# XML video playlist

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-video-playlist/229695
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 19, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-video-playlist/229695 "2007-06-19T15:46:24Z")
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### Author: ![Hudson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ea924/32.png) [@Hudson](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Hudson)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2007, 3:46pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/xml-video-playlist/229695/1 "2007-06-19T15:46:24Z")

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Hi,

I followed a tutorial on making a video playlist in Flash using XML. it’s giving me the following error : “1000: Unable to make connection to server or to find FLV on server”

I know what you’re thinking, but I’ve triple checked the file locations and it’s all in the right place. A trace command is returning the correct file too.

I have a one frame swf, a video component and a list box - with the instance name “videoList”- on the stage.

NOTE: I’m running this from my hard drive, it’s going to be put on CD.  
I have also tried putting a URL to an online flv file in the XML.

The following code is on frame 1:

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var vlist:XML = new XML();  
vlist.ignoreWhite = true;  
vlist.onLoad = function() {  
var videos:Array = this.firstChild.childNodes;  
for(i=0;i\<videos.length;i++) {  
videoList.addItem(videos\*.attributes.desc,videos\*.attributes.url);  
}

ns.play(videoList.getItemAt(0).data);  
videoList.selectedIndex = 0;  
}  
var vidList:Object = new Object();  
vidList.change = function () {  
ns.play(videoList.getItemAt (videoList.selectedIndex).data);  
}  
videoList.addEventListener(“change”,vidList);  
vlist.load(“videos.xml”);

here’s what’s in the XML file:

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\<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“iso-8859-1”?\>  
\<videos\>  
\<video url=“video1.flv” desc=“Background to the Standards”/\>  
\<video url=“video2.flv” desc=“The Role of the Standards”/\>  
\<video url=“video3.flv” desc=“The Information and Advice Process”/\>  
\</videos\>