Trouble with Transparent SWFs

Greetings.

I’m creating a portfolio website almost entirely in HTML, but I am using flash movies to fade in the portfolio pieces instead of static image files.

The background of my site is not white, and although I’ve coded these SWF files to appear transparent, when I test the site in Firefox, an annoying white box momentarily appears every time I go to a new page.

I’ve used the following code to embed the flash file

<OBJECT CLASSID=“clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000”
CODEBASE=“http://active.macromedia.com
/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0”
WIDTH=“528” HEIGHT=“340”>
<param name=“MOVIE” VALUE=“swf/image1.swf”>
<param name=“QUALITY” VALUE=“HIGH”>
<param name=“PLAY” VALUE=“TRUE”>
<param name=“LOOP” VALUE=“TRUE”>
<param name=“BGCOLOR” VALUE="#ededee">
<param name=“wmode” value=“transparent”>
<EMBED SRC=“swf/image1.swf”
QUALITY=“HIGH”
BGCOLOR="#ededee"
wmode=“transparent”
WIDTH=“528” HEIGHT=“340”
TYPE=“application/x-shockwave-flash”
PLUGINSPAGE=“http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/
index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash”>
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Is there any way around this pesky issue? Or should I resign myself to an annoying white box every time someone clicks on a new page?

Thanks in advance for anyone who has some helpful advice!

-Aaron :rd: