Insert flash video problem

Hi all,
I know this question has been asked before, but I've tried
all the solutions offered and none worked.
I am using the command "Insert -->Flash Video" to insert a
video on a web page (using DW8). Plays locally, but not after
upload. Scripts folder and both the skin and
FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf file are uploaded to the appropriate
places. I've tried on multiple computers and in multiple browsers
and can't figure why it won't work.
Here it is on a
test page. Should play in box and flv file is only a little
over 1MB.
Any suggestions would be very appreciated. I'm ready to pull
my hair out.
Thanks in advance.

Guessing here but, is there supposed to be a blabla .flv file
on the server
or in your code?
"ptvsavant" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
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> Hi all,
> I know this question has been asked before, but I've
tried all the
> solutions
> offered and none worked.
>
> I am using the command "Insert -->Flash Video" to
insert a video on a web
> page
> (using DW8). Plays locally, but not after upload.
Scripts folder and both
> the
> skin and FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf file are uploaded to
the appropriate
> places.
> I've tried on multiple computers and in multiple
browsers and can't figure
> why
> it won't work.
>
>
http://channel2.org/test/new07/vidtest.html
Should play in box and flv
> file is
> only a little over 1MB.
>
> Any suggestions would be very appreciated. I'm ready to
pull my hair out.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>

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built with a template
> or
> without css..
>
> Thanks for any help you can provide.
>
> jane
>

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> I'm updating a colleague's site. In one of his pages he
has a Flash video
> embedded. The code he uses is
>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf" width="342"
> height="291"
> align="left"
>
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Halo_Skin_3&streamName=swf/AirMilesTV
> ad_NEW&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=true"
quality="high" scale="noscale"
> name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT"
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" />
> This works on his page in IE but not in Firefox.
> I tried putting the code into my page, with the relevant
Flash file in a
> subfolder and it didn't work in any browser. It just put
up a blank space
> the
> size of the video. I abandoned that and tried using the
DW menu Insert >
> Media
>> Flash video. The dialog box asked me to browse for
the URL of the swf
>> file.
> But whenever I OK that, it comes up with 'the URL cannot
contain spaces or
> special characters. Please enter it again.' I've tried
putting it in the
> same
> folder as the page, and renaming it so there are no
underscores or
> uppercase
> letters, but it still comes up with the same message.
> Both pages, the new and the old, link to
AC_runActiveContent.js; both
> pages
> are ASP files. I'm using DW 8.0.2.
>
> Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?
>
>

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When I try to insert a video into a web page, I keep getting
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"glenski" <[email protected]> wrote in
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>I had the same problem and it was because I was using the
.swf file. When I
> switched to the.flv file, it worked fine. I can view it
in preview. My
> problem
> is when I upload all the files to my website, none of
the flash works. My
> flash
> files that I create in Photoshop work just fine.
>

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"G" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have in the past had to change MIME types - but thats
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>yours is apache... Does the same thing apply ?
>
> Checkout -
>
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/flash/8/main/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context= LiveDocs_Parts&file=00001577.html
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>>> Thanks guys - this was a great help - ofcourse I
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>>
>
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Hello,
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"Nancy - Adobe Comm. Expert" <[email protected]> wrote
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> Okay .. my problem turned out to be a mimetype that
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>
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Nope. Looks good though and glad you got it sorted.
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"Nancy - Adobe Comm. Expert" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:f6efg8$mqv$[email protected]..
> Okay .. my problem turned out to be a mimetype that
needed to be added on
> the server at CrystalTech. They added it and now my
Flash Video works. I
> have added Flash video to many CrystalTech accounts in
the past and this
has
> never happened. I am not sure why it wasn't already on
this account as
this
> was a premium account .. I guess I should have gotten
the cheap one. :)
>
> Have others had this problem with their hosts? I wasted
a couple of hours
> thinking the problem was me and it was not.
>
> Nnacy
>
>

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