for one of the movies:
    http://escalia.no/escalia-ny08/sydney_film.asp?grp=10

    Thanks for any help.
     
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    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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  4. 2010/09/06
    Mokie

    Mokie Inactive Thread Starter

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    Unfortunately there is now way I can fix all that markup. It's an old HTML markup and there are numerous warnings and faults when validating it.

    But what I can't understand is that Dreamweaver can't automatically markup and embed the flash code correctly. Using CS3.

    Here's the embed code:
    Code:
    <script type= "text/javascript ">
    AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0','width','620','height','356','title','syndey','src','filmer/sydney','quality','high','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','filmer/sydney' ); //end AC code
    </script><noscript>
    <object classid= "clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase= "http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,28,0" width= "620" height= "356" title= "syndey ">
                    <param name= "movie" value= "filmer/sydney.swf ">
                    <param name= "quality" value= "high ">
                    <embed src= "filmer/sydney.swf" quality= "high" pluginspage= "http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type= "application/x-shockwave-flash" width= "620" height= "356 "></embed>
                  </object></noscript>
    The funny thing is that the movies work on some computers, but not all of them. ARGH!
     
  5. 2010/09/07
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    I believe you must also put the AC_FL_RunContent variables in a param tag. Your param tag only contains 1 variable.
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/127/tn_12701.html

    I never use that Adobe function for embedding Flash content as it's non-standard code, won't pass an HTML validator. I use something like this: (a small image that informs user he needs Flash plugin to view content)
    Code:
    <object type= "application/x-shockwave-flash" data= "main.swf" width= "400" height= "300 ">
    <param name= "movie" value= "main.swf ">
    <param name= "wmode" value= "transparent ">
    <a href= "http://www.adobe.com" target= "_blank "><img src= "http://www.WindowsBBS.com/images/noflash.gif" width= "400" height= "300" alt=" "></a>
    </object>
    For a Flash video player I use the open source Flowplayer.
     
    Last edited: 2010/09/07
  6. 2010/09/07
    Mokie

    Mokie Inactive Thread Starter

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    I have fixed the problem. There was some server issues that made the flashvideo play sometimes, and sometimes not.

    As I could not take the time to search for the server issue I posted the flashvideos on a different server and included them as an iframe content into the correct .asp file.

    That worked and solved the problem temporarily.

    Thanks for the help, and the replies.
     
  7. 2010/09/07
    TonyT

    TonyT SuperGeek Staff

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    You should not need to use an iframe, just use the full path in the embed src.
     

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