# Double Trouble: read memory error with 2 movies in a page

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-trouble-read-memory-error-with-2-movies-in-a-page/129005
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**Created:** [November 18, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-trouble-read-memory-error-with-2-movies-in-a-page/129005 "2004-11-18T17:02:55Z")
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### Author: ![jrda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f08c70/32.png) [@jrda](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jrda)
#### Post date: [November 18, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/double-trouble-read-memory-error-with-2-movies-in-a-page/129005/1 "2004-11-18T17:02:55Z")

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I’m trying to run 2+ flash movies in the same html page. You can see the essential files here: [http://www.vgfx4.com/test/[color=#003366]embedVideo.htm](http://www.vgfx4.com/test/embedVideo.htm)[/color]

[color=#003366]If you view source you’ll see what’s going on. It shoud pull in: [/color][color=#003366][http://www.vgfx4.com/test/loader.swf & [url=“http://www.vgfx4.com/test/loader2.swf%20which”]http://www.vgfx4.com/test/[color=#003366]loader2.swf[/color] which, in turn, test real-world modem speed by loading a random small image: [url=“http://www.vgfx4.com/test/testModem.jpg”]http://www.vgfx4.com/test/testModem.jpg & [url=“http://www.vgfx4.com/test/testModem2.jpg”]http://www.vgfx4.com/test/[color=#003366]testModem2[/color].jpg](http://www.vgfx4.com/test/loader.swf)

Depending on the modem speed the swfs then pull in a video from a folder identified in the path variable sent to the swf file in the src attribute/param:

\<object classid=“clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000” codebase=“[http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0](http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0)” width=“100%” height=“100%”\>  
\<param name=“movie” value=“loader.swf?path=themes”\>  
\<param name=“autoplay” value=“true”/\>  
\<param name=“salign” value=“LT”\>  
\<param name=“quality” value=“high”\>  
\<param name=“scale” value=“noscale”\>  
\<embed src=“loader.swf?path=themes” width=“100%” height=“100%” autoplay=“true” salign=“LT” quality=“high” scale=“noscale” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=“[http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer)”\>  
\</embed\>  
\</object\>

An example video that eventually gets played might be: [http://www.vgfx4.com/test/themes/videoBB.swf](http://www.vgfx4.com/test/themes/videoBB.swf) and it works fine when one video is loaded in, eg:

[http://www.vgfx4.com/test/[color=#003366]embedVideo\_oneOnly[/color].htm](http://www.vgfx4.com/test/embedVideo_oneOnly.htm)

But Internet Explorer crashes (IE 6, WIN XP or 2000) with a memory read error, as you may have got from the first link, when trying to load 2 movies I suspect this is due to the two movies trying to read the same bit of data: ie, one locks it and the other crashes. But I’ve changes all the files so they actually reference different files (hence testModem ¦ testModem2 etc).

Can’t work out what the problem is: which is irritating, given this follows lots of careful planning of how to set this up as these files are just tests which need to be coded into a content management system which must be able to output webpages with more than one video! Otherwise I’m out of a job…

Can you help!? Thanks in advance,

James.  
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