# FLV Video Player & RTMP help

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-video-player-rtmp-help/227004
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [May 25, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-video-player-rtmp-help/227004 "2007-05-25T19:05:26Z")
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### Author: ![candacelee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@candacelee](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/candacelee)
#### Post date: [May 25, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flv-video-player-rtmp-help/227004/1 "2007-05-25T19:05:26Z")

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Hello,

I have built a flash 8 video player and am trying to move the files over to streaming server using RMTP and I am running into a problem.

The player has the following structure: The main flv houses the flvplayer and loads swfs that hold the rows/columns of thumbnails, which load into the flvplayer, using this code:

on(press) {  
\_root.flvp.stop();  
\_root.flvp.contentPath=“filename.flv”;  
\_root.flvp.play();  
}

\*where flvp is the instance name of my flvplayer.

Here’s the problem: Now that I’m trying to move the flv’s onto a streaming server, the videos will not load in the flvplayer. Instead the video control bar loads with only the audio and no video.

My new code looks like this:

on(press) {  
\_root.flvp.stop();  
\_root.flvp.contentPath=“rtmp://myserverpath…/filename.flv”;  
\_root.flvp.play();  
}

Separately outside of the video player I have stand alone video swf’s embedded in pages, that work wonderfully on the rtmp server, where the flvp content path is “rtmp://myserverpath…/filename.flv”.

Does any one have any thoughts/suggestions on why the rtmp path would interfere with the way videos are played in the flvplayer?

Thank you,

Candace