# What Gives: Flash and XHTML?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-gives-flash-and-xhtml/184600>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 6, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-gives-flash-and-xhtml/184600 "2006-04-06T05:53:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![estevan\_carlos](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/estevan_carlos/32/1939_2.png) [@estevan\_carlos](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/estevan_carlos)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:53am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/what-gives-flash-and-xhtml/184600/1 "2006-04-06T05:53:15Z")

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It may not be a flash XHTML issue but I honestly have no idea. Ignoring maybe some glaring issues (design or programming), I just want to understand why the flash on this page does not function as it should:

[http://www.blinkmusic.com/musicdemo.html](http://www.blinkmusic.com/musicdemo.html)

**But works fine when you load the swf directly:**

[http://www.blinkmusic.com/flash/audio\_player1.swf](http://www.blinkmusic.com/flash/audio_player1.swf)