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Hey Folks,
I'm trying to embed a flash video into a column on my website. I'm using Deamweaver 8.0. I go to Insert > Media > Flash Video and follow the steps. Everything works well enough, but when I preview the webpage in either Firefox or Safari, the video area is simply a plain black box, with the 'player-controller' below it. Clicking 'play' displays and plays the video.
What I want is for the first frame of the video to display until the visitor clicks "play", then the video to play as usual. I've spent the last few hours trying to google and search this forum, but haven't found an answer to this. Is it something in the development of the flash video (I used iSkysoft Video Converter to convert an iMovie to Flash)?
Is there a simple way I can have the first frame appear before the video plays?
Thanks so much.
Cheers
Carl

Hey Folks,
Nevermind, I figured it out. I had to delete the first frame of the video. Works fine now.
Cheers
Carl

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