Progressive Download Movie

I have Dreamweaver CS3 - I have succesfully embedded a FLV
file on my web page using
Insert- Media - FLash Video - Progressive Download etc
When I test using the local sever - it plays fine - reading
off my hard-drive as I set the path to read off the hard-drive
c: BUT when I upload the web page onto the server and have
the file path as
http://www.mywebsite.com.au/test.flv
and uploading flv file to the hosting server..There is a Blank
page....NO video comes in ??
I have followed the instructions carefully - from all the
Tutorials ?? the file is 3mb but I thought it would start working
and progressively download to my hard-drive as it played...not
having to wait for the whole 3mb to down load then play as it used
to do in the olden days?? HELP - If it plays off the C: drive them
the codecs must be ok ?? Seems so simple but so frustraiting to
work??
Any ideas
Joanne

http://www.yazoogle.com.au/Template1.html
the website address where I put it - this is a TEST page
http://www.yazoogle.com.au/dogs.flv
the FLV file
the code
<script type="text/javascript">
AC_FL_RunContent( 'codebase','
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0','widt h','320','height','240','id','FLVPlayer','src','FLVPlayer_Progressive','flashvars','&MM_Co mponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.com.au/dogs&autoPlay =false&autoRewind=false','quality','high','scale','noscale','name','FLVPlayer','salign','l t','pluginspage','http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=Sho ckwaveFlash','movie','FLVPlayer_Progressive'
); //end AC code
</script>
<noscript>
<object
classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0"
width="320" height="240" id="FLVPlayer">
<param name="movie" value="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
/>
<param name="salign" value="lt" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="scale" value="noscale" />
<param name="FlashVars"
value="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.com.au /dogs&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
/>
<embed src="FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf"
flashvars="&MM_ComponentVersion=1&skinName=Clear_Skin_1&streamName=http://www.yazoogle.co m.au/dogs&autoPlay=false&autoRewind=false"
quality="high" scale="noscale" width="320" height="240"
name="FLVPlayer" salign="LT" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"
pluginspage="
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"
/>
</object>
</noscript>

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