# FLVPlayback trouble

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 19, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229 "2006-04-19T22:52:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![bobby\_hamilton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bobby\_hamilton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobby_hamilton)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 10:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/1 "2006-04-19T22:52:07Z")

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Hey All,

I am creating video preview pages on my porfolio site utilizing the FLVPlayback drag-n-drop component.

when I run the swf file the player resides in, everything runs flawlessly. However, when I test the entire site (loacally and remotely) the swf file with the vidPlayer that gets loaded into my main site will no display the player anymore :bad: Im new to flash video, but I just cant see how it works when you run just the swf that the player is in, and then doesnt all of the sudden when that swf is loaded into a flash site… Grrrr…

Im almost there, but how can I get it to behave like the video players on [http://okaydave.com](http://okaydave.com) \<\< the way they show the green barber poles while buffering the videos etc. Mine looks exactly like his, but doesnt work like it! :diss:

Thanx in advance for any tips!

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2006, 11:08pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/2 "2006-04-19T23:08:40Z")

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I just had this issue - I found that in the component inspector or in the property inspector, where you set the contentPath - it was placing an absolute url into the content path. So something like “my\_computer/username/folder/folder/myfile.flv” - therefore, this didn’t work server-side. AFter having issues with setting the path there, I just set the path in script:

myplayer.contentPath = “myfile.flv”;

That may or may not be the problem you’re having… check it out

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**Author:** ![bobby\_hamilton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bobby\_hamilton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobby_hamilton)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/3 "2006-04-20T02:03:42Z")

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sweet! Thats seemed to do the trick with getting the video to load into my site, but now when I run in on my server, the play controls at the bottom dont come up?? what the hell… is there a way I can attach them to the flvPlayer through AS without having to use the “perameters” window to choose the style? Thanx for the reply! Im almost there! woo hoo!

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**Author:** ![creatify](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d07c76/32.png) [@creatify](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/creatify)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 3:33pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/4 "2006-04-20T15:33:11Z")

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That may be because you don’t have an extra swf on your sever - on you computer, when you use the FLVPlayBack component - flash generates an swf that should be next to your movie swf on your computer. This is a component skin - I think the default is “SteelExternalAll.swf” - look for that next to your main swf - place that on your server too. This is loaded to display the skin of the control panel for the component.

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**Author:** ![bobby\_hamilton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bobby\_hamilton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobby_hamilton)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/5 "2006-04-20T16:10:30Z")

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Thanx, I did catch that, and it is in the same location as the other swf file but it still isnt coming up… is there a way to call it to be attached to the palyer via actionscript? Thanx for the replies I really appreciate your help!

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**Author:** ![TheMilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TheMilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheMilkman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/6 "2006-04-20T19:45:53Z")

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> [@bobby\_hamilton](#):
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> Thanx, I did catch that, and it is in the same location as the other swf file but it still isnt coming up… is there a way to call it to be attached to the palyer via actionscript? Thanx for the replies I really appreciate your help!

I have the same sort of problem aswell. Actually it works well in Firefox but IE doesn’t display anything. It didnt work before in firefox but I was pointed in the right direction by another thread in this forum.

To get it working in Firefox I had to add this line in the embed tag of the html part. This needs to be after the ‘src’ bit. i.e.

[COLOR=Red]\<embed  
src=“[http://yoursite/filename.swf](http://yoursite/filename.swf)”  
base=“[http://yoursite/](http://yoursite/)”  
quality=“high”  
wmode=“transparent”  
bgcolor=“#ffffff”  
width=“495”  
height=“280”  
name=“filename”  
align=“middle”  
allowScriptAccess=“sameDomain”  
type=“application/x-shockwave-flash”  
pluginspage=“[http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer](http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer)”  
/\>[/COLOR]

If anyone has any idea why this is not workin in IE. Please let me know. Thanks

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**Author:** ![TheMilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TheMilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheMilkman)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/7 "2006-04-20T19:54:21Z")

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Sorry forgot to tell you what line to add. You have to add a base url to it. if you check the code above. The line after ‘src=’, you will see it. C:-)

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**Author:** ![bobby\_hamilton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@bobby\_hamilton](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/bobby_hamilton)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 4:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/8 "2006-04-21T04:10:50Z")

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thats great! thank you both for your help! it works perfectly in both IE and FF now! wonderful work!

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**Author:** ![TheMilkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ea5d25/32.png) [@TheMilkman](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/TheMilkman)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2006, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/flvplayback-trouble/186229/9 "2006-04-21T10:45:36Z")

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> [@bobby\_hamilton](#):
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> thats great! thank you both for your help! it works perfectly in both IE and FF now! wonderful work!

I was wondering how you got it working in IE. I am still having trouble displaying it in IE. I have a playlist which is loaded via an xml file. Thats not displaying either in IE. :cross-eye In FF its perfect. Thanks for your help.