Creating flash video pages

Everything I read says how easy it is to insert flash video
with cs4.. just a few clicks and presto! So why cant I get it to
work? I have read tutorials until my eyes are bleeding and the best
I can get is a transparent flash
player with no content.. looks like a blank page until you
drag your mouse across it. I created a new HTML inserted the flash
video, uploaded all the files but nothing.. what am I doing wrong??
Please help.

paxtang posted in macromedia.dreamweaver
> Yes this video is much better.. the only thing is I
already had an
> FLV file I created with another program.. not adobe.. I
assume it
> should be ok. I am going to give it another go..I
thought I was
> doing it all correctly but who knows.. here is a link to
the page
> if that would give a better clue.
>
>
http://www.dunstangraffix.com/tankpad.html
The program you used to compress the .flv did not include the
required
Meta Data that the Flash video component requires.
If you're on Windows, you can insert the Meta Data by using
the free
program found on the following Web site. If you're not
comfortable with
the command line, download flvmdigui105.zip as well (it's a
GUI
interface to the main program).
http://www.buraks.com/flvmdi/
There may be a Mac equivalent, or you might want to try a
different
encoder program.
Mark A. Boyd
Keep-On-Learnin' :)

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