Flash movies need two clicks to start

Question

I record short videos with a camcorder, Capture that into
Premiere Elements 3 and Export it to WMV (or AVI), then use Swish
Video 2 to encode that to SWF with a simple player added.
I place it in my web page in DW MX 2004. I leave the default
properties of Loop and Autoplay checked on (I don't know what they
do but the settings in the player when I create it with the SWF
seem to override these anyway).
When I then put the page on the web, the video always
requires clicking on the Play button
twice
before it will start to play.
The video
on this page is
an example. The same thing
always happens when I use the above procedure.
Why is that?

Answer 1

It's IE-only behaviour as a result of changes Microsoft made
several
years ago to their browser, regarding how Active Content
(Flash, Quicktime
etc)
is handled, after losing a high profile court case.
http://blog.deconcept.com/2005/12/15/internet-explorer-eolas-changes-and-the-flash-plugin/
Background:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eolas
See also
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/activecontent/
If you're running Dreamweaver 8.0.2/CS3, the fix is already
built into DW's
interface.
If not, try
http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
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"JayNewWeb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I record short videos with a camcorder, Capture that into
Premiere Elements
>3
> and Export it to WMV (or AVI), then use Swish Video 2 to
encode that to
> SWF
> with a simple player added.
>
> I place it in my web page in DW MX 2004. I leave the
default properties of
> Loop and Autoplay checked on (I don't know what they do
but the settings
> in the
> player when I create it with the SWF seem to override
these anyway).
>
> When I then put the page on the web, the video always
requires clicking on
> the
> Play button
twice
before it will start to play.
>
> The video
http://www.silver100.com/x/bus/dosimeter
is an example. The same
> thing
always happens when I use the above procedure.
>
> Why is that?
>
>
>