Flash Video Insert Error

When I try to insert a flash video via Insert > Media >
Flash Video, I get
this error message: "URL cannot contain spaces or special
characters........"
The link shows "../flash/test1.swf " - a relative path in
Dreamweaver
8.
Any ideas to the cause, or a workaround?
Inventor AIP11 sp2
Dennis Jeffrey, AICE, MICE
Center for Design Excellence
260-312-6188

If you use Insert > Media > Flash Video it is expecting
a .flv file
(although the error message is ambiguous to say the least).
I'm fairly sure
you need Insert > Media > Flash for a .swf
Jo
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> When I try to insert a flash video via Insert > Media
> Flash Video, I get
> this error message: "URL cannot contain spaces or
special
> characters........"
>
> The link shows "../flash/test1.swf " - a relative path
in
> Dreamweaver 8.
>
> Any ideas to the cause, or a workaround?
>
> --
> Inventor AIP11 sp2
> Dennis Jeffrey, AICE, MICE
> Center for Design Excellence
> 260-312-6188
>

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>>
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>>
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>> Jo
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>>> special
>>> characters. Change the path or file name and try
again." I have tried
>>> moving
>>> the file to a different directory and changing
the file name but no
>>> luck. Any
>>> help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> Steve
>>>
>>
>>
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Jo
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> Hello. I'm trying my first Flash Video insertion..all is
well except I'd
> really like to be able to tell anyone viewing the page
to please hang on
> and
> wait during the buffer period on the progressive
download. it takes
> anywhere
> from 5 to 20 seconds for the player skin to appear and
start playing the
> video.. I have previously been using embedded WMP which
seems to have an
> advantage in this department since the player skin would
immediately
> appear and
> display a buffering video % which would let anyone
viewing the page know
> that
> the video is downloading and is about to play. With the
flash they have
> no
> idea and the page appears not to be working for a "long"
time (5 to 20
> seconds)
> since not even the skin appears. Is there a way to
improve these faults?
> My
> video is about 3 minutes long and can be found here.
>
http://www.centroidcnc.com/cncvideo/cnc_cylinder_head/cnc_cylinder_head_porting.
> html
> thanks ahead of time for any advice! -Keith
>

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I have a template with one editable region. This region takes
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a message appears "Making this change would require changing code
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discarded". How can I insert flash video into this editable
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a template
controlled page, the body tag is not editable, which DW
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and migrate
this call into that function (requires manual coding), or
2. Simple forego the version checking on the Flash player
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>I have a template with one editable region. This region
takes text and
>images
> fine but when I try to insert a flash video (*.flv) a
message appears
> "Making
> this change would require changing code that is locked
by a template or
> translator. The change will be discarded". How can I
insert flash video
> into
> this editable region?
>

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I've seen this posted before but none of the solutions have
worked for me and I'm getting frustrated. A Flash video inserted in
DWCS3 plays on the local version and doesn't play once I upload it;
it's just a white box. The link to the page so you can look at the
code is:
http://www.crusadermedia.com/ectv/newswatch.html
There should be a video below all of the text; it does detect
that there is an SWF there, however. All of the solutions I've seen
involve making sure the script, FLV and SWF get uploaded, which
mine is. I'm thinking that it might be my file structure.
Inside of my main root folder is a "Script" folder which
contains "AC_RunActiveContent.js". The page in question is inside
of a folder called "ectv". This "ectv" folder also contains the SWF
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of moving them all to the same folder, etc., but with no luck.
I am using a DW template, which blocks the code to check for
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making a dummy page with Flash video not in a template and it's
given me the same problem.
Can anyone tell from looking at the code what's wrong?

Hi.
I think the problem is the structure folders.
You said that you have a ectv folder which contain the
Scripts Folder, the
Templates folder, the Videos folder... Your pages are in the
root directory
of the ectv folder. The pages are lokking for the Scripts
folder as if they
were in its own folder. Try deleting the ../ from the
Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js to see what happens.
I hope this can help you
Miguel
"tomservo6" <[email protected]>
escribió en el mensaje de
noticias news:[email protected]...
> I've seen this posted before but none of the solutions
have worked for me
> and
> I'm getting frustrated. A Flash video inserted in DWCS3
plays on the local
> version and doesn't play once I upload it; it's just a
white box. The link
> to
> the page so you can look at the code is:
>
>
http://www.crusadermedia.com/ectv/newswatch.html
>
> There should be a video below all of the text; it does
detect that there
> is an
> SWF there, however. All of the solutions I've seen
involve making sure the
> script, FLV and SWF get uploaded, which mine is. I'm
thinking that it
> might be
> my file structure.
>
> Inside of my main root folder is a "Script" folder which
contains
> "AC_RunActiveContent.js". The page in question is inside
of a folder
> called
> "ectv". This "ectv" folder also contains the SWF files.
In "ectv/Video" is
> the
> FLV file that got inserted.
>
> In the code for the page, the script is pointed to
> "../Script/AC_RunActiveContent.js", which is where it is
relative to the
> page.
> Go outside of the ectv folder and look in the scripts
folder. It still
> doesn't
> work though. I've tried all permutations of moving them
all to the same
> folder,
> etc., but with no luck.
>
> I am using a DW template, which blocks the code to check
for Flash player
> since the head section is locked. However, I've
unchecked that box in the
> insert Flash video window. Plus, I tried making a dummy
page with Flash
> video
> not in a template and it's given me the same problem.
>
> Can anyone tell from looking at the code what's wrong?
>
>

Flash Video (.flv) in Dreamweaver

I can't find anything here or on teh net that tells me how to
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inserting a .flv file directly into an html file if you can't
independently communicate to the user that he/she needs to wait for
the thing to load? We've had that ability to insert a flash file
for ages. Is this good only for VERY small .flv files that load
almost instantly?

No the one that auto plays when the page loads? Just
wondering?
This one works just fine
http://www.neapco.com/Flash/intro.html
however its
kind of hard to find it. My eye is focused on the one that
plays a loop and
I never seen the other link until you posed back sorry. That
link might be
more effective right under the one that's playing, Just a
thought.
Dave
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> > Why no audio in the video Murray?
> > Dave
> > "Murray *ACE*"
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> >> I just did the Insert Flash Video thing and it
worked.
> >>
> >>
http://www.neapco.com/w_why-neapco.php
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> >> "NormanU2" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
> >> news:[email protected]...
> >> >I can't find anything here or on teh net
that tells me how to use a
> >> >preloader
> >> > with Flash Video inserted directly into
DW. The standard answer is to
> >> > create a
> >> > .swf file in flash and use the preloader
there. Duh! No kidding?
> >> >
> >> > Can anyone tell what the point is in
having the capability of
inserting
> > a
> >> > .flv
> >> > file directly into an html file if you
can't independently
communicate
> > to
> >> > the
> >> > user that he/she needs to wait for the
thing to load? We've had that
> >> > ability to
> >> > insert a flash file for ages. Is this good
only for VERY small .flv
> > files
> >> > that
> >> > load almost instantly?
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>

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I made my very first flash advertisement for my website, but
i have no idea how to get it online. I saved the file and I can
open it directly from the desktop, but when i upload it to
photobucket i get the error:
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well, i wanted to upload the flash file to photobucket to try
it out. I also wanted to use photobucket as a temp. host so i can
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I have checked that the videos are not open anywhere else as I saw on a previous post this was the issue but the only place they are in use is in the project I am trying to publish.
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Your screenshot indicates you are publishing to a folder on a network drive.
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Problem inserting Flash video into DW CS3 template

I would like to insert some flash video into an editable
region inside a DW CS3 template. The template I am using seems to
work for literally hundreds of other pages I have made (none of
which, incidentally, have any media of any kind in them).
I have created the template and then an editable region and
now want to insert the flash video in that editable region. All
goes well until I hit the OK button. then I get this error--Making
this change would require changing code that is locked by a
template or translator The change will be discarded.
Can anyone suggest how I might over come this error??
Thx.
Jane

The problem is the detection option in the video insertion
dialog. If you
disable that option, you will not get the error.
This is a problem because the detection routine requires a
modification to
the <body> tag (insertion of an onload event) which you
cannot easily do in
a template child page.
If you really must have the detection, then you can copy and
past the load
call from a dummy (non-templated) page on which you have also
done the same
insertion. Post back with that page's body tag code, and I'll
show you
how....
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"Jane Smith 2300" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Further to my post before--The .htm that I am trying to
insert the Flash
> video
> (converted an AVI file using Flash video encoder) was
built from a .dwt.
>
> The template page has several editable regions in it.
There is also CSS.
> formatting the document. I am trying to insert the Flash
video into one
> of the
> editable regions.
>
> I have no problem installing the video in a page not
built with a template
> or
> without css..
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> jane
>

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