# Default encoding

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/default-encoding/33739>\
**Category:** web dev\
**Created:** [October 22, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/default-encoding/33739 "2003-10-22T23:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![BobbyDouglas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df705f/32.png) [@BobbyDouglas](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/BobbyDouglas)\
**Post date:** [October 22, 2003, 11:14pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/default-encoding/33739/1 "2003-10-22T23:14:29Z")

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What is the default encoding for a flash page.

I am trying to validate my page and I receive an error with the SRC attribute telling me that:

> \<(with no spaces here)EMBED src=“flash/logo.swf” quality=high bgcolor=#ffffff WIDTH=230 HEIGHT=131 TYPE=“application/x-shockwave-flash” PLUGINSPAGE=“[http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1\_Prod\_Version=ShockwaveFlash](http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash)”\>  
> Saying:

[QUOTE] there is no attribute “SRC”

So I need to specify the encoding for a flash page so the validator knows that I am using a flash script, thus wont mark off the there is an error.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2003, 6:25am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/default-encoding/33739/2 "2003-10-23T06:25:52Z")

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[http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/](http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/)