Why can't my Flash movie on the production box be seen?
Hi Experts,
I have a flash movie (related .swf, .fla., .html, and.js files) all generated by Flash CS3 from a .flv movie. All are in the same folder and work on both my local machine and the development server, but when I put them all (yes, they're all there) on the DMZ server, I can't see the move. The popup window that the movie plays in has all the correct css properties. When I removed the .swf file and right-clicked on the space where the movie should be, the "movie not loaded" and About Adobe Flash Player 9 choices appeared on the context menu. I put it back and got the Zoom In, Show All, and other choices on the context menu with the About Flash 9 choice.
Can someone please help me figure out why the movie is invisible?
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Yes, it's there. And I did add the MIME type for FLV files, on both servers. I went through all this on the development server. The link above is where I started.
Well... Open up a web browser and type in http://www.tierrallc.com/TierraGroup.flv and see if you see error or not... That's the only way to see if it really works or not...
I believe that the MIME type can be set by the administrator... Do you have the privilege to change it???
Yes, I have privilege to change it. When I go to the URL you mentioned, I get an "Exporere cannot display..." error in IE and a completely empty page (no 404 or cannot display erro) in Firefox. I can, however, see the file listed in Windows Explorer, on the DMZ server, right between TGMovie.swf and TierraMovie-3.fla.
Well... Windows 2003 Server SP2 and IIS 6 makes it real standard, and I honestly do not know what else might be causing that... I guess it goes more toward IT issue rather than the Flash issue... The only suggestion that I can make is to search more on W2003 server & FLV issue... See if you can find anything... I sure will search around and let you know if I find anything useful...
It's working now. We reset all ASP.net sites to v. 1.1, then back again, removed a .flv from where it shouldn't have remained. Thanks for your help. We're not sure why it works now, but it does.
CyanBlue