custom flash video player not functioning

(@equinesites)

I have built a custom Flash video player that uses XML to call individual FLV movies. The file works fine in preview Flash Player, but when I upload it to the site, the XML is not functioning.

I can see the SWF file (background image) so I know it’s there, but FLV movies will not play. Have double and triple checked paths.

Here is the code I used on the main index page. Is there anything else I need to use?

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="600" height="330">
      <param name="movie" value="/blog/wordpress/wp-content/themes/gamepress/flash/preview.swf" />
      <param name="quality" value="high" />
      <embed src="/blog/wordpress/wp-content/themes/gamepress/flash/preview.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="600" height="330"></embed>
    </object>

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Thread Starter equinesites
(@equinesites)

17 years, 7 months ago

Has anyone used flash in this way? I’m not trying to embed flash in a post, which I can find in the forum answers, but rather in the page itself. Anyone??

dmccarey
(@dmccarey)

17 years, 7 months ago

Just a thought. If you’re not using a swfobject.js script in your header.php, you might want to add one. Find out more here.

Thread Starter equinesites
(@equinesites)

17 years, 7 months ago

Thanks, dmccarey. I tried that but still nothing. I think it has something to do with the XML calling external files. I can see the swf file, it just won’t call up and play any of the flv files.

I am going to test it with a strictly swf file and see what that does…

Thanks!

Thread Starter equinesites
(@equinesites)

17 years, 7 months ago

yep – if I embed a video in a swf file timeline, it plays. Unfortunately, that’s not going to work because I have many videos and some of them are big. I don’t understand why the XML won’t function.

wendel-brume
(@wendel-brume)

17 years, 7 months ago

I’m no expert on this stuff, but I think you’re missing a FlashVars or some other variable that points to the XML file. If you go here:

http://components.earthscienceagency.com/

They have an explanation of how their player is connected to the XML file. It might give you some ideas.

stephenzz
(@stephenzz)

17 years, 1 month ago

I had the similar problem before. I have checked the file name and path but still not work. Finally I found a software, a quick solution to this problem, called Moyea Web Playr Pro, which is a flash video player maker, check this tutorial “How to add flash videos to blog?”

wompninja
(@wompninja)

17 years ago

I’m having the same problem. The reason why it won’t play is wordpress thinks the xml file is part of its coding so if you pull up the xml file in a browser you’ll get a search error in your wordpress install instead of showing the xml file like it does here. I still haven’t been able to resolve this. Does anyone know how to make wordpress ignore a folder so that the xml file can be accessed like it should?