Flash CS3: Help me make my movie play, please!

URL: http:schoolsignsonline.com
This is an electronic sign company, so I'm trying to put a Flash movie of one of their signs onto their preexisting site. No sound, no skin, no controls, just the movie, looping endlessly.
I imported an .avi video (from a PC) from the client into Flash CS3 (on a Mac), and made sure my stage was the same size as the file parameters.
Saved the file. Tested the movie in Flash. **The movie plays just fine**. It's a picture of brightly colored balloons ascending on a black background.
I publish the movie.
I copy the .fla and .swf into the flash folder at the root level of the site on my local server.
I go into Dreamweaver CS3 to insert the movie using their Insert>Flash into the div I've created for it on the index page (which uses server side includes for the nav & footer only - no PHP involved - so each page has an .shtml extension).
I test the movie in DW by clicking on the green arrow in the properties toolbar. Nothing but white. Movie doesn't play, or if it is playing, it's only white.
What the heck. I save the page, letting DW generate the script.
I upload the revised index page, the flash folder (with the .swf and .fla files in it), and the Scripts folder to the site on the remote server.
Go to a browser. Nothing but white where the movie is supposed to be.
I asked about this on the Adobe DW group on Yahoo Groups, and they really didn't know, thinking it was a Flash problem. One of them said the movie couldn't be found. Dang it! This is a script that DW generated when I placed the movie into the page! I don't know anything about JavaScript (yet), so I'm not going to muck about in the code to break it.
BTW, the HTML for the page with the movie on it no longer validates - I hear this is typical of a CS3 Flash insertion by DW.
Can anyone PLEASE help me figure out what I've done wrong? What other info do you need from me?
Thank you in advance.
Theresa

For the Flash-generated html file, you basically want to copy the script tag in the head section....
<script src="Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
into the same place in the head section of the real file.
and copy the entire section of code in the body starting with and including...
<script language="javascript">
if (AC_FL_RunContent == 0) {
.... all the stuff between....
</object>
</noscript>
into the div you mention
And in the case of what's shown above, you would want to have the AC_RunActiveContent.js file in a Scripts folder.

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Don't Panic File Size is Only (410 KB) And No Password Or Any Kind of Virus) As the file extension is (.fla And .jpg)
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development workflow because I can only get the debugger to work
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******BUG******
Concise problem statement:
Steps to reproduce bug:
1. Debug Movie (Flash CS3 IDE) with licensed off-the-shelf
Flash CS3 Pro.
Notes: "About Flash" shows version as: 9.0
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Flash CS3\Flash.exe properties
shows version as 9.0.0.494
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/downloads.html
"Adobe Flash Player Update for Flash CS3 Professional (9.0.2)"
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restart.
Results: Immediate crash of Flash IDE
And unable to re-open Flash IDE by clicking on an FLA file or
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'[filename]' Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try
again. To search for a file, click the Start button, and then click
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again.
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# An unexpected error has been detected by HotSpot Virtual
Machine:
# EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION (0xc0000005) at pc=0xc483ffff,
pid=544, tid=3152
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_09-b01 mixed
mode)
# Problematic frame:
# C 0xc483ffff
--------------- T H R E A D ---------------
Current thread (0x1515a7a8): JavaThread "FdbThread"
[_thread_in_native, id=3152]
siginfo: ExceptionCode=0xc0000005, reading address 0xc483ffff
Registers:
EAX=0xc483ffff, EBX=0x1e9af99c, ECX=0x015af42c,
EDX=0x00710073
ESP=0x1e9af918, EBP=0x0000000a, ESI=0x10b3011c,
EDI=0x1513bd78
EIP=0xc483ffff, EFLAGS=0x00010246
Top of Stack: (sp=0x1e9af918)
0x1e9af918: 0071bc58 108a6b68 524852f7 1515a868
0x1e9af928: 108a6b78 1e9afbe4 010e5c48 ffffffff
0x1e9af938: 0071edf5 1513bd78 1e9af91c 00000000
0x1e9af948: 1515a7a8 1a7099a0 1e9af988 1a7099a0
0x1e9af958: 1266832f 1515a868 1e9af9a0 1e9af99c
0x1e9af968: 00000000 1e9af96c 00000000 1e9af9a0
0x1e9af978: 1a70d938 00000000 1a7099a0 1e9af998
0x1e9af988: 1e9af9c0 126629e3 00000000 12666509
Instructions: (pc=0xc483ffff)
0xc483ffef:
[error occurred during error reporting, step 100, id
0xc0000005]
Stack: [0x1e8b0000,0x1e9b0000), sp=0x1e9af918, free
space=1022k
Native frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM
code, C=native code)
C 0xc483ffff
[error occurred during error reporting, step 120, id
0xc0000005]
Java frames: (J=compiled Java code, j=interpreted, Vv=VM
code)
j com.adobe.authoring.debug.AuthDebugMgr.nativeNotify([BI)V+0
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.AuthDebugMgr.notify(Ljava/lang/String;I)V+10
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.AuthDebugMgr.notifyTraceEvent(Lflash/tools/debugger/events/Trac eEvent;)V+6
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.model.AuthDebugTarget$FdbThread.handleTraceEvent(Lflash/tools/d ebugger/events/TraceEvent;)V+4
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.model.AuthDebugTarget$FdbThread.processEvents()V+45
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.model.AuthDebugTarget$FdbThread.runInner()V+28
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.model.AuthDebugTarget$FdbThread.eventLoop()V+1
j
com.adobe.authoring.debug.model.AuthDebugTarget$FdbThread.run()V+1
j java.lang.Thread.run()V+11
v ~StubRoutines::call_stub
--------------- P R O C E S S ---------------
Java Threads: ( => current thread )
=>0x1515a7a8 JavaThread "FdbThread" [_thread_in_native,
id=3152]
0x14e92680 JavaThread "SWF/SWD reader" daemon
[_thread_blocked, id=1920]
0x15116088 JavaThread "DJAPI message listener" daemon
[_thread_in_native, id=3376]
0x14f7d5b0 JavaThread "DJAPI StreamListener" daemon
[_thread_in_native, id=3276]
0x151435d8 JavaThread "DJAPI StreamListener" daemon
[_thread_in_native, id=2812]
0x06a37560 JavaThread "Low Memory Detector" daemon
[_thread_blocked, id=920]
0x06a36300 JavaThread "CompilerThread0" daemon
[_thread_blocked, id=1976]
0x06a35710 JavaThread "Signal Dispatcher" daemon
[_thread_blocked, id=2784]
0x06a2bad8 JavaThread "Finalizer" daemon [_thread_blocked,
id=652]
0x06a2b050 JavaThread "Reference Handler" daemon
[_thread_blocked, id=672]
0x06963dd8 JavaThread "main" [_thread_in_native, id=3056]
Other Threads:
0x069e1dc8 VMThread [id=3388]
0x06a354e0 WatcherThread [id=3104]
VM state:not at safepoint (normal execution)
VM Mutex/Monitor currently owned by a thread: None
Heap
def new generation total 1088K, used 204K [0x160a0000,
0x161c0000, 0x16580000)
eden space 1024K, 13% used [0x160a0000, 0x160c3298,
0x161a0000)
from space 64K, 100% used [0x161a0000, 0x161b0000,
0x161b0000)
to space 64K, 0% used [0x161b0000, 0x161b0000, 0x161c0000)
tenured generation total 13224K, used 8156K [0x16580000,
0x1726a000, 0x1a0a0000)
the space 13224K, 61% used [0x16580000, 0x16d77190,
0x16d77200, 0x1726a000)
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0x1a8a0000, 0x1e0a0000)
the space 8192K, 88% used [0x1a0a0000, 0x1a7b8f40,
0x1a7b9000, 0x1a8a0000)
No shared spaces configured.
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0x7c900000 - 0x7c9b0000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
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0x763b0000 - 0x763f9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\comdlg32.dll
0x773d0000 - 0x774d3000
C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_x- ww_ac3f9c03\COMCTL32.dll
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0x71ad0000 - 0x71ad9000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
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Video Extension.dll
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0x73000000 - 0x73026000 C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINSPOOL.DRV
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C:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\ADOBEF~2\xerces-c_2_6.dll
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C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_x-ww_6b128700\MSV CR80.dll
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C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.GdiPlus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.2600.2180_x-ww_522f9 f82\gdiplus.dll
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0x02a00000 - 0x02a37000
C:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\ADOBEF~2\adobe_caps.dll
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C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC80.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_8.0.50727.762_x-ww_6b128700\MSV CP80.dll
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<snip>
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CS3\JVM\bin\net.dll
VM Arguments:
jvm_args:
-Djava.library.path=C:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\ADOBEF~2\JVM\bin
-Djava.Home=C:\PROGRA~1\Adobe\ADOBEF~2\JVM
-Xbootclasspath/a:;.;C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
java_command: <unknown>
Launcher Type: generic
Environment Variables:
CLASSPATH=.;C:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.6.0_01\lib\ext\QTJava.zip
PATH=C:\Program Files\Macromedia\Flash
8\;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program
Files\IDM Computer Solutions\UltraEdit-32;C:\Program Files\Common
Files\Adobe\AGL;C:\Program Files\Unifier;C:\Program
Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\
USERNAME=jason
OS=Windows_NT
PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER=x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 6,
GenuineIntel
--------------- S Y S T E M ---------------
OS: Windows XP Build 2600 Service Pack 2
CPU:total 2 (cores per cpu 2, threads per core 1) family 6
model 15 stepping 6, cmov, cx8, fxsr, mmx, sse, sse2
Memory: 4k page, physical 2097151k(1814488k free), swap
3952772k(3364372k free)
vm_info: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (1.5.0_09-b01) for
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the time. In that case, it only gets solved if I restart or Log Out
at least. I have no idea why the Help panel being open solves the
problem, this only shows that this is probably a little graphic
user interface bug, or something similar, that could be solved very
very easily.
In Flash CS4, there is no Help panel, so there is no solution
to the problem.
It would be nice to be able to press Cmd + Enter to see the
movie, and not have to do File > Export > bla bla bla, open
Finder, Find the SWF, double click it, wait for the browser to
open... etc...
I have a brand new 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro, and Test Movie runs
faster on my 900MHz Pentium III PC!! Funny...
Here are some links I found about this problem:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-878
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb407896
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-258991.html
This is quite ridiculous, and on Adobe's Support page, the
solution is "Do not use Test Movie."
And the funny thing is that they didn't even bother to fix
this in CS4...
So basically if something doesn't work, Adobe's solution is
"Don't use it."
I guess they're right!
Please, tell me if anyone has or does not have this problem
or knows anything about it!
Thanks,
Mate

Flash CS3 and CS4 "Test Movie" extremely slow, ridiculous.

This is a problem that, having read many forums, affects a very large amount of people, though Adobe doesn't care at all. It only affects OS X users.
When I use Flash CS3, and I make any animation, even the simplest tween, and I preview it with Test Movie, the result I get is an extremely slow playback. Something like half the FPS it should be.
However, when I export the SWF and preview it in the external Flash Player or in a browser, it's just fine and fast.
Another interesting thing is that in CS3, when I open the Help panel, the problem with Test Movie only happens like 20% of the time. In that case, it only gets solved if I restart or Log Out at least. I have no idea why the Help panel being open solves the problem, this only shows that this is probably a little graphic user interface bug, or something similar, that could be solved very very easily.
In Flash CS4, there is no Help panel, so there is no solution to the problem.
It would be nice to be able to press Cmd + Enter to see the movie, and not have to do File > Export > bla bla bla, open Finder, Find the SWF, double click it, wait for the browser to open... etc...
I have a brand new 2.5 GHz MacBook Pro, and Test Movie runs faster on my 900MHz Pentium III PC!! Funny...
Here are some links I found about this problem:
http://bugs.adobe.com/jira/browse/FP-878
http://kb.adobe.com/selfservice/viewContent.do?externalId=kb407896
http://www.kirupa.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-258991.html
This is quite ridiculous, and on Adobe's Support page, the solution is "Do not use Test Movie."
And the funny thing is that they didn't even bother to fix this in CS4...
So basically if something doesn't work, Adobe's solution is "Don't use it."
I guess they're right!
Please, tell me if anyone has this problem or knows anything about it!
Thanks,
Mate

1) Every post I see that you have made recently reflects on problems that are most likely associated with your computer that are causing problems with your software. 1st thing I would look at with your problems (and I do not mean just this one) is a conflict with another program, ei antivirus software, etc. Trying turning off programs one by one, relaunching your CS programs, and see if you can find a culprit.
2) With that kind of attitude you are only going to receive just as friendly/helpful solutions. Just because SOMEONE ELSE doesn't solve YOUR problem does not mean that THEY are ignorant.

Why is AS1 documentation not a part of CS3 help

hello;
in my flash CS3 help, there is AS2 and AS3 documentation, but
no AS1 documentation;
I have come to the understanding that AS1 would continue to
be supported in future flash authoring environments;
any thoughts?
thanks
dsdsdsdsd

dsdsdsdsd,
> I am still not convinced that AS3 is necessary
It isn't.
> just because an engineer can build a 800hp engine,
> powerful enough to thrust a wing-adapted minivan
> into flight
> doesn't mean it is the right approach: do soccer moms
even
> want to fly?
I do get your analogy. Really, I do. What I don't get is why
you're
the one making it -- because based on what you've described,
it sounds like
you're the engineer in this analogy, not the soccer mom.
After reading
Colin Moock's article, I would think even the soccer moms
should find
encouraged, but regardless ... of course you don't have to
use AS3. ;)
If you don't, you're stuck with a different set of
complexities, so it
all comes down to what you're comfortable with. In AS1/AS2,
you have on()
and/or onClipEvent() for handling events. You also have the
dot notation
equivalents (e.g. myClip.onRelease = handlerFunction). But
wait, there's
more! You also have addListener(). How's that for consistent?
Ah, but
then you also have addEventListener() -- just depends on
which datatype
you're handling the event for. If you're a longtime Flash
user -- and you
are -- then each new event handling model was something you
took in stride.
If you're new to the scene, it could seem like a completely
arbitrary mess.
In AS3 (outside of a drop-in-the-bucket NetStream exception),
you have
addEventListener(). Easy to learn and easy to remember,
because it's very
nearly consistent.
In AS1/AS2, if you want to instantiate a new MovieClip
instance, you
have to refer to an existing MovieClip instance and invoke
the
createEmptyMovieClip() method, give the new instance an
instance name and
assign it a depth. In AS3, you just invoke the constructor:
new
MovieClip(), then add the new instance to the display list.
It comes down to personal taste, I guess. To me, the newer
models are
easier to use ... once you learn them (of course). There are
trade-offs in
either camp, obviously.
> if someone could tell me some concrete thing
> that AS3 can do that AS1 cannot
> I would appreciate it;
I'm sure there are more, but here's a concrete thing off the
top of my
head: AS3 allows you to reparent movie clips (and other
visual display
objects) simply by removing them from the display list of one
object and
adding them to another. A practical example that comes to
mind is a jigsaw
puzzle, in which snapped-together pieces stay together,
making it easy to
move snapped-together pieces as a single group. Each
individual piece could
initially belong to the display list of the main timeline,
but could be
moved to the collective display list of a group of
snapped-together pieces.
Not that a single example should sway you. The example I
made might
just be meaningless to you, because you might not be
interested in
Flash-based jigsaws (or you might be interested, but would
rather move
snapped-together pieces by way of some algorithm that tracks
the position
and movement of each individual piece -- again, you're
trading one set of
complexities for another; on the main, I personally find the
complexities of
AS3 worth the learning curve).
> I am working on my first AS3 project - shopping cart -
but
> I will not use external packages );
And you shouldn't, unless you feel that external classes
would help you.
For me, I like the idea of utility classes (at least). In
order to create a
dynamic text field in AS1 -- let's say a non-selectable text
field, that
resizes as needed to fit the text, with a sans serif font --
you might do
something like this:
var tf = this.createTextField("myTextField", 0, 0, 0, 0, 0);
tf.selectable = false;
tf.autoSize = "left";
var fmt = new TextFormat();
fmt.font = "_sans";
tf.setNewTextFormat(fmt);
tf.text = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
(Note, this assumes Flash Player 8 or higher, because prior
to Flash Player
8, the MovieClip.createTextField() method returns Void.)
So ... to me, that's a lot to type. Again (this is my mantra
in this
post) ... one set of complexities for another. To reuse this
code, I could
certainly throw it into a function. Let's say something like
this:
function makeTextField(target, text) {
var tf = target.createTextField("myTextField" +
target.getNextHighestDepth(),
target.getNextHighestDepth(), 0, 0, 0, 0);
tf.selectable = false;
tf.autoSize = "left";
var fmt = new TextFormat();
fmt.font = "_sans";
tf.setNewTextFormat(fmt);
tf.text = text;
makeTextField(this, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");
That's a tried and true procedural way to make your work
easier. I
think, so far, you would agree ... and I think, for you,
there's nothing new
so far. Notice that to keep instance names unique, I used
MovieClip.getNextHighestDepth() to append a number to the
instance name, and
also to ensure that a safe depth is met. A real
implementation would
probably include x,y positioning parameters, to make sure
text doesn't
overlap ... but you get the idea.
I could use AS2 to create a utility class called, say,
SimpleText.
Here's a stab at it. Quick and dirty AS2 external class file.
// Class file
class net.quip.utils.text.SimpleText {
public function SimpleText() {};
public static function makeTextField (target:MovieClip,
text:String):Void {
var tf:TextField = target.createTextField("myTextField" +
target.getNextHighestDepth(), target.getNextHighestDepth(),
0, 0, 0, 0);
tf.selectable = false;
tf.autoSize = "left";
var fmt:TextFormat = new TextFormat();
fmt.font = "_sans";
tf.setNewTextFormat(fmt);
tf.text = text;
More complex? In a sense, sure. Not by a whole lot, if you
really look
at it. The AS1 function version was a teensy bit bigger than
the
non-function version. The AS2 class version is a teensy bit
bigger than the
AS1 function version. But once it's done, it's done. If I
ever want this
functionality, I just import my class and use its (in this
case) static
method:
import net.quip.utils.text.SimpleText;
SimpleText.makeTextField(this, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet");
In my experience, that saves me time and effort. And this
same sort of
approach applies to non-static methods as well. It's just a
way to organize
your code. Many people find it more efficient. If you don't,
then you
don't. ;) It's as simple as that.
David Stiller
Adobe Community Expert
Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
"Luck is the residue of good design."

Movie playing back to front in Firefox

Hi
Im having a strange issue playing a flash movie.
It plays no worries in IE, but when you try it in firefox it displays back to front.
Both flash plugins in both browsers are the same version.
Any way I can make the movie play properly in both browsers?
Ive posted the code here
http://www2.cpprint.com.au/flash.html
Robbie

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Movies playing in iTunes will not show closed captions

I have purchased several movies from the iTunes store. They all have Closed Captioning listed in the store description. I need Closed Captioning because I have hearing loss and even with my hearing aids, I cannot hear all the dialogue in movies.
In my iTunes app, I opened Preferences-->Playback and checked the box for "Show closed captioning when available." Then I play the movie in iTunes. No captions. I click on the Controls menu for Audio & Subtitles. It's grayed out.
I go to the .m4v file in Finder and open the movie with Quicktime to see whether I can get captions that way. No captions. I check the View menu for Show Closed Captioning. It's grayed out.
At this point I'm thinking these movies do not really HAVE captions, despite what the store description said. However, this proves to be wrong because I turn on my TV and start up my Apple TV 3. I select "Movies" and then "Purchased" and find these movies. When I play these movies via the Apple TV, they all show up on the TV screen with the captions working perfectly.
So, what gives? I've spent hours searching the internet for a solution, but all I can find is that the selection I've made in iTunes preferences *should* make the captions show up in iTunes. I'm stumped. I want to play the movies on my computer in iTunes (or in Quicktime) so that I don't have to be at my house in front of my TV in order the enjoy them. Is there any way I can make these movies play in iTunes with the captions showing? Can anyone make any suggestions? I'd be very grateful if someone could help me achieve this goal.

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