# External SWF won't start in Opera, Mozilla

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-wont-start-in-opera-mozilla/199438
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [September 2, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-wont-start-in-opera-mozilla/199438 "2006-09-02T13:59:06Z")
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### Author: ![Herz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/d26b3c/32.png) [@Herz](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Herz)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2006, 1:59pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/external-swf-wont-start-in-opera-mozilla/199438/1 "2006-09-02T13:59:06Z")

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Hi,

I have encountered a weird problem with Flash 8 and Opera and Mozilla.

I have a main swf, which sets up a number of container swfs. I then load external swf files to these containers. Pretty normal stuff.

One of the extrernal swf files is an embedded flash video file. The weird thing about it is that it works OK in Internet Explorer, but won’t start at all in Opera or Mozilla. Even if I specifically wait for the video container to load the video, and then tell it to play, nothing happens. All the other swfs loaded into the containers work normally. I have an event handler attached to the video container, so I know the video file has loaded, but the ■■■■ thing won’t start playing!

Has anybody else had this problem?