however, when my web administrator puts it up on a web page the
playback controls go way. Why would this be happening?Playback Controls
Hi Vern_08 and welcome to our community
Sounds like one of two things has happened here.
1. You gave your Web admin all the files, but s/he decided
not to place them all on the server
2. You failed to give your Web admin all the files needed to
properly present your movie.
There are normally four (sometimes more sometimes less)
* MovieName.SWF
* MovieName_skin.SWF
* standard.js
* MovieName.htm
Cheers... Rick
Thanks for the input. After talking to my web administrator,
he said:
This problem of video playback is rather common out there.
Here are some other folks having what seems to be similar or the
same difficulty.
Upon further investigation I've found that the main .swf file
contains the actual movie, while the skin .swf file contains the
movie playback controls. I'm still curious about the purpose of the
javascript file, however. Somehow the two swf files must be merged
together, either in the main HTML file or in the javascript file.
Only then will the controls show up at the same time as the movie.
How can I make the the two swf files be merged?
You web administrator said ...
I wonder what she/he meant by that? To my knowledge
quote:
''This problem of video playback is rather common out there.''
there is no ''rather common'' problem with video playback - anywhere.
But that's a digression, so to your specific problem...
Most of what you believe appears not to be correct. The
''skin.swf'' does
not contain the playback controls; it only contains the
parameters for the borders you set, and in fact, is not needed at
all if you set the movie up to contain no borders. Another
erroneous conclusion seems to be reached regarding ''merging'' of
files. No, the two SWF files need
not be ''merged'' together - either in the in the main HTML
(how would you do that?) OR in the javascript file.
So beginning again - and in the interests of time - I'll just
tackle building a single project that assumes you don't want the
second SWF (mymovie_skins.swf) file - for whatever reason.
1) Go to the ''Project'' menu and select ''Skins''.
2) On the default tab, select ''Show Playback Control'' at the
top.
3) Now click the tab labeled ''Borders'' and deselect ''Show
Borders''
4) Publish your project.
This will generate all the files listed by Rick in his post of
5/11 except the ''Moviename_skin.swf''.
5) Upload all three files to the same folder on the server
and ...
6) Create your links to the ''Moviename.HTM'' file.
Hope this helps. I think you are missing the basic idea
behind the files generated - what each one does and how - but
that's to be expected. There is room for genuine confusion with the
way the output files work together in Captivate version 2.0. In the
past, all we had was a SWF file and a HTM. Now we have four instead
of two, and their fucntions can be confusing. See below for a
complete description of each ...
''moviename.SWF''
This is the main Flash output file that contains your
project.
''moviename.HTM''
This is the HTM file which contains the size parameters for
the main SWF file (above). Link to this file from your hypertext
links in pages or menus.
''standard.JS''
The Standard.JS file is a script file that allows the Flash
ActiveX controls to play the movie. It is necessary because of the
browser's security settings (in newer IE browsers). The movie will
NOT play without it.
''moviename_skin.SWF''
This is the SWF file containing your setup for skin borders.
It is generated during publishing and should be included if you
choose to ''Show Borders''. On the other hand, if you choose not to
display the borders, you can de-select this file.
There is a way to control the placement of your playback
control without selecting ''Show Borders'', but this post is already
way too long so I'll save that thought for another time.
.
Hi all
I certainly don't mean to be disagreeable here, but I think
Vern_08 is spot on in the assumption that the skin .swf file
contains the movie playback controls.
Yes, it is true that one can disable the borders and if that
occurs, the playback controls are moved inside the main .SWF file.
But if you try running each individual .SWF separately, you will
quickly discover that running the main .SWF will indeed play your
movie but be without playback controls. Running the skin.SWF will
play the movie with playback controls as expected. Basically, as I
understand it, it loads the control set and has an internal pointer
that triggers loading the main movie.
Cheers all... Rick
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