SWF file contains ref. to local dir structure

Newbie here; sorry.
Flash CS4 Professional, ver. 10
Am creating a simple flash video to get my feet wet. In the
process, I am drowning.
I created the video with Flash (ActionScript 3.0) by
inserting a player object, and specifying a f4v source that I had
created using the CS4 Media Encoder to convert a wmv file; nothing
to it.
Publish Preview worked fine. Publish Settings/Publish created
the necessary files, just as decribed in a Flash 411 tutorial:
http://tv.adobe.com/?trackingid=EBYHH&pss=fl_10.0.0_win_en_full__PF_20040226#vi+f1527v1000 .
Video works fine on my local PC (XP, SP2). But when I load it
to my server, it does not work. In IE 7, the page loads; source
code is there, but the window is blank:
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
Adding mime type to .htaccess file did not solve the problem.
Changing permissions to the files did not, either.
It apparently is not a server problem. A simple swf file
created by Mr. Gates and simple HTM coding works:
http://www.bbhq.us/flash3.htm
What does Mr. Gates know that I do not?
Well, where do I begin???
However, when I loaded my file --
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.html
-- in FireFox 2.0, I got a blank window, but also this revealing
error message:
SecurityError: Error #2148: SWF file
http://www.bbhq.us/pva1.swf
cannot access
local resource F:\pva1\pva0117a.f4v. Only
local-with-filesystem and
trusted local SWF files may access local resources.
at flash.net::NetStream/play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_play()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_setUpStream()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/
http://www.adobe.com/2007/flash/flvplayback/internal::_load()
at fl.video::VideoPlayer/load()
at fl.video::FLVPlayback/doContentPathConnect()
That tells me that the swf file has my original directory
location and file name(s) -- F:\pva1\... -- embedded in it. No
wonder!
However, I cannot see where in Flash I specify a directory
structure for my video, other than, of course, when I originally
specified the video to add to the player component. But somehow,
the swf file picks up the directory structure as part of the file
names. That boat does not float.
Adobe help did not throw me a life preserver; it tossed me a
lead weight, instead.
Must be a settings issue somewhere, or I am missing something
obvious that I just cannot see.
Goin' down here for the 3d time. A little help here, please.
Thanks.

Thanks for your quick response. But it left me still treading
water.
Yep; got to the content inspector; The parameters that I see
are as follows:
align
autoplay
cuepoints
islove
preview
scalemode
skin
skinautohide
skinbackgroundalpha
skinbackgrundcolor
source
volume
There is no contentpath parameter/property.
This help page references the contentpath that you
referenced:
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Flash/10.0_UsingFlash/WS0ED77F00-2006-49aa-8399-92B6D5D8CE00.h tml#WS9A834D6F-8206-4e07-B840-456EF90C03CB
It describes the contentpath as you suggested:
"contentPath (AS2 files) String that specifies the URL to an
FLV"
The reference to AS2 in parens suggests that this parameter
applies only to AS2 files. Or, perhaps this parameter is not
applicable in CS4, version 10. I donno, but I sure do not see it in
my version of Flash.
However, you and the the help page did throw me a lifeline.
WIth the f4v file already loaded on my server, I modified my
project, specifying, as the source parameter, the name of my fv4
file as it is loaded on the server -- http:www.myserver...fv4 --
not the file on my local PC. So when Flash published the project,
it uses that name, with no reference to my local directory..
Of course, the f4v file must exist on the server for it to
publish properly.
That did it.
It makes sense, but it is certainly not obvious and it is not
explained in any documentation I have found.
Am I the only one to whom this was not obvious?
Thanks; you led me to a solution.
jjt

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