Hi.
I've built a vodcast site that also plays flv stream for each episode. The flv files are streamed from flvhost.com.
I'm using flvplayer.swf from http://www.jeroenwijering.com/?item=flash_video_player to play the flv files.
I've embedded the flvplayer in the Body Template section of Contemplate for a particular type I've constructed in CCK.
Here's kind of what I've embedded
<div id='video' align='left'>
<!--[if gte IE 5]>"
<?php
print "<PARAM NAME=\"FlashVars\" VALUE=\"file=http://somename.flvhost.com/pathftoflvfile/" . $field_streamingvideofilename[0]['value'] . "&autostart=true\" />\n";
?>
<![endif]-->
<?php
print "<embed src=\"http://somename.flvhost.com/pathtoflvplayer/flvplayer.swf\" width=\"384\" height=\"236\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\"
type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\"
flashvars=\"=http://somename.flvhost.com/pathftoflvfile/" . $field_streamingvideofilename[0]['value'] . "&autostart=true\" />\n";
?>
</div>
$field_streamingvideofilename[0]['value'] contains the name of the fiv file that was entered by the person who creates each episode of the vodcast.
The flash video plays well in both Firefox 1.5 (and greater) and IE 6. However, with IE 6, the blocks in the left sidebar appear, then disappear once the flv player is loaded. The blocks remain invisible even if I go to another page. I can get the left-sidebar back by clicking on the reload button.
Everything works fine in firefox.
This problem with MSIE doesn't go away even if I changed flvplayer.swf to flowplayer.swf from http://flowplayer.sourceforge.net/
Has anyone encountered this IE problem before?
I'd be most grateful for any advice, tips, etc.
Thanks in advance.
