Passing a variable into HTML to play a Flash file

I'm trying to create a simple SWF file that can receive the name of a FLV file in the HTML file and play it since I have many FLV files. Basically using the technique of FlashVars. I've set the contentPath/source in the components to be blank, and set my actions in the first frame to be player.source = filename, as was instructed to do so in a Flash book I am reading. I then set the "filename" variable to a file in the same path as the web page in the HTML file, however, all I get is a blank Flash player skin. The FLV file will not load. I also tried setting the "filename" variable to load the FLV from a public website in the same domain and on another domain, but it still doesn't work. Any ideas on what could be wrong? I am using Adobe Flash CS 4.

1) You mention that there are 3 locations that need to reference FlashVars in my HTML file, but I made only 2. Where should the 3rd change be made? Below is my code:
<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=10,0,0,0" width="640" height="480" id="flashvar" align="middle">
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    <param name="allowFullScreen" value="false" />
    <param name="movie" value="flashvar.swf" />
    <param name="loop" value="false" />
    <param name="quality" value="high" />
    <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
    <param name="FlashVars" value="filename=file.flv" />
    <embed src="flashvar.swf" loop="false" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" FlashVars="filename=file.flv" width="640" height="480" name="flashvar" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" allowFullScreen="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" />
    </object>
The filename=file.flv is located in the same web directory as the flashvar.swf file. Am I supposed to set the filename=www.mydomain.com/file.flv? Or am I supposed to set the filename=c:\directory.\file.flv?
2) I don't care if I'm using AS2 or AS3. I just need this to work. I thought I would post in AS2 since it would be more compatible with previous FlashPlayers. And for the record, I am using contentPath. My understanding is that the difference in this case would just be contentPath versus source. My actionscript on the first frame is: player.contentPath = filename;

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