In Flash 8 the simplest approach in an empty FLA file is "File/Import/Import Video" and then follow the instructions.

After that, the player window is a component and can be altered with the Component Inspector. This is the actual playback area I'm talking about, not the controls.

Rob

The most helpful information I have found is from http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Embedding_Flashhttp://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=Embedding_Flash[/link] as well as other information and Flash players on his site.

Good point. I've never tried to get a web server to serve up a swf file without an html page. Not sure you can do that.

Rob Mack

Jrazz I'm a little out of the groove with this stuff and I forget details quickly but you might want to take a look at the source code of my home page http://www.bubblevision.com. That movie was made in Flash and I think the code was generated by Dreamweaver. It might give you some clues. I have an external AC_RunActiveContent.js script that is referred to in the HTML.

Or you could make life a little simpler and generate a player in the Brightcove console and let them host the file, which is what I've done on http://www.bubblevision.com/movie-gallery.htm. You can even encode your own file and just use them to host the file and generate the player. Plus it will get exposure on brightcove.com if you want.

Guys, I appreciate all the help. It amazes me that I can solicit a response here in less than a few hours and there is still no response over on the adobe forum. I will give the bubblevision a go and see where I can get with that. I utilized the "wizard" to encode the flv file, but after the encode I could not figure out how to attach the swf to the flv.

Thanks again,

j razz

Just ask if you have any questions about how my directory structure is laid out or if you want a copy of any of the relevant files to look at. To make sure I get it, in case I forget this thread, you can get my email address on www.nickhope.net