# How to load Movie from subdirectory? **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 5, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-movie-from-subdirectory/184450 "2006-04-05T07:19:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kupluk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/0ea827/32.png) [@kupluk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kupluk)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-movie-from-subdirectory/184450/1 "2006-04-05T07:19:27Z")
hello guys…, glad to join kirupa… i hope all of you will be my friends and welcome me friendly okay…:hugegrin: i got a problem… i have some swf files these are my files : [COLOR=Red] **tes.swf** [/COLOR] (not finished file) \subdirectory\*_wawa.swf_\* \subdirectory\*_MojaveOverNoVol.swf_\* \subdirectory\*_movie.flv_\* okay, i’ll explain you about each file **wawa.swf** --\> is the file to play the \*\*movie.flv \*\*file, **MojaveOverNoVol.swf** --\> is flash video playback template to play **movie.flv** inside the **wawa.swf** and it works perfectly… but the problem is, i want to make an swf files wich caled [COLOR=Red]\*\*tes.swf \*\*[COLOR=Black]located on the upper directory so that file could play the [/COLOR][/COLOR]\*\*wawa.swf \*\*with its flv movie inside and the flash video playback template also inside it… i’ve created the [COLOR=Red][COLOR=Red]tes.swf[/COLOR][COLOR=Black]with these actionscript : loadMovie(“blablabla”…) inside it and it does’nt work and also i’ve tried [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black]loadMovieNum(“blablabla”…); and it also doesnt work NOTE: i create the [COLOR=Red] **tes.swf** [/COLOR] file **only to load** the **wawa.swf** … the flash file is empty…, no animation, no keyframes (except the first keyframe for the actionscript to load the [/COLOR][/COLOR]"\subdirectory[COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black] **wawa.swf**" file) And the [/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black][COLOR=Red]\*\*tes.swf \*\*[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=Red][COLOR=Black]flash file will be used inside a PC as a projector file for presentation, not to used inside browser BUT Things never been as smooth as i expected please help ;(;(;( [/COLOR][/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![arriba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/43a26b/32.png) [@arriba](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/arriba)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 11:28am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-movie-from-subdirectory/184450/2 "2006-04-05T11:28:24Z")
you said: **wawa.swf** --\> is the file to play the \*\*movie.flv \*\*file, **MojaveOverNoVol.swf** --\> is flash video playback template to play **movie.flv** inside the \*\*wawa.swf \*\*how realy plays the flv? first of all… check if the player call actions with the \_root or something like that, it could be the reason… if this happend i think (i never used it) there´s a property to loock the root of the mavie you load this way: MovieClip.\_lockroot See in the flash help how to use it, this makes all the \_root references of the load movie go to it self “\_root”, and not to the main movie, ok? ---
**Author:** ![kupluk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/0ea827/32.png) [@kupluk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kupluk)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 4:17pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-movie-from-subdirectory/184450/3 "2006-04-05T16:17:15Z")
> [@arriba](#): > > you said: > > **wawa.swf** –\> is the file to play the \*\*movie.flv \*\*file, > **MojaveOverNoVol.swf** –\> is flash video playback template to play **movie.flv** inside the \*\*wawa.swf > > \*\*how realy plays the flv? first of all… > > check if the player call actions with the \_root or something like that, it could be the reason… if this happend i think (i never used it) there´s a property to loock the root of the mavie you load this way: > > MovieClip.\_lockroot > > See in the flash help how to use it, this makes all the \_root references of the load movie go to it self “\_root”, and not to the main movie, ok? dude…, i’m totaly new to flash…, i cant understand your explanation… i also stuck on the Flash documentation :kommie: ---
**Author:** ![Catalist](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/catalist/32/2148_2.png) [@Catalist](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Catalist)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-to-load-movie-from-subdirectory/184450/4 "2006-04-05T18:55:35Z")
You prolly used an absolute path. The loadMovie is looking for it in the same directory. So, if the file is in the directory behind yours. Use… loadMovie(…/fileName.swf But if it’s in a file below the directory the main \_root is in use a relative path, like… loadMovie([www.yourdomain.com/direcoryofRoot/subDirectory/file.swf](http://www.yourdomain.com/direcoryofRoot/subDirectory/file.swf) Get it 😉 ?