Flash Video Director Template

Hi all,
I created a page of info on the process of creating Flash
Video and
integrating them with Director. The tutorial is at:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/FlashVideo/
The top part may seem basic for some. It's there to support
my students
who are using clips from YouTube in their work.
If you scroll right to the bottom, I have a FLA and DIR
template for
linking FLVs in Director. With the SWF created from the FLA
movie, and
with behaviors in the Director movie, you can dynamically
link to FLVs
and have controls to pause, play, rewind, and wait for the
end of the
FLV.
Hope it's useful to all. Let me know if anything is unclear.
And thanks to Chuck Neal who helped with the FLV behaviors.
regards
Dean
Director Lecturer / Consultant / Director Enthusiast
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/
http://www.multimediacreative.com.au
email: [email protected]

What I need is to be able to take flash 9, AS3 swfs, import
them into a Director 11 project, and interact with the flash
funcitons, call them, set properties, etc. Despite the
documentation on the Adobe Director page saying this is possible, I
have not been able to get it to work, and other posters on this
board have stated that it is currently not possible. Any clarity or
examples would help. I notice Director 11 has no entries concerning
Director/flash programming yet on the Adobe Developer page, just
tutorials for MX2004.

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Flash Video in template child pages

I have created templates with editable regions for my
websites. When I try to insert a Flash video file (.flv) it wants
to put code in the header region and body region. I have tried
erasing the editable areas, making the entire header an editable
area, making the entire site an editable area. I've tried looking
on Google and the Dreamweaver Developers section (there is a link
to an answer but the link is broken). I unfortunately only have
Dreamweaver 8. If this problem is fixed in CS3 I'd be happy to go
to Kinkos and rent a machine. Any suggestions?
Thanks!

Here's how you will have to manage this.
When you insert a Flash video on the page, several things
happen -
1. DW inserts a link to a javascript file in the head of the
page.
2. If you elect to check for Flash versions, DW inserts a
call to that
javascript in the <body> tag of the page.
3. DW then inserts a javascript call to the file (in #1) on
the page at the
location where the Flash is to appear.
In a Template child page -
1. The head region must have an editable region in it, so
that the link can
be inserted.
2. The Flash check call will fail to be written to the body
tag, since that
is LOCKED by the template.
3. The javascript will be written to the body of the page
where you
inserted the Flash.
Thus, 2 of the 3 elements should work fine.
My suggestion? Do it again, and do not select the check for
Flash version -
that should work for you.
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"cybergrace" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I have created templates with editable regions for my
websites. When I try
>to
> insert a Flash video file (.flv) it wants to put code in
the header region
> and
> body region. I have tried erasing the editable areas,
making the entire
> header
> an editable area, making the entire site an editable
area. I've tried
> looking
> on Google and the Dreamweaver Developers section (there
is a link to an
> answer
> but the link is broken). I unfortunately only have
Dreamweaver 8. If
> this
> problem is fixed in CS3 I'd be happy to go to Kinkos and
rent a machine.
> Any
> suggestions?
> Thanks!
>

Flash Video in Templates

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?

You are getting this error because you left the "Check for
Flash version"
option enabled in the dialog panel for the Flash video
insertion.
When you do this check, DW wants to write an onload event
into the <body>
tag, to initiate the javascript checking routine. However, on
a template
controlled page, the body tag is not editable, which DW
discovers and throws
this alert. There are two solutions -
1. Code a javscript onload function in the head of the page,
and migrate
this call into that function (requires manual coding), or
2. Simple forego the version checking on the Flash player
By far the simpler of the two options is the latter one.
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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?
>

Editing flash video player templates

Hi!
I am having trouble creating editable Video player Templates in Flash Pro. cs5 and Flash Catalyst.
By editable I mean, other users can edit the video templates and upload and play their videos with it.
Can anyone help me please?!
Thanks!

So exactly what is the problem?
What have you tried? What has worked? What hasn't worked?
Do you have a working model, even if it's not "editable"?
Have you built other custom video players? can you show links to them?
How is the editing expected to be done? via xml or what?
Are just the skins editable or are there playlist styles that the user can choose from? such as scrolling horizontal menu or vertical menu?
Fill us in and maybe we can provide better help.
Best wishes,
Adninjastrator

Modify Flash Video Bandwidth Template

Good Day.
I'm hoping someone might be able to give me an idea as to
what I'm doing wrong...
Using Flash MX Pro 2004 with the built-in template, Video
> Bandwidth Select. I'm tring to pass a URL varible of a FLV
movie name to the actionscript in the 3rd screen (select screen). I
have tried EVERYTHING I can think of to dynamically pass a varible
(in this case a movie name) to SWF. I have tried using flashvars
and URL variables (but not text files as it adds more complexity).
I just can't get it to work. When I manage to get something to show
up, like in a simple text box, it always says 'undefined'.
Can anyone tell what I'm doing wrong... or can you not do
this with this template?
Thank you, so kindly.
Joseph Krogman.

What I need is to be able to take flash 9, AS3 swfs, import
them into a Director 11 project, and interact with the flash
funcitons, call them, set properties, etc. Despite the
documentation on the Adobe Director page saying this is possible, I
have not been able to get it to work, and other posters on this
board have stated that it is currently not possible. Any clarity or
examples would help. I notice Director 11 has no entries concerning
Director/flash programming yet on the Adobe Developer page, just
tutorials for MX2004.

Cannot install Flash Video. Template Locked

The .htm that I am tryig to insert the Flash 8 video was
built from a .dwt. At the end of the installtion
I get this Dreamweaver error message is "Making this change
would require changing code that is locked
by a template or a translator. The change will be discarded."
The .dwt has 2 css within. I believe the problem involves the
css.
I have no problem installing the video in a page not built
with a template or without css..

--><style type="text/css"
media="screen">

> <head>
> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
> 
> <title>Home</title>
> 
> <style type="text/css" media="screen">
> <!--
>
> Thanks for responding,
> Kevin
>

Flash Video in a page made from a template

And discards the change. I am trying to insert into the
editable region but it will not allow.
Adobe Dreamweaver CS3
Making this change would require changing code that is locked
by a template or a translator. The change will be discarded.
Any ideas,

This is incorrect. You have been told this before, you know?
Please adjust
your response! 8)
The problem is that when you insert the Flash video, if you
don't pay
attention, you might leave the checkbox for "checking the
version of the
Flash player" enabled. When you do that, DW wants to insert a
call into the
body tag, onload. Of course, in a template, the body tag is
locked, and
that's what causes the error message.
To get around it, uncheck that version checking checkbox.
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> You need to have an editable region in the header of
your file as well.
> There
> is code inserted in two locations by Dreamweaver when
you insert Flash
> files.
> You can always create a sample page without a template
for yourself to see
> where this code gets inserted.
>

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
>

Template and flash video

I want to insert a video using the insert flash video using
DW8. I am using a chid page made from a template. When I try to
insert the video it says the page is locked due to a template or
translators. How can I do this?Thanks.
Here is the page I want to insert video into
<
http://www.msad54.org/srvc/ist/index.shtml
>
Nancy

Copy from code view and paste into code view. Make sure that
you move *all*
of the required code. That means, create a clean page. Look
at the code.
Add the Flash to it. Look at the code again. Move the bits
that were added
from the dummy page to the child page.
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> Thanks you Murray but I am having trouble doing that.
Here is the dummy
> page
> <
http://www.msad54.org/srvc/ist/flash.shtml
>
> Here is the page that I would like to put it in. I tried
putting it in the
> code that did not work so here is my attempt at putting
it in in design
> view.
>
> <
http://www.msad54.org/srvc/ist/index2.shtml
>
>
> Not sure how and where to put all this code?
>
> Thanks,
> Nancy
>

Flash Video Cue Points don't work

I used the template sample from Adobe named :Flash video
template: Showcase website for personal video...I followed all the
steps sugested. I used Flash Video Encoder, created the cue points,
worte down the location of those cue points, which I wrote exactly
in the Settings.XML file for each chapter....etc. I guarantee you
that I did it all as sugested...In fact several months ago, it
worked for another project and another videos that I had.
But this time, when I am testing it, the video appears in the
screen all right but when I select a chapter for the section of
that video, an error appears like this :
VideoError: 1003: Invalid seek
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/seek()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/seek()
at
Video_fla::MainTimeline/chapterClickHandler()[Video_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:184]
VideoError: 1003: Invalid seek
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/seek()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/seek()
at
Video_fla::MainTimeline/chapterClickHandler()[Video_fla.MainTimeline::frame1:184]
My Settings file has the correspondent locations for each cue
point, like this :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<showcase>

<section>
<title>Safety Fair 2008</title>
<video>video/MOPS_safetyFair.flv</video>
<cuepoints>
<cuepoint>
<title>Fire Department 1</title>
<time>00:00:13.291</time>
<image>img/Gath1.png</image>
<caption>What to do in case of a fire at
home...</caption>
</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>
<title>Fire Department 2</title>
<time>00:01:39.686</time>
<image>img/Poison Center.png</image>
<caption>How to escape from a fire at
home</caption>
</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>
<title>Crime Stoppers</title>
<time>00:01:51.869</time>
<image>img/TxDepTra.png</image>
<caption>Buckle up...</caption>
</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>
<title>Texas Dep of Transportation</title>
<time>00:01:51.869</time>
<image>img/Poison Center.png</image>
<caption>Assistance by phone in case of
emergency...</caption>
</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>
<title>Poison Center</title>
<time>00:02:02.946</time>
<image>img/Gathering3.png</image>
<caption>Mops Gathering at the FLC Picnic
area</caption>
</cuepoint>
<cuepoint>
<title>Fellowship</title>
<time>00:02:09.591</time>
<image>img/Kids-with-Jenny.png</image>
<caption>Nice visit and gathering w/our
children</caption>
</cuepoint>
</cuepoints>
</section>
I have my file structure right as well in each folder IMG and
VIDEO.
What does this error means and how can I correct the
problem.....I have been expending hours trying different ways and
still can't get it to work.
Thanks,
Edna

you don't need a cuepoint to detect the end of your video. use:
var lo:Object = {};
lo.complete = function(eObj:Object):Void {
next_btn._visible=true;
flv_pb.addEventListener("complete", lo); // <- use the instance name of your flvpb component

Flash Video Doesn't Work

I’m having serious problems inserting Flash Video into
my site (and I have uploaded the script folder and file).
Background:
I’m fairly experienced with most software, but I am
totally new to web creation/web software. Code is above my head.
I created a family site using DW8 version 8.0.2. I took an
original WMV file and converted it to a FLV file using Adobe
Premiere Elements 3.0. I’ve done this step using both the
Sorenson Spark and the On2 VP6 codecs.
With my newly created FLV file (grandparents.flv), I inserted
it into my DW8 page using >Insert>Media>Flash Video. It
drops in and previews fine locally using the Preview function. This
process also creates the following files in my local directory: a
skin file (Clear_Skin_3.swf), a player file
(FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf), and a Scripts folder containing one
file (AC_RunActiveContent.js).
I upload all these files to the server and, while the flash
video works fine locally, it just shows up as a white box on the
web.
I’ve spent the better part of three days researching
this problem and see that it is common. That said, uploading the
Scripts folder/file as I have done does not solve the problem for
me as it appears to have done so for others.
As an aside, I can drop in the original WMV file into an
embedded Windows Media Player on my web site and that works fine.
That said, I don’t want to do it that way, I want to go with
Flash.
Anyone have any ideas.
The page in question is at:
http://www.strauss.com/Lauren.html.
Any help would be appreciated….I’m at my wits
end. Thanks.

You have multiple instances of CSS and js links in the head
of the page.
Please remove the redundant ones.
Your flash is not working because this file -
http://www.strauss.com/FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf
is not properly calling the FLV file from the server. By
browsing directly
to it, you will see that you only get a blank page.
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> And my problematic page is at:
>
>
http://www.strauss.com/Lauren.html
>
> Murray, any suggestions? I have read many of your
responses where your
> point
> out "upload the scripts file/folder". I have done that
and still have the
> problem.
>
>
>

Error message when trying to imbed Flash video

Hello! I am trying to add Flash video to my page. When I try
to add the Flash file, I get a message that says "The URL cannot
contain spaces or 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

true, but this is definitely way out clue-less (-:
Jo
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>> Assuming it's a .flv you are inserting...
>> Insert > Media > Flash Video
>>
>> That error message is (IMHO) unhelpful
>>
>> --
>> Jo
>>
>>
>> "jtullfan" <[email protected]>
wrote in message
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>>> Hello! I am trying to add Flash video to my
page. When I try to add the
>>> Flash
>>> file, I get a message that says "The URL cannot
contain spaces or
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

Flash Video with DVD-like motion menus -- Is this possible?

Hi all,
I just joined this gropup. I have some SMIL 2.0 presentations
with synchnorized multiple audio (several languages supported) and
video as well as DVD-like still and motion menus. These are
semi-transparent menus and actually are super-imposed over main
playback area (root layout in SMIL).
Can Flash Video has menus in it?
Can this type of a/v synchronization and menuing be done in
Flash Video?
I don't want to write as SWF with menus since clips and # of
menus on screen and placement might be different from video to
video. These are for some training videos.
To give a background, in SMIL I have an application server
(Jboss) which is dynamically creating SMIL based upon database,
user inputs and menu selections. What is basically sent back to the
browser is SMIL page markup including playlist of clips up to next
menu point. Once all clips are watched and user selects menu button
to continue then a new SMIL is generated and processs repeated.
I am thinking off porting this over to Flash Video because
currently clients need RealPlayer (has SMIL 2.0) support to be
downloaded and installed. Another local app to manage!
Any ideas or recommendations?
Thanks and kindest regards,
-Mark

You can build interactive DVDs with video and audio, but no Word documents (at least not as part of the interactivity). DVD SP can certainly be used to create interactive DVDs. The advantage is that interactivity will extend to DVD players, not just computers.
If you want very rich interactive content, with Word docs, PDFs, etc. Then the best program would be Director. However there are some caveats with Director.
1) The learning curve for Director is extremely steep. You would be better off hiring a freelancer who already knows the program, then spending all the time learning all the ins and outs of the program.
2) Director is essentially a dead program. Since Adobe acquired it a couple of years ago, they have made no upgrades of the program. Nor have they made any announcements on continued development.
3) The content you develop will only be playable on computers, not DVD players.

Help inserting a flash video into my web page

Hello!
I'd love some help inserting a flash video into my web page. My web page is hosted by Viviti, templated, and edited online. I can add html to it, and I have the html source for my flash video. I also have uploaded the flash file to the server. Since I am very html illiterate, though, I need some help rewriting the html script so it can be published. There are two problems- firstly, no 'headers' or 'body' allowed in the script- these are already a part of the template. Secondly, I don't know how to rewrite it to refer to the uploaded files. It's also imperative that the full screen mode functions. I've pasted the source code for the flash video here. Please help!!!
Thanks!
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" />
<title>Drag and drop labelling</title>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>
</head>
<body bgcolor="#ffffff">



<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
     AC_FL_RunContent(
          'codebase', 'http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0',
          'width', '720',
          'height', '440',
          'src', 'Drag and drop labelling',
          'quality', 'medium',
          'pluginspage', 'http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer',
          'align', 'middle',
          'play', 'true',
          'loop', 'true',
          'scale', 'showall',
          'wmode', 'window',
          'devicefont', 'false',
          'id', 'Drag and drop labelling',
          'bgcolor', '#ffffff',
          'name', 'Drag and drop labelling',
          'menu', 'true',
          'allowFullScreen', 'true',
          'allowScriptAccess','sameDomain',
          'movie', 'Drag and drop labelling',
          'salign', ''
          ); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
     <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" width="720" height="440" id="Drag and drop labelling" align="middle">
     <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />
     <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" />
     <param name="movie" value="Drag and drop labelling.swf" /><param name="quality" value="medium" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />     <embed src="Drag and drop labelling.swf" quality="medium" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="720" height="440" name="Drag and drop labelling" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
     </object>
</noscript>
</body>
</html>

What you basically need to do is copy the sections of content from the code you show into the template (assuming the template already provides the <head> and <body> sections of the page. So in the head section of what you show, take everything starting with...
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
all the way down thru...
</script>
, inclusive (in the head section only), and paste that into the head section of your template.
Similarly, take everything that lies between the <body> ... </body> tags (exclusive of the body tags) and paste it into the body section of your template wherever you plan to display the Flash file.

Inserting Flash video in Dreamweaver

This is my first time using Dreamweaver and it's been a blast but I get to the point of needing to insert a Flash video and it gives me a message: "Making this change would require changing a code that is locked by a template or a translator. The change will be discarded."
Is the template the index page I use as my template for other pages?
What code is it that I need to change to insert the video?

Are you sure you aren't working with a template driven page?
When you insert media files into DW, it must write code in the <head> tags to reference Scripts necessary for Flash media to work on the web.
If you're working with a page that was created from a Template, the DWT page must have editable regions in the <head> tags, or you won't be able to add media to your web pages.
Nancy O.
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