FLV in SWF in Director MX 2004 Issue

I did a search, but couldn't find a response to this issue.
I have SWF running in a sprite in Director MX 2004. The SWF
includes an FLVPlayer component with a "SteelExternalPlayMute.swf"
skin and links to an external FLV. (Flash files are version 8. All
resources are in the same folder.) The visibility of the FLV Player
is set to "false" in SWF and I have a button in the SWF to set the
visible to "true" and play the FLV. This all works correctly in the
SWF and when I "PLAY" the Director movie in production, but the FLV
won't appear and "PLAY" in the Director Published EXE, but WILL do
so if I pull the ""SteelExternalPlayMute.swf" out of the folder.
Something in the Flash component skin isn't working in the
Director EXE because the Actionscript to play the FLV does work
when the skin is removed from the folder. Even the visibility
script works fine and the video plays.
Any ideas on how to fix this issue? Does anyone have
experience with this issue? Is it simply an incorrect SWF import
setting or resource?
Thanks.

Hi,
You said swfs are Flash 8. Did you also set them to
Actionscript 2? If it's
Actionscript 3, that may be the problem. You may be
interested in looking at the
Flash Video templates I have at:
http://www.deansdirectortutorials.com/FlashVideo/
regards
Dean
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