Comments on: Why Won’t My FLV’s Display?

By: Phill

Phill — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:06:12 +0000

You have no idea how long i have been trying to figure this out. Its almost like you have been sat on my shoulder watching me struggle through endless google searches. YOU ARE A LEGEND thank you thank you thank you.
I created my first ever flash movie using Macromedia Flash 8, added it to a webpage created in Dreamweaver and tested it all was working well until i uploaded it to the web, then all i got was a blank area!!
For you to give up your time like this and help people out is truly admirable and reaffirms my faith in man (and woman) kind

By: Orbi

Orbi — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:34:09 +0000

Thanks soo much for this I was in the very same boat as you Patrick, but you bailed it out

By: Elaine

Elaine — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:19:42 +0000

WOW! You ARE a lifesaver. I have been battling this issue for days. It never even occurred to me that the web hosting company I am using as a web designer/Hosting reseller would not have that mime type already configured. I manually added it to the particular site I was working on and voila! Hat’s off my friend. Judging by the other comments I see her as well as my own your FREE help is truly appreciated!

By: Josh Medici

Josh Medici — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 16:34:33 +0000

You Sir just made my day….! You should know that I spent the last 7 hours searching and searching, trying, as you say so correctly, to find the right words to phrase my question. And then, (use your favorite clouds-opening, sunshine-filtering-through, music here) I found your suggestion and even more, I find your explanation which is scary how much it looks like my own problem.

I did it, it was rather easy and now I’m bookmarking and printing your advice. Thank you very much!!!
It is for people like you that the web is so great…!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:30 +0000

This was really useful - i was having a two-pronged issue - with the swf media skin asset not linked correctly & the .flv file type not being recognized; and this helped us solve the one problem & then trouble-shoot the other! thanks heaps

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:47:24 +0000

Patrick, my friend, you are a life saver!!

Thank you!

By: Mayur

Mayur — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 04:42:00 +0000

Hi
Remove Update Panel if u have used in that page. Your prob. will be solved.

By: Patrick Burt

Patrick Burt — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:49:35 +0000

Hi Siyah,

The issue I described is not likely the one I described. On your server, did you make sure to upload the player.swf file? If AS3 is anything like AS2, you’ll need: The main SWF file, the FLV and the player SWF file.

By: Siyah

Siyah — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:37:16 +0000

Guys, I’m experiencing the same issue. I have a video component on my stage and using AS3 to pull in flv videos. I have all the standard settings set and when I test the movie in Flash it functions fine.
For some reason when I upload all the files to my host the play controls don’t display??

If you go to www.sojournersound.com then the “archive” tab, you can see whats happening with the player. This has been plaguing me for a week and driving me crazy!

Any Ideas?? Thanks!

By: stelcha

stelcha — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:47:33 +0000

This has happened to me on two occasions and other erratic behavior occurred in my system. When this happened I had a flash memory stick plugged into my usb port for a lengthy time. It appears that when I leave a flash stick plugged in it interferes with the normal operation of the computer and will even permanently corrupt system files. I have to remember not to leave the stick plugged in too long. The only way I can restore the system now is to, nooo!, re-install the operating system. If I can ever get my flash videos to work again on my independent flv players that will be by luck.