1093: Syntax error….. videoPlayer.source = “nameOfVideoFile.flv”;
1093: Syntax error….. videoPlayer.source = “nameOfVideoFile.flv”;

Obviously with my videoname.flv in its place.

Using AS3.

Any ideas?!!?

Gosh, I’ve let a number of comments/questions falls through the cracks! Fortunately, I just checked on the sessions.edu site (the original article) and saw that I replied to your question there on May 28.

I really should have followed up here, too, back in May — but I’m hoping, in any case, that you found your answer.

Thanks for the great tutorial. I followed your instructions and though I’m not a Flash expert at all, I was able to get my webpage, which has 7 embedded Flash videos, to work as you instructed. (I used ActionScript 2, BTW.) I posted this question on the blog with the actual article, but then I found your blog. I’m hoping that you might find one of my posts, even though I’m posting long after most of the other comments

I have one problem with this process that I’m hoping can be fixed. Now that the FLV file doesn’t load, the progress bar of the Flash controls just spins (like a barbershop pole) as if it’s trying and trying to load but can’t. Is there any way to fix this? It may seem like a small thing, but I’m worried that visitors to the site may think that the videos aren’t loading if they see this graphic. You don’t tend to see the progress bar spinning when you visit other sites with embedded video.

I can provide a link to my page if needed. Thanks again!

Much appreciated, Mark.

The least complicated solution for what you want is the SharedObject class. Check out “How to Store Persistent Data with the SharedObject Class (AS2)” for an overview of the AS2 version — it covers how to wire up a “skip intro always” button, but you could just as easily lift the essential code from hits button handler trappings.

The issue i’m having is if the visitor goes to another page on the site and then back to the page with the video, how can I programme the flash video to not play automatically again.

I and i’m sure many others would like to see a solution to this problem.

thanks, Mark.

Thanks for the info! Given the nature of RTMP feeds and SMIL files (which usually feature multiple bandwidth streams), the bandwidth suggestion in this article may not apply in as meaningful a way as it does for progressive downloads, but your mention of cross-domain files is good to keep in mind.

Here’s an Adobe article on “Cross-domain policy file usage recommendations for Flash Player [9]“.

“text=1000: Unable to make connection to server or to find FLV on server”

and found nothing.

I was calling a C#.net page via a querystring and returning a RTMP URL in SMIL that I want my flash player to stream. The only problem was that it worked in CS3, but not on a webpage (Firefox or IE).

I remember having to add a crossdomain.xml file at the site’s root when testing a Web Service via flash. Adding this file solved the trick. Here are the exact contents of that file: [garbled by WordPress]

Hope this helps…the solution on experts-exchange is closed and did not work for me.

Ah, good deal! Yeah, I was going to reply that Flash isn’t going to like a path that begins with “C:\”. Glad you solved it. Good for you!

Also found out that loading the video like that doesn’t conserve file size. Why is that?

It’s never the file size that gets conserved, actually — the FLV is as big as it is — the trick suggested in the article is really about deciding when to unleash that file size on the user. By default, FLVPlayback makes the FLV request even if the video is not set to autoplay. If the user ends up choosing not to watch the video, there’s no reason to have initiated that download. Does that clear it up?

It’s hard to tell when you’re testing on your local machine, in any case, because the file loads instantly. The only truly reliable test I can think of is to upload the FLV to your server.