Hi There, I've just put a flash .swf file on my site, and it all plays fine on safari, IE, and opera, but netscape and firefox, just show a quicktime ? symbol. Is this because of some configuration issue with my netscape/firefox, or am i doing something wrong on dreamweaver? Any ideas?
okay thanks, well this is my code for the swf file, anything that stops it playing in netscape and firefox? <object classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" width="410" height="200"> <param name="movie" value="/fishermanlogo.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="LOOP" value="false" /> <embed src="/fishermanlogo.swf" width="410" height="200" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> </object> is it something to do with the plug in maybe?
hmmm.... Change this: <param name="movie" value="/fishermanlogo.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="LOOP" value="false" /> <embed src="/fishermanlogo.swf" width="410" height="200" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> To this: <param name="movie" value="fishermanlogo.swf" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="LOOP" value="false" /> <embed src="fishermanlogo.swf" width="410" height="200" loop="false" quality="high" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed> (Get rid of those first slashes in the src url ...) -Phil
Hi Phil, thanks, I tried taking the slashes out as you suggested, but still no joy. Could it be something to do with the: codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0" ? I made the file in flash 8, not sure if version=7 has any bearing on this? Any Thoughts?
Hi Alicatt, I doubt that the codebase specification is the problem, however you can safely remove that as it is not necessary. What I would recommend trying is ... instead of a straight embed, use Swfobject (http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/). It really is a better way of embedding flash in the long-run anyway, and it may solve this strange problem that you are having now. Also just to be clear, you are able to display OTHER flash content in firefox and netscape, correct? You may want to visit the flash player upgrade page (http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash) in firefox and make sure that you are running the latest version. Hope this helps, let us know, -Phil
Hi all, Thanks for your feedback. I've only just had chance to log back on. But I've pinpointed the problem. It is a bug with the new version of quicktime 7.2, on intel macbook machines. Quicktime sound plays, but not images. I have tested the other browsers on another intel mac running QT 7.1.6, and it works fine. Cheers for the help. can't understand why its quicktime on netscape and firefox and not flash though. is this their default plugin? Alicattt PS. dreamweaver 8
Isn't the default flash player user defined? I may be wrong, but I am sure that I was able to select Flash as my Default player for FF after installation.
Not sure, i only installed in recently and can't remember any flash pref prompt? I have since further solved the above prob, i binned and reinstalled QT 7.2 and now it works perfectly, must have been a preference problem maybe? Or apple have updated the download already on their site. Anyway, anybody with a similar problem, that was my solution. finally.