Problem with FLV running in IE 6

[funkykeys]

Hi,

For some reason, I'm having a problem loading an FLV using the NetConnection stream. It works fine while doing a "test movie" in Flash, but in IE, no video loads. I've tried relative and absolute paths to the video while making sure the content path URL in Flash matches the URL loaded in the browser, so as to avoid any Sandbox issues, and still -- no video.

As a note, I'm loading the content from an XML file, with the relative path to the video (which is just a test file) being "videos/stupidDog.flv". As mentioned, I've tried an absolute path like "http://www.mydomain.com/videos/stupidDog.flv", but no difference.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as always. Here's the code:

//play video if included
if (content_array[section_num].video_str.length > 0) {		
	//init video MC
	_root.attachMovie("video", "video_mc", ++depth_num);
	video_mc.createEmptyMovieClip("loadBg_mc", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
	with (video_mc.loadBg_mc) {
		beginFill(loadColor_num, loadAlpha_num);
		moveTo(0, 0);
		moveTo(video_mc.myVideo.width, 0);
		moveTo(video_mc.myVideo.width, video_mc.myVideo.height);
		moveTo(0, video_mc.myVideo.height);
		moveTo(0, 0);
		endFill();
	}
	video_mc.attachMovie("videoLoad", "videoLoad_mc", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
	video_mc.videoLoad_mc._x = video_mc.myVideo._width / 2;
	video_mc.videoLoad_mc._y = video_mc.myVideo._height / 2;
	
	//set connection parameters
	my_nc = new NetConnection();
	my_nc.connect(null);
	my_ns = new NetStream(my_nc);
	my_ns.onStatus = function(infoObject:Object):Void {
		//trace("Status: " + this.time + " seconds");
		//trace("Level: " + infoObject.level);
		//trace("Code: " + infoObject.codetrace);
		var newWidth_num:Number;
		
		switch (infoObject.code) {				
			case 'NetStream.Buffer.Full' :
				//get width and height
				var oldWidth_num:Number = video_mc.myVideo.width;
				var oldHeight_num:Number = video_mc.myVideo.height;
				var sizeRatio_num:Number = oldWidth_num / oldHeight_num;
				newWidth_num = (textBoxHeight_num + textTitleHeight_num) * sizeRatio_num;
				
				//set new width and height to match text box size
				video_mc.myVideo._width = newWidth_num;
				video_mc.myVideo._height = textBoxHeight_num + textTitleHeight_num;	
							
				//stop loop
				break;
				
			case 'NetStream.Play.Start' :
				//clear load mc
				video_mc.videoLoad_mc.removeMovieClip();
			
				//init controls
				video_mc.attachMovie("PlayButton", "play_btn", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
				video_mc.attachMovie("PauseButton", "pause_btn", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
				video_mc.attachMovie("StopButton", "stop_btn", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
				video_mc.attachMovie("shadow", "shadow_mc", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
				//video_mc.attachMovie("VolumeBar", "vol_mc", video_mc.getNextHighestDepth());
				video_mc.play_btn._x = textPadding_num;
				video_mc.play_btn._y = textBoxHeight_num + textTitleHeight_num - video_mc.play_btn._height - textPadding_num;
				video_mc.play_btn._visible = false;
				video_mc.pause_btn._x = video_mc.play_btn._x;
				video_mc.pause_btn._y = video_mc.play_btn._y;
				video_mc.stop_btn._x = video_mc.play_btn._width + textPadding_num;
				video_mc.stop_btn._y = video_mc.play_btn._y;	
				video_mc.vol_mc._x = video_mc.stop_btn._x + video_mc.stop_btn._width + textPadding_num;
				video_mc.vol_mc._y = video_mc.play_btn._y;
				video_mc.shadow_mc._width = video_mc.myVideo._width;
				video_mc.shadow_mc._alpha = shadowAlpha_num;
				video_mc.onEnterFrame = function() {
					//textBox_mc.theText = "<p>" + my_ns.time + "</p>";
				}
				
				//set control functions					
				video_mc.play_btn.onRollOver = function() {
					this._alpha = vControlDimAlpha_num;
				}
				video_mc.play_btn.onRollOut = function() {
					this._alpha = 100;
				}
				video_mc.play_btn.onRelease = function() {
					my_ns.pause();
					this._visible = false;
					video_mc.pause_btn._visible = true;
					video_mc.stop_btn.enabled = true;
					video_mc.stop_btn._alpha = 100;
				}
				video_mc.pause_btn.onRollOver = function() {
					this._alpha = vControlDimAlpha_num;
				}
				video_mc.pause_btn.onRollOut = function() {
					this._alpha = 100;
				}
				video_mc.pause_btn.onRelease = function() {
					my_ns.pause();
					this._visible = false;
					video_mc.play_btn._visible = true;
				}
				video_mc.stop_btn.onRollOver = function() {
					this._alpha = vControlDimAlpha_num;
				}
				video_mc.stop_btn.onRollOut = function() {
					this._alpha = 100;
				}
				video_mc.stop_btn.onRelease = function() {						
					my_ns.seek(0);
					if (video_mc.pause_btn._visible) {
						my_ns.pause();
					}
					else {
						my_ns.pause();
						my_ns.pause();
					}
					this.enabled = false;
					this._alpha = vControlDimAlpha_num;
					video_mc.pause_btn._visible = false;
					video_mc.play_btn._visible = true;						
				}
				my_ns.volumeBar = video_mc.vol_mc;	
				
				//stop loop
				break;
		}
	}
	video_mc.myVideo.attachVideo(my_ns);
	my_ns.setBufferTime(5);
	my_ns.play(content_array[section_num].video_str);
}

[cancerinform]

What is the path from the html to the swf? Do you have the problem in other browsers as well?

[gorlummeeguvnor]

could be down to the server - check this out

http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/kn...fm?id=tn_19439

[funkykeys]

gorlummeeguvnor,

You are the dude! I forgot about that on Win2003. That's one great thing about 2003, compared to 2000. Most hosts that advertise Flash streaming probably have that setup. This is on my dev machine, which I've never streamed FLV before.

Thanks!