Insert Flash Video Skin Issue

When I Insert a Flash Video the second drop down box is
titled Skin. I have 9 options, 3 Clear, 3 Corona, 3 Halo. The first
two types add the Play Bar on to the video which shows when
scrolled over. The third adds it to the bottom.
The Halo option is what I want, a play bar at the bottom,
however this option seems to also a black line sized border just
outside the whole of the video. I can not seem to find a way to
stop this. What folder are these play bars located in? Could I add
more to it, or use flash to modify the existing skin to change
colour or remove that border or just plain make my own?
Thanks

Yes. All in my flash folder. Skin is call SkinUnderAll.swf. I did notice in Dremweaver that this file does not show up in the code with the rest of the video code. When I add the video swf do I still need to add the skin file also. I was thinking that I wouldn't have to.

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Flash video skin issue

I created my flash video with a video skin I selected in CS4 and the skin file shows up in the same folder as the video but when I add the swf file to dreamweaver CS4 the controls that should show up underneath the video are not there. Does anyone have an answer because I'm going crazy.

Yes. All in my flash folder. Skin is call SkinUnderAll.swf. I did notice in Dremweaver that this file does not show up in the code with the rest of the video code. When I add the video swf do I still need to add the skin file also. I was thinking that I wouldn't have to.

Problem Inserting Flash Video (.flv) File in Page Using Dreamweaver CS4's Insert Media Command

I am using Dreamweaver CS4.
I am attempting to put a Flash Video (.flv) file on a standard HTML page in Dreamweaver.
When I either click the Insert Flash Video in the Common tab on the Dreamweaver toolbar, or if I choose Insert > Media > FLV to inert the video, I get the standard Dreamweaver FLV interface. I make my choices, click OK, and when the video is place on the page, I get the following dialog box:
"While executing inspectSelection in flvProgressive.htm, a JavaScript error occurred."
with an OK button.
If I preview the page, all that loads are the various buttons of the skin that I have chosen and no video.
Anyone have an idea what is going on?
maylandmac

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.
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Flash video skins

Are there any plug ins I can use to add more options to the skins that are currently available in CS3? I need a skin that displays UNDER the video, not on top of it and with timing and video length. I am not a programmer, I'm just inserting flash videos into webpages and am stuck with the choices that dreamweaver cs3 provides, non of which is what I need. Please help me!

DW's skin choices are limited because it's not a Flash application. If you're good with Action Script, you could build your own custom player in Flash or you could use any of the pre-built Flash players on the web.
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http://www.video-flash.de/flv-flash-fullscreen-video-player/
WWD Player ~
http://www.woosterwebdesign.com/flvplayer/
Wimpy Rave ~
http://www.wimpyplayer.com/index.html
JW Player ~
http://www.longtailvideo.com/
FlowPlayer ~
http://flowplayer.org/
YouTube ~
http://code.google.com/apis/youtube/getting_started.html
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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
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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.
>

Update for Insert Flash Video command

I looked at DW for the very first time, having recently
upgraded all my hardware and software. I now have the full Master
Collection - very exciting. Opened DW with great trepidation after
a lifetime with my beloved GoLive and was confronted with the
strong recommendation to do an update to protect against
insecurities arising with the Insert Flash Video Command.
Eventually I printed out the instructions provided in the technote
and followed them to the letter. All went well until the
verification stage. The technote tells me that the updated files
should have a creation date of 15th January 2008. Mine was 9th
January. I just want to know if this matters? Do I need to repeat
the whole procedure as the instructions tell me I should if the
files are not updated. In fact they have updated but just not to
the correct date. And why should it turn out any differently if I
do it again? I am puzzled.
I have obviously never used the Insert Flash video command
since I've never even used DW itself so maybe I didn't even need to
do the update at all in the first place anyway. But I thought I'd
better, in case I used the command at some time in the future,
although the possibility of me using something so technical seems
remote at this stage. (I am yet to learn Flash.)
I updated both DW and Contribute as suggested in spite of not
even knowing what Contribute is for yet.

The "Security Update Available" still shows on my welcome
screen, even after updating it.

Insert flash video? Won't play

Any tips on inserting Flash video into a project in Captivate 4?
I can get video to appear an play in Preview, but after publishing, the video doesn't appear and the slide forwards.
(Also, there seems to be a conssitent problme where preview is inaccurate.)

The videos are in the same folder as the project, and they appear in the published folder.
Tried path 2 ways:
myvideo.flv
/myvideo.flv
Neither made a difference.
There are 3 videos on this slide --- could that be a problem?

Adding extra functions to flash video skin

Is it possible to add an email button or link to a custom
flash video skin, and script it so it only appears at the
conclusion of the video?

Answer: You can add your movieClip or button to FLVPlayBack
component, like i did.
uFlvPlayer.addChild(PlayTime_txt);
It works in FullScreen mode now.

Inserting Flash Video.. long wait for skin to appear fools users.. any way to add a "please wait..video is loading"...

Hello. I'm trying my first Flash Video insertion..all is well
except I'd really like to be able to tell anyone viewing the page
to please hang on and wait during the buffer period on the
progressive download. it takes anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds for
the player skin to appear and start playing the video.. I have
previously been using embedded WMP which seems to have an advantage
in this department since the player skin would immediately appear
and display a buffering video % which would let anyone viewing the
page know that the video is downloading and is about to play. With
the flash they have no idea and the page appears not to be working
for a "long" time (5 to 20 seconds) since not even the skin
appears. Is there a way to improve these faults? My video is about
3 minutes long and can be found here.
http://www.centroidcnc.com/cncvideo/cnc_cylinder_head/cnc_cylinder_head_porting.html
thanks ahead of time for any advice! -Keith

It took about 8 seconds for me. Not too bad at all.
Jo
"crazykeith" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Hello. I'm trying my first Flash Video insertion..all is
well except I'd
> really like to be able to tell anyone viewing the page
to please hang on
> and
> wait during the buffer period on the progressive
download. it takes
> anywhere
> from 5 to 20 seconds for the player skin to appear and
start playing the
> video.. I have previously been using embedded WMP which
seems to have an
> advantage in this department since the player skin would
immediately
> appear and
> display a buffering video % which would let anyone
viewing the page know
> that
> the video is downloading and is about to play. With the
flash they have
> no
> idea and the page appears not to be working for a "long"
time (5 to 20
> seconds)
> since not even the skin appears. Is there a way to
improve these faults?
> My
> video is about 3 minutes long and can be found here.
>
http://www.centroidcnc.com/cncvideo/cnc_cylinder_head/cnc_cylinder_head_porting.
> html
> thanks ahead of time for any advice! -Keith
>

Insert Flash Video

Using Dreamweaver 8 I have created a site with PHP/MySQL that
is similar to YouTube. I am using the database to store the
filename for each uploaded FLV. I have a search page which will
return results listing page, and then go to a details page when one
of the results is clicked. So, on my details page, I want to insert
an FLV player using the Insert>Media>Flash Video function in
Dreamweaver. This brings up the window where you browse for your
FLV file and select a skin, etc. When I click on Browse, another
window pops up which allows you to navigate to the file, but also
gives you the option to Select file name from Data Sources. When I
choose data sources and select the appropriate field in my
recordset which contains the file to be played and click Choose,
and then then OK on the previous window, I get an error that my URL
cannot contain any special characters.
I thought this could work the same way as an image place
holder.
What am I doing wrong? Can I have an empty FLV player on a
page which gets the correct file to play from a MySQL databse with
PHP?

> (Insert>Media>Flash Video)
this requires a .flv file, not .swf
> "The URL cannot contain spaces or special characters.
Change the path or
> file
> name and try again"
This is a very unhelpful message unfortunately (o:
Hope this helps
Jo
"Fred1000" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Attempting to insert a flash video onto a page with the
controls.
> (Insert>Media>Flash Video) After choosing the .swf
file and setting other
> parameters on the dialogue box, click ok and get message
>
> "The URL cannot contain spaces or special characters.
Change the path or
> file
> name and try again"
>
> I dhose the file through the browse button and is doc
relative. Name is
> cooktest.swf. Site name is Maria_Site.
>
> Was just experimenting to see how this feature worked.
Rest of site is
> working
> fine, in fact have two .swf files on the site where I
just inserted them
> with
> out controls.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Fred
>

Inserting Flash Video

Hi
When I try to insert a video into a web page, I keep getting
the message 'The URL cannot contain spaces or special characters.
Change the path or file name and try again.' BUT there are no
spaces or special characters, and the same message appears with any
video I try to insert. Is this a problem because I am using the
trial version of Dreamweaver, or is it another issue???

Post a link to the page that is not working, please.
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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.
>

Insert Flash Video MUTED

Hi,
I have an embedded FLV in a Dreamweaver page, inserted using
the
Insert > Media > Flash Video menu item and using the
Clear Skin 1 skin. Everything's been working well, but now
the client would like the movie to start MUTED with the option for
the user to turn the mute button off (or turn volume on).
I've tried using FlashVars (value="volume=0") and that
doesn't seem to work.
Is there some easy way of doing this or do I have to go back
to Flash and do it there?

> (Insert>Media>Flash Video)
this requires a .flv file, not .swf
> "The URL cannot contain spaces or special characters.
Change the path or
> file
> name and try again"
This is a very unhelpful message unfortunately (o:
Hope this helps
Jo
"Fred1000" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:evtgqe$s3p$[email protected]..
> Attempting to insert a flash video onto a page with the
controls.
> (Insert>Media>Flash Video) After choosing the .swf
file and setting other
> parameters on the dialogue box, click ok and get message
>
> "The URL cannot contain spaces or special characters.
Change the path or
> file
> name and try again"
>
> I dhose the file through the browse button and is doc
relative. Name is
> cooktest.swf. Site name is Maria_Site.
>
> Was just experimenting to see how this feature worked.
Rest of site is
> working
> fine, in fact have two .swf files on the site where I
just inserted them
> with
> out controls.
>
> Any help appreciated.
>
> Fred
>

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I took a quicktime movie, used video encoder, no sound, then
tried to import into dreamweaver. Dreamweaver hangs and I have to
eventually forced quit. On one occasion, after 20 minutes (520 kb
flv), it did import and I had multiple skin controls only showing.
I reinstalled Dreamweaver and video encoder, same problem. I tried
to import previously imported flv movies, same problem. Next step?
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I have the same issue. Did you get resolution?
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Hello,
If I were to import an FLV into Flash CS3, I would have the
ability to add text or images to the movie as needed. However, I am
testing Dreamweaver's ability to insert a Flash video directly onto
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[bump]
Anyone?

Inserting Flash Video causes display problems in Google Chrome

Hi all,
I have tried in insert a Flash Video (.flv) into Dreamweaver using the Insert > Media > Flv command.
The video looks fine in both Firefox and Interent Explorer. The problem is Google Chome does not display the video at all. It shows a white background. As I right+click onto Google Chrome, it says About Flash Player which means it is already installed into the browser.
Does anybody know how to resolve this issue?
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clavin007 wrote:
Does anybody know how to resolve this issue?
Well certainly not without seeing your code.
Please be kind enough to post a link to your page.

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