Newbie ? swf. vs. .flv

Question

Hi;
I imported a Windows audio visual file into a new flash
document and created
a nice compact video.swf file that plays perfectly when I
click on it. When
I insert the .swf file into a web page using DW8 it appears
and plays when I
preview that page - except the video controls don't work.
When I publish the
page to the web with the .swf file, the .swf file doesn't
appear.
When I import and insert the windows video as an flv. file
everything works
fine except that the file is huge.
So, the question is: can the .swf file that works so well on
its own be
inserted into a web page and made to work ?
Thanks;
Pat

Answer 1

Hi David;
Well, the FLVPlayback Component was looking for wrong file
name. I had made
a backup flv and that's what it was pointing to. It now works
thanks to your
diligence. I'm still concerned about having to have that huge
flv file
sitting there on the server to make the swf work. Doesn't
that slow down the
replay of this movie? I have a very fast connection, so I
can't tell.
Cheers;
Pat
"David Stiller" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> Pat,
>
>> The folder "movie" contains all the swf's, the flv
and the html.
>
> Gotcha. Here are the relevant files I see in the movie
folder:
> film.swf, SteelOverPlaySeekMute.swf (or the Arctic skin
one), film.flv,
> and video.html. In this folder, video.html references
"film.swf" in the
> code that embeds the SWF -- that is, just a file (no
path) -- which makes
> sense, because all the necessary files are in this
folder.
>
> Since the HTML is correct, I can only conclude that
something in your
> film.swf is wrong. Perhaps the FLVPlayback Component is
set to look in
> the wrong place for your FLV and the skin SWF. Neither
of those should
> have a path in front of them, so open film.fla and
select the FLVPlayback
> instance by clicking on it, then look at the Component
Inspector panel.
> Verify the contentPath and skin entries under the
Parameters tab.
>
>> That page also contains an swf. as the banner image
on top
>> of the page, so I know the server is configured for
it.
>
> Configured for SWF, yes, but for FLV? However, since the
other URL
> works, it looks like the answer is yes. :) I need more
coffee.
>
>> The .flv, which I can see is at
>>
http://www.compuraymedicalstaffing.net/video.html
>>
>> Does this make sense ?
>
> I see that one, too. The HTML code for that also
indicates no path,
> that tells me the main SWF for that version is in the
same folder as the
> HTML file. The skin and FLV might be in another folder,
but whatever the
> case, the path would have to specified from the HTML's
point of view for
> the skin and from the SWF's point of view for the video.
Given that the
> SWF and the HTML are in the same place, the distinction
is moot in this
> scenario.
>
> To, to recap, check the Component Inspector panel for
the other video
> (the one that doesn't work) and we'll keep hacking away
until this gets
> solved.
>
>
> David Stiller
> Adobe Community Expert
> Dev blog,
http://www.quip.net/blog/
> "Luck is the residue of good design."
>