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Flash in IFRAME causing havoc

Hi,

I have a website that uses a lot of video - we have decided to outsource it to another provider.

<iframe src="http://www.iplayerhd.com/playerframe/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab.aspx?autostart=true&width=560&height=325&cbartype=bottom" width="800" height="400" frameborder="no"></iframe>

If I actually look at that code by calling the URL directly I get this source:
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head><title>
      iPlayerHD movie player
</title>
    <script src="/scripts/AC_RunActiveContent.js" type="text/javascript" ></script>
</head>
<body style="margin:0px">
<script type="text/javascript">
var flashvars = 'usefullscreen=true&autostart=true&stretching=uniform&searchbar=false&streamer=rtmp://www.iplayerhd.com/MooreCast/&image=/Upload/24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/12079514-8845-4da5-b27d-fa2074e7f31b-iplayerbig-flyingdoor.jpg&file=24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab_500.mp4&plugins=/bwd&bwd.test_url=/Images/bandwidth.jpg&bwd.checks=2&bwd.bands=500,800,1500,3000&bwd.files=24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab_500.mp4,24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab_800.mp4,24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab_1500.mp4,24aed297-caa7-42f6-818f-9009e0633b74/f758c95d-6f63-430a-87a6-4831abe8c4ab_3000.mp4&controlbar=bottom';
AC_FL_RunContent('codebase','http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,19,0',
'width','560','height','325','align','middle','src','/jw_player','quality','high','name','myFlashMovie',
'allowscriptaccess','never','pluginspage','http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer',
'allowfullscreen','true','flashvars',flashvars);
</script>
</body>
</html>

So - my problem:
1) The website has dropdown navigation and this Flash gets in the way - I have requested that the provider adds in wmode transparent as I think that would fix it but they cannot.

Any ideas with what I have given how I can make the flash element be behind everything on the HTML page so that it does not obstruct the HTML JQUERY navigation menu?

See here the problem:
http://spain.glasscurtains.net/default.asp?access=ABC123
(wait for the flash intro to pass and you will arrive on main page where there is a video screen - try dropdown and you will see what I mean)

Thanks!
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Ray: Are any of those errors which pertains to the EMBED (7 errors) and one image (missing alt) relevant to the missing wmode on the embedded video in the iframe?
Good question, Michel.  I'm not sure.  It just looked suspicious to me.

I've used Vimeo to embed video in web pages.  Very sleek, professional and user-friendly.
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Thanks all, I think the swf object would have worked but I couldnt test it as the deployment needed to move quicker than allowed me for further testing.