I can't seem to embed an .flv file into an .html or .php page by using insert>media in dreamweaver CS3. I've done this before but it's been a while but it was so simple that this is really getting to me. I can preview the file in firefox using the preview button and it plays fine. This is on my laptop or desktop but when I try to load the same page from a website server I get a blank space where the video should be. I can even right click and dialog will come up "zoom in > quality etc" just like the flash vid was there. Has anyone come across this? I've read the other posts that I could find and I made sure that I uploaded everything required, the scripts, the video etc. But its no go. If someone can help out on this, I would be very grateful. Have a Merry Christmas & Happy Hanuka everyone and thanks in advance to the person who helps on this. Peace.
B U M P This is a frustrating problem. I know it's something simple but I can't think of it. Anyone have this happen?
Flash video (.flv) cannot be embedded directly to web page. You need to make a flash video player (actually a .swf file), put the .flv files into the flash video player and embed the flash video player onto your website, so that you can play .flv on your website through the flash video player. HTML code to embed .swf file to web is like this, hope it helps: <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="432" height="330" title="game"> <param name="movie" value="/flash/game.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <embed src="/flash/yourflash.swf" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="432" height="330"></embed> </object> HTML: p.s. "/flash" is the folder where you store your .swf file.