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Mar. 03, 2008Jon

Hi,

I am playing around and have Flash Player installed on this website:

http://www.infocusmediaservices.com/aboutus.html

When clicking on the "see our work in action here" link, it doesn't load/play the flash video file when in the Opera or Firefox browsers. It works perfectly in IE. Here is the code for the page that doesn't load. Any suggestions or comments?

Cheers, Jon

:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy for Linux (vers 1 September 2005), see www.w3.org">
<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8"
http-equiv="content-type">
<title>About Us - Medical Imaging Northwest Demo</title>
<style type="text/css">
:link { color: #000099 }
:visited { color: #990099 }
:active { color: #000099 }
body.c3 {color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: black;}
div.c2 {text-align: center}
span.c1 {color: #004F90; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 80%; font-weight: bold}
</style>
</head>
<body class="c3">
<div class="c2"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8" id="minw" height="300" width="450"><param name="movie" value="mediaplayer.swf">
<param name="quality" value="high"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF">
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true">
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain"><param name="FlashVars"
value="file=flash/minw.flv&width=450&height=300&displaywidth=450&displayheight=300&autostart=true&showfsbutton=false&fullscreenpage=fullscreen.html&fsreturnpage=normalscreen.html&shuffle=false&backcolor=0xFFFFFF">
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" name="minw" src="mediaplayer.swf" flashvars="file=video.flv&width=450&height=300&displaywidth=450&displayheight=300&autostart=true&showfsbutton=false&fullscreenpage=fullscreen.html&fsreturnpage=normalscreen.html&shuffle=false&backcolor=0xFFFFFF" height="300" width="450"></object><span class="c1"><br>
<br>
Medical Imaging Northwest - Relocation DVD<br>
(this Flash Video file has been encoded with Flash 8 at 400kbsp)</span></div>
</body>
</html>

Mar. 24, 2008Gjorgi

same problem here, can u help?

Mar. 28, 2008Amen

Hi

we have the same issue , firefox does not play our videos, infact when we open the site

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player , the player does not show the video, its just displayed as an image

Mar. 28, 2008andersen

please make sure your flash plugin is up to date and working in the various browsers: (v.9.0.115 - march 08)
adobe flash versiontest: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_15507
adobe flash uninstall: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157
adobe flash install: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

May. 07, 2008Steve

Hi,
I have the same problem with Opera and Firefox not loading the flash.
Adobe Flash player is at 9.0.124.0.
Did anyone find anything further to check?

thanke
Steve

May. 08, 2008Emre KIYAK

Hi there,
I have same problem but I find the problem.
If u sent your files internet you will see it will run on firefox or opera. no prob.

May. 13, 2008Sang

Hi Emre KIYAK, what is the solution??

May. 14, 2008tommy

whats the solution? same problem here

May. 16, 2008kyle

I've been having the same problem (at varnaenergysolutions.com). the videos used to work in firefox, but then when I changed some formatting settings for the page (specifically the table that they were located in), all of a sudden now they don't even appear. everything works perfectly in internet explorer, and when I pop a flash video on the page outside of the table, it works in both, so I suspect that there's something weird with putting flash videos inside of tables. i might try using Divs instead to see if that works

Jun. 18, 2008Adobe & Firefox

I have had the Adobe support people on the phone in INDIA and get no help trying to load Flash Player on my Firefox. They tell me there's a problem with my new computer. I have been at this for almost 2 hours with no success. This is so frustrating, One company just blames the other. Adobe blames Firefox. Firefox says its Adobe.

Jul. 11, 2008Flash & Firefox?

Seems like more than a few are having this problem. I've tried it in IE and have used AVANT where you can block flash content but when that's unticked, it all works fine. But, check it in Firefox and nothing but a blank screen.

Can anyone out there help? There must be loads of people who can't check out our site:

www.kissmet.co.uk

Jul. 20, 2008Same Issue

I have the same trouble too. However, my flash files used to work on my old hosting server on IE/Firefox. Ever since i migrated to a new hosting server, my flash files will refuse to play in firefox!

I cannot seem to understand what the problem is! The files play locally on my computer in Firefox as well as IE but will not play when on the server.

Any advise on this will be much appreciated.

Regards,
Ram
(www.ramkishore.in)

Jul. 20, 2008Same Issue

i have a feeling its something to do with the webserver in my case, coz the html which contains the flash piece plays flawlessly in firefox and safari on my local computer!!

Jul. 30, 2008alias

Aug. 03, 2008russb

i am also having this problem, flash works on my computer via firefox, but not when posted to server, it DOES work is IE and Opera, but not Sarafi (on windows) does anyone have any clues? i've been working on this for weeks!

reason: flash not loading firefox

Aug. 05, 2008Tino

Some of my visitors wrote the same to me... hope i find any idea here to solve it.

Aug. 05, 2008kLink

You may need the double object code.

See this thread: http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?thread=12169

Aug. 15, 2008Adrian

Hi,

Sorry if this has been answered, but I cannot find the answer on this thread, or any of the links given.

I am having the same probem with the flash player not working correctly in Firefox - the link to the page is....

http://www.macmillan-academy.org.uk/zeltha/newpage.php

If you view the site in Internet explorer the two embedded videos play perfectly - however they do not run at all in Firefox, the player seems to load (although not the correct skin) but has all of the icons displayed and fails to load any of the videos.

Is my problem the same as others, and if so, do we have a solution?

Many thanks for your time.

Aug. 15, 2008Adrian..again

Hi Sorry,

Just updated my flash plugin in firefox and all works fine now. - I have noticed that the videos play automatically though in Firefox and not in IE. I have set autostart to false.

Sep. 25, 2008Kevin

I have the problem of the site not loading, or at least not appearing to load. There is just a white screen where the content usually is. The browser says "loaded", view source shows the html as being the normal old stuff. This is happening in firefox and safari, only on a mac, only on a server. Seems to happen more on a slow connection, but not sure. Always seems to load fine on my local computer, in any platform, browser. The site I have, is character driven (big FLV every page). I hope someone figures this out.

Sep. 29, 2008Max

Hi guys,

Maybe I found out the solution!!
I had the same problem in one of my pages at www.cdcitaliandesign.com
the problem was just in one page where the swf movie name was longer than 8 characters.
I tried to rename the swf with 8 characters or less and it shows now!!

bye, max.

Oct. 04, 2008splashgear

i had the same problem, too: couldn't get the player to show up in "firefox". however, it turns out that in my case, there was no "flash" plug-in at all. so, i did the following:

1. opened up my "firefox" browser
2. clicked on the "Tools" dropdown menu
3. clicked on "Add-ons"
4. clicked on the "Get extensions" hyperlink
5. it took me to a page and i scrolled down until i found the "flash" plug-in
6. clicked on that which took me to the "adobe flash" page
7. downloaded the plug-in exclusively for "firefox, safari, opera, etc"
8. did not even need to restart my computer
9. opened up my webpage, and the "jw player" worked fine with my content

i don't know if other people are having other or different issues, but this is what solved my problem w/the missing "jw player" in my "firefox" browser (haven't checked the "safari" browser on the work computer yet).

all is well (for me) now.

hope this helps at least some people...

--s--

http://www.splashgearusa.com

Oct. 13, 2008yes but

the people we want to look at our site won't do that

Oct. 23, 2008ian

i have the same problem . this issue is not closed.

Oct. 23, 2008ian

oh btw and it didn't used to be a problem my site has been stable for over a year

Oct. 24, 2008Ed

Same issue

For Windows XP
-IE 7 works
-Mozilla does not work
-Safari does not work
-Youtube videos work on all browsers

For Mac
-Mozilla works
-Safari works
-Youtube videos work on all browsers

Have tried suggestions posted on previous threads about the same issue and no luck.

Need to get the player working for Windows on Mozilla and Safari borwsers.

Oct. 24, 2008Ed

Just noticed. Same symptoms apply for the player on the JW site

http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=JW_FLV_Media_Player

The code I'm using is derived from this basically which was obtained from the JW installation instructions

<p id='preview'>The player will show in this paragraph</p>

<script type='text/javascript' src='swfobject.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'>
var s1 = new SWFObject('player.swf','player','400','300','9');
s1.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
s1.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
s1.addParam('flashvars','file=video.flv');
s1.write('preview');
</script>

Oct. 24, 2008Sven

I have the following problem: in IE, the video plays correctly. In Firefox, it plays a totally different video where I don't even know where it comes from.

Now, fact is, that through the stupid intention of Microsoft, the IE interprets the tags in a different way than Firefox. Means, the parameters need to be written in two ways into a web page, in order to achieve the same results with IE and Firefox. Here is a link to an example:

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/

I believe, this might be the reason why we encounter different behaviours here, between IE and Firefox. The fault is on side of Microsoft because they tried to change the way, tags are supposed to be, in order to make HTML to a Microsoft domain. But the second fault is on the side of the developers of this nice player, because all their examples don't feature the combined IE&Firefox compatibility. Their examples should have been written in a way, that their player tags are compatible with all web browsers.

I hope the developers read this and react.

Oct. 24, 2008andersen

@Sven - you are completely on the safe side if you use the swfobject method of embedding (v.1.5 or v.2.1 doesnt matter)
it makes the correct object/embed code for you (in one setting) - the swfobject page - http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/

heres some more info on embedding - http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Embedding_Flash
and examples using swfobject v.2.1 - http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Javascript_API_Examples

but also make sure your flash browser plugin is up to date and working in the various browsers (different for IE and the others)
adobe flash versiontest: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_15507
adobe flash uninstall: http://www.adobe.com/go/tn_14157
adobe flash install: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash

Oct. 24, 2008Ed

Ok, I'm good. Updated flash within Firefox as andersen suggested.

I had just installed the Flash plugin for Firefox two weeks ago and assumed that the latest version was obtained.

Nov. 12, 2008kevin

adobe flash wont install it says i dont have disc space i have 75 gig HDD available

Nov. 14, 2008danelle

i tried to download flash player. It does something for like 20 seconds but i still cant view any videos on youtube and i cant view songs on myspace

Dec. 08, 2008tommy

I not only have the problem with videos. Half my graphics don't show up! I spent months developing and designing these templates and graphics, and I would love for people with other then internet explorer to see them. Anyone have the answer. I'll look for some codes maybe...

Dec. 08, 2008tommy

hey guys...i found the solution i think! although it isn't tested, i heard useing cutting edge technolagy won't work on all browsers, maybe we just need to down step a version.

Jan. 11, 2009tranquilo

I am having similar problems with Firefox: I am using swfobject and the pages just don't load (the flash movies) at all. The swf names are short, so that's not the poblem. Tried the add_on tool but nothing there applicable.

Can any one suggest a solution??

Please....

Jan. 11, 2009tonk

no links, no code = unable to help you

Jan. 12, 2009Duncan

Hi. I'm having a problem viewing my flash player now that I have the newest version of Firefox. When I visit my podcast webpage my player appears grey. If I refresh, then the player appears properly. It seems to work fine in other browsers. Any suggestions.

http://kunstlercast.com

Jan. 15, 2009iwo

Hi, the same thing, working great in IE, not working in Mozilla, partialy working in Opera. I suppose the problem is html, I cann't imagine it is the flash movie, as it works fine localy and in IE. Any ideas?

Jan. 18, 2009jammydevil

Opera doesn't support Flash. End of story. I've downloaded Flash player numerous times and ran install for Opera. When I visit a site with Flash (for example: CNN.com video), it tells me I don't have Flash plug-in.

Jan. 20, 2009Tony

I am a novice so please forgive,,I have uninstalled flash and when I attempt to re-install and after I close the firefox browser I get the box popping up saying I need to close browser when it is close..any ideas on how to get around this?? Thanks

Jan. 22, 2009Julia

I have downloaded the adobe add-on several times in hope that videos and songs would play..
but nothing.

i even changed the setting for vista (as thats what i have) but still no change...
no view of videos
or music online.

help.

Jan. 22, 2009Julia

btw, im using mozilla.

Feb. 05, 2009belfrog

Okay so I found this, don't remember were but still, after i used this the movie started to load^^

<div id="player">Javasctipt required.</div>
<script type='text/javascript' src='swfobject.js'></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var so = new SWFObject('player.swf','mpl','480','270','8');
so.addParam('allowscriptaccess','always');
so.addParam('allowfullscreen','true');
so.addVariable('height','270');
so.addVariable('width','480');
so.addVariable('file','Mirrors_Edge_Mirrors_Edge_vs_Portal.flv');
so.addVariable('backcolor','0x000000');
so.addVariable('frontcolor','0xAAAAAA');
so.addVariable('lightcolor','0x666666');
so.addVariable('searchbar','false');
so.addVariable('enablejs','false');
so.addVariable('autostart','false');
so.write('player');
</script>
</div>

Feb. 13, 2009Thiru

First Close u r firebox browser and install flash player then worked easily

Feb. 14, 2009dex

hi all

the problem migth be with the web servers!

if I test my page from the web server via firefox it doesnt work though it works via internet explorer.

so i tried to test by page via firefox from my hardware and it worked. that might be mean that firefox and my swf files work together.

maybe this information will help to us. lets think about that

Feb. 14, 2009luis cordova

I believe none of this is the problem or the solution.
I have the same problem now and it is because I wrongly edited the html part.

i will post the solution in my next post.

Feb. 15, 2009dex

okay, a simple remark:
if you have plugin for firefox, the swf file should run without embeding it into a html.
but it does not run from server.
so any of HTML codes should be unneccecary!

Feb. 15, 2009dex

or simply download a html containing an swf file which works via firefox.
then correct the name of the swf file in the html code, upload them to your server and check if they work or not wink

Feb. 16, 2009dex

I just registerd my page at another free supplier, and everything works via i.e and via firefox.

thanks for your help, good luck folks

Feb. 23, 2009stefa

I have the same problem too, the Adobe flash installer says that it is a version for opera/mozilla/safari. In my PC I have both Opera and Firefox and the installer removes the files from the Firefox plugin directory and installs it it copies those in the Opera directory. (you can see at the end the 'installation details'). I tried to copy the files to the Firefox directory but did not work and it looks like Firefox should now use the plugin from windows/system32/.... On another PC I tried to remove Opera and the Flash player worked in Firefox after install.

Feb. 26, 2009luis cordova

ready for the solution?

It is called MIME problems.

It means the server who is serving the swf's is not actually recognizing it as a proper file to send. You can google further, but basically the solution is to wait your server will do that eventually, (for me it took about hours) or do something if you are the admin to look for this MIME problem.

That is the solution and if you think differently then you will go try many things and still waste time really. Most of the cases this is the problem. My problem even showed at godaddy which has a reputation.

Encouragements,

Mar. 07, 2009Craig

The problem most of you might have is a plug-in called adblock..it can block swf files from showing.. just disable or remove it plug-in and it should work.
hope this helps.

Mar. 14, 2009cardini

I have a similar problem, but my video loads in firefox. For some strange reason every now and then my video will either stop at a certain part or won't play at all until i restart firefox. Locally everything works great and I don't have any problems with IE, locally or not.

I'm using Firefox 3.0.7 with the latest flash.

Apr. 07, 2009Dave C

Try adding the affected site to your list of pop-up block exceptions. That worked for me with videos not playing (just a white box) at Gizmodo.com.

Jun. 03, 2009wish it works

listen carefully..
1. if you install the flash player after you install the explorers.. it wont recognized it.. try to uninstall your explorer.. install the flashplayer and then the explorer..
2. try using older versions of flash player.. it works for others..
3. mozilla firefox 3 is very sophisticated with the plug-ins try using version mf2. because if you install version mf1 it will automatically update to version mf2.

Jun. 03, 2009Jammy Devil

Listen carefully.... Don't use Opera or Firefox. The problem is with their browsers not your code.

IE has absolutely no problem installing / running Flash files embedded in websites so why do the other browsers have issues? Bad programmers?

Your average joe needs plug and play. Do you really think they can go in looking at code or go rummaging thru plug-in directories - thats why I (as a web designer) always recommend IE for browsing to my clients and their potential viewers.

Jun. 08, 2009Silentman

Right.... so 90% of users use Firefox and other browsers, when will their be a fix for this annoying issue??

Jul. 01, 2009Merl

sigh... I am running the RC for windows 7 and it doesn't even have this operating system... I know there is a way for flash to work on firefox because i had it doing so earlier with the beta but i forgot how. Any suggestions?

Jul. 01, 2009Jammyisdumb

seriously, IE is not what you should be using. EVER!, most noncompliance issues are a result of people using IE. if your browser plugin is not the latest, get the latest.
you should be checking your sites in all majors browsers, (even that garbage IE6) for good practices.

it scares me that you call yourself a designer.

Jul. 08, 2009gargravarr

I have had an issue with the flash file loading, but not importing images in firefox and opera. It worked in IE though.

It turns out the commerce package i was using set the <base href="example.com"> in the header.
However I was viewing the page using www.example.com.
This meant that flash would not load the files in firefox and opera, but it would load them in IE.
Go figure.

I hope that helps.

Jul. 08, 2009gargravarr

whups forgot the important bit:
To fix the issue, remove the <base href="example.com"> tag and it should all work.

Aug. 21, 2009Georgiy

Hi all. I encountered the same problem today. Flash did not work nor in FF neither in Opera, but worked fine in IE, Chrome and Safari.
The solution was to replace the html code for flash picked from adobe (http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/415/tn_4150.html) with the one generated by swfobject (http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/). However, I did not use the swfobject.js itself — just copy-pasted the code that it generates and stripped js part off.

So, my initial code, which falied in FF and Opera, looked like this:
<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" WIDTH="550" HEIGHT="400" id="myMovieName"><PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="myFlashMovie.swf"><PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high><PARAM NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#FFFFFF><EMBED href="/support/flash/ts/documents/myFlashMovie.swf" quality=high bgcolor=#FFFFFF WIDTH="500" HEIGHT="500" NAME="myMovieName" ALIGN="" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></EMBED></OBJECT>

And the final working code is:
<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="500" height="500" id="banner1"> <param name="movie" value="myFlashMovie.swf" />  <object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="myFlashMovie.swf" width="500" height="500">  <a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer"> <img src="http://www.adobe.com/images/shared/download_buttons/get_flash_player.gif" alt="Get Adobe Flash player" /> </a>  </object>  </object>

Hope that will have someone to manage it quicker than i did wink

Sep. 07, 2009Thanks Georgiy

It finally worked yay! in IE8, Opera 10 and FF3

Thanks!

Sep. 16, 2009Knordy

My flash movie didn't play in FireFox (FlashPlayer 10), but did in the rest (IE8, Chrome, Opera, Safari (for Windows), all with Flashplayer 10). I tried adding the "data" attribute to the object tag and it worked in all browsers. Perhaps that's the problem. Code below worked for me.

<object id="objectTagID" height="515" width="790" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flashName.swf"> <param name="align" value="middle" /> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="sameDomain" /> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /> <param name="FlashVars" value="fullVar=value1" /> <param name="quality" value="high" /> <param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" /> <param name="movie" value="flashName.swf" /> <embed src="flashName.swf" FlashVars="fullVar=value1" quality=high bgcolor=#ffffff width="790" height="515" name="objectTagID" align="middle" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed> </object>

Oct. 13, 2009Paulie Walnuts

Jammy Devil is a douche.

The problem is with Microsoft and their attempt to push lame, proprietary HTML "solutions" onto the unsuspecting public, harming the industry in the process.

The <object> classid attribute is only recognized by IE and only works on MS WinDoze systems. Instead, as Georgiy showed above, supply a mime type by using type="application/x-shockwave-flash" attribute inside the object tag.

As a consumer, avoid using IE as much as possible, and instead support standards compliant browsers like Firefox and Chrome.

Oct. 22, 2009Andy Wyatt

I had this issue for a while. Just spent an hour on it.

To get it to work for myself I needed the data attribute for the object tag.

I also had the param move

I also had the src attribute of the embed tag

So the movie file name was used in three places. Hope this helps.

Oct. 28, 2009Witchi

Had the same issue. Fixed it by changing <object id="FlashID" ...> to something different (like FlashID67). Then at the end of the file: swfobject.registerObject("FlashID67");

Worked like a charm wink

Oct. 29, 2009TC

I've been reading all the workarounds and trying to apply everyone's fixes to my own problem but I am still stumped. I tried Georgly's code and got an error message on the page so I must not have been doing that right. The orignal page is here: http://www.eddiezs.com and the page I was trying to fix it with is here: http://www.eddiezs.com/index-test.html (current code has basic insert code from Dreamweaver CS3)

Any ideas? like everyone else, this does not work in Firefox but it I can get it to work in Firefox locally. The index-test.html page that is. The orginal version on the main home page broke after Flash 10 was released. This was an older implementation that I did not develop but it did work up to Flash 9.

Nov. 09, 2009"T.G"

I have, not the same, but a similar problem? I go on a flash chat called Userplane.com . Until about a week ago, I was able to go onto over 10 chats at once, and run many flash java scripts at once-- however, as of lately, the minute I open a second flash script, the entire browser freezes. I can't click on anything, though the posts that people enter, continue to go through. I can see them posting. I don't think it's a virus, and I've tried uninstalling opera with RevoUninstaller which gets rid of all the related programs and features. I re-downloaded opera 10, and I'm still having the problem. I've updated the plug ins, updated all the flash programs I could think of. I can be on multiple java scripts, but almost as soon as I do, the Opera browser wont let me click anything, and I have to physically close it from the Task Manager.

If you have a solution to this, please contact me...
Ancientwing@live.com
Subject: Userplane/Flash problem solution

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