LoadMovie in as2

hi everybody
i am working in as2 under flash cs3 aon windows xp
i develop an audio player which can play dynamic audio files
of two formats "mp3" and "swf" from remote servers..
The issue is when i embed the player in html and make it live
to access through the internet..
it plays mp3 files without any issue but it cannot play swf
files from one specific server and it can play swf files from other
remote servers, the problem is really very strange since it works
fine on linux OS but not on windows.
and secondly when i hardcode the address of that specific
server which passed from html in actionscript and then i press
control+enter it plays the swf sound. but when i publish it with
hardcoded url in it and play the html file it doesnt play the
sound...
i try System.security.allowDomain("that specific server url")
and even i try System.security.allowDomain("*") but it doesnt
solve the problem.
i am unable to figureout the problem ..
plz help..
thanks

hi
actually mp3 audio file from same server working fine.
and swf audio file from same server plays only when i
hardcode the url in flash code and play it via ctrl+Enter and when
i publish it, then it doesnt works for me. so if it is still a
security issue then i also try crossdomain policy file and also use
System.security.allowDomain("www.servername.com")
so what can be the other possible option to cope down this
issue?
thanks

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