Flash video path not working on Mac

Using the Flash Video component in Flash 8 I place my .flv in
a directory called Video and then enter the path into the component
as
Video\myvideo.flv
When it runs off my web site on Windows XP all is well but on
a Mac OS X it fails to play. If I place the video in the route on
the web server and alter the file path to just myvideo.flv it
works!
So is there a special symbol I need to use for the file
seperator to make it work correctly on both platforms?

Hi, Make sure the Shockwave Flash plugin is Enabled for one thing. I'm not familiar with Webcams so can't help you with that.
If you have Installed Flash Player then test at this site to see if you can see the animation of the Flash logo and what version is listed.
http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/
Thanks,
eidnolb

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Hello guys , i don't know how to give up with hard things but
this matter drived me mad and i have read and tried many things
without any result , locally and on the site when i publish it
> I am embedding a flv video into dreamweaver but nothing
it works i have
> tried
> manythings and i am tried pls help
> here is the codes
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
> "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> <html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
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> <title>Untitled Document</title>
> <script type="text/javascript">
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> with(navigator){
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> userAgent.indexOf("Opera") == -1);
> var isWin = (appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") !=
-1);
> if (!isIE || !isWin){
> var flashVer = -1;
> if (plugins && plugins.length > 0){
> var desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash"] ?
plugins["Shockwave
> Flash"].description : "";
> desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ?
plugins["Shockwave Flash
> 2.0"].description : desc;
> if (desc == "") flashVer = -1;
> else{
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> var tempArrMajor = descArr[2].split(".");
> var verMajor = tempArrMajor[0];
> var tempArrMinor = (descArr[3] != "") ?
descArr[3].split("r") :
> descArr[4].split("r");
> var verMinor = (tempArrMinor[1] > 0) ?
tempArrMinor[1] : 0;
> flashVer = parseFloat(verMajor + "." + verMinor);
> }
> }
> // WebTV has Flash Player 4 or lower -- too low for
video
> else if (userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv") != -1)
flashVer =
> 4.0;
>
> var verArr = reqVerStr.split(",");
> var reqVer = parseFloat(verArr[0] + "." + verArr[2]);
>
> if (flashVer < reqVer){
> if (confirm(msg))
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> "
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> lash";
> }
> }
> }
> }
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> type="text/javascript"></script>
> </head>
>
> <body onload="MM_CheckFlashVersion('8,0,0,0','Content
on this page
> requires a
> newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Do you want to
download it now?');">
> <script type="text/javascript">
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> 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
>
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>
Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName
>
=/lovestory1&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=false','quality','high','scale','noscale',
> 'name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/d
>
ownload/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','FLVPlayer_Progress
> ive' ); //end AC code
> </script>
> <noscript>
> <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> rsion=8,0,0,0" width="338" height="377"
id="FLVPlayer">
> <param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
/>
> <param name="salign" value="lt" />
> <param name="quality" value="high" />
> <param name="scale" value="noscale" />
> <param name="FlashVars"
>
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=/lovestory1&autoPl
> ay=true&autoRewind=false" />
> <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=/lovestory1&au
> toPlay=true&autoRewind=false" quality="high"
scale="noscale" width="338"
> height="377" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
> type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
> pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Versio
> n=ShockwaveFlash" />
> </object>
> </noscript>
> </body>
> </html>
>
>
>
I am copying and pasting the codes so ignor the left ">"
Any help ? pls and thanks

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> Hello guys , i don't know how to give up with hard
things but this matter
> drived me mad and i have read and tried many things
without any result ,
> locally and on the site when i publish it
> > I am embedding a flv video into dreamweaver but
nothing it works i have
> > tried
> > manythings and i am tried pls help
> > here is the codes
> > <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN"
> > "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
> > <html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
> > <head>
> > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type"
content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
> > <title>Untitled Document</title>
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > function MM_CheckFlashVersion(reqVerStr,msg){
> > with(navigator){
> > var isIE = (appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1
> > userAgent.indexOf("Opera") == -1);
> > var isWin =
(appVersion.toLowerCase().indexOf("win") != -1);
> > if (!isIE || !isWin){
> > var flashVer = -1;
> > if (plugins && plugins.length > 0){
> > var desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash"] ?
plugins["Shockwave
> > Flash"].description : "";
> > desc = plugins["Shockwave Flash 2.0"] ?
plugins["Shockwave Flash
> > 2.0"].description : desc;
> > if (desc == "") flashVer = -1;
> > else{
> > var descArr = desc.split(" ");
> > var tempArrMajor = descArr[2].split(".");
> > var verMajor = tempArrMajor[0];
> > var tempArrMinor = (descArr[3] != "") ?
descArr[3].split("r") :
> > descArr[4].split("r");
> > var verMinor = (tempArrMinor[1] > 0) ?
tempArrMinor[1] : 0;
> > flashVer = parseFloat(verMajor + "." + verMinor);
> > }
> > }
> > // WebTV has Flash Player 4 or lower -- too low for
video
> > else if (userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("webtv")
!= -1) flashVer =
> > 4.0;
> >
> > var verArr = reqVerStr.split(",");
> > var reqVer = parseFloat(verArr[0] + "." +
verArr[2]);
> >
> > if (flashVer < reqVer){
> > if (confirm(msg))
> > window.location =
> >
> "
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveF
> > lash";
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > </script>
> > <script src="../Scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js"
> > type="text/javascript"></script>
> > </head>
> >
> > <body
onload="MM_CheckFlashVersion('8,0,0,0','Content on this page
> > requires a
> > newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Do you want to
download it
> > now?');">
> > <script type="text/javascript">
> > AC_FL_RunContent(
> >
> 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#
> >
>
version=8,0,0,0','width','338','height','377','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_
> >
>
Progressive','flashvars','&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName
> >
>
=/lovestory1&autoPlay=true&autoRewind=false','quality','high','scale','noscale',
> >
> 'name','FLVPlayer','salign','lt','pluginspage','
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/d
> >
>
ownload/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash','movie','FLVPlayer_Progress
> > ive' ); //end AC code
> > </script>
> > <noscript>
> > <object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
> >
> codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ve
> > rsion=8,0,0,0" width="338" height="377"
id="FLVPlayer">
> > <param name="movie"
value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" />
> > <param name="salign" value="lt" />
> > <param name="quality" value="high" />
> > <param name="scale" value="noscale" />
> > <param name="FlashVars"
> >
>
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=/lovestory1&autoPl
> > ay=true&autoRewind=false" />
> > <embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
> >
>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=/lovestory1&au
> > toPlay=true&autoRewind=false" quality="high"
scale="noscale" width="338"
> > height="377" name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
> > type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
> >
> pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Versio
> > n=ShockwaveFlash" />
> > </object>
> > </noscript>
> > </body>
> > </html>
> >
> >
> >
>
> I am copying and pasting the codes so ignor the left
">"
>
> Any help ? pls and thanks
>
>

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