Multiple NetStreams - IE 6/7 Issue

Question

Hello folks,
I need help with a NetStream/IE specific issue (possibly bug
in IE or IE FlashPlayer 9).
Problem Background:
- I made flash flv player for client to play multiple FLV
pseudo-streams (php-streamed) and keep them synchronized
- I have 2 NetStream objects for two separate streams
- Each stream can be changed via a list component to a
different FLV while it's playing - it pauses, starts loading the
new stream, then keeps playing the 2 streams, in sync
- The "player" resides on one domain, and the videos on another
(simply due to more storage space available on the other domain)
The "Blockage" Problem:
- Works great in FF on OS X 10.4, Win2K, WinXP and WinVISTA
- Works the first time in Win2K IE (Internet Explorer) 6, and
WinXP IE7 - but when you close the tab or window, without closing
the browser entirely (have another tab or window open - such as the
one with the link to the flv player), then try opening the same URL
again, or a similar one, IE browser will not load the FLV file
"stream" anymore - again it works fine the first time around. This
problem is so severe that the entire domain that the video was
being loaded from in the first place can no longer be visited by
the browser; i.e. if the domain the video was being loaded from was
http://domain.com" - IE can no longer
visit it (any page on it anywhere...) but it can visit "
http://www.domain.com". To clear
up the browser "blockage," I have to close the browser completely,
then re-launch it.
What I've Tried:
- In places where I'd call "netStrmObj.close()" - I tried
adding "myVideo.attachVideo(null);myVideo.attachAudio(null);" -
this just makes the player really freak out for a while before
changing to a new video, which still happens, but the doesn't do
anything for the problem
- I tried not using "netStrmObj.close()" at all... no
noticeable difference
- I added "_root.onUnload = function()
{myVideo.attachVideo(null);myVideo.attachAudio(null);}" instead.
This definitely made a difference. On Win2K the player worked on
repeated calls for a while, but the response was terribly slow -
take almost a minute to respond at times (where normal response
time would be 2-3sec), then the same problem would occur. Sometimes
the same problem would occur right away, like it did at first. On
WinXP it worked like a charm, even on repeated calls (closing
tabs/windows in between each call); then I interrupted my testing,
which had been going so nicely, and had a short dinner for about
15-20 minutes, then resumed testing - the browser "blockage" had
returned (I don't know if the delay was just fluke or not - but the
problem is obviously still there...)
Is there any *NetStream*/Flash/IE wizard out there who has any
ideas about this? I will be gone for a few days before I can
check this posting - but I need results by Wed/Thurs next week, so
any help before then would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for your time!

Answer 1

John Waller wrote:
Right, ok. Are many using this at the moment?
The progressive HTML5-ers are using shiv files or some description.
Is it completely without any issues if we move from html 4 to 5 now then?
I'm sure shiv files have their limitations but most reports/blog I see online are reporting good results (or they're not howling loudly about bad results).
Only one issue for me then DWCS4. Don't think its worth the upgrade to DW5.5 at the moment needed to be able to see html 5 in design view. Probably wait for DW6 and get up to speed with html5 in the meantime as I don't fully know the new tags yet