Howdy :)

What's the best player to use if:

  1. I only want to embed a SWF
  2. The SWF has been created with SlideShowPro and uses XML (They work fine on their own and they've worked with SWFTools before so I don't intend to use another app to recreate my slideshows)

I thought I should leave it to the generic players like I did in a previous site. Back then, in file handling, I was given the option in Default player for swf files to Embed directly and nothing more, which worked a treat.

Now, in Default Player for single SWF files, I only get the option none

Clearly, I must download a default player from somewhere, but which should I use in this case?

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Stuart Greenfield’s picture

Stuart Greenfield commented
Status: Active » Closed (works as designed)

A single swf file doesn't need a player as the swf is a flash movie in its own right. The default option is therefore "none" since there isn't a player to be called. Player files are only needed when handling non-swf files (e.g. audio or video).

If the files worked with SWF Tools before I'm not sure why they don't now, although combining swf and xml can be a little bit tricky to get the files in the right place, particularly if you are working with xml/swf combinations generated by software applications, since you don't always know for sure how the file paths are being stored within the swf, and therefore don't know for sure where to put them on the site.

Sometimes a little trial and error is necessary. I've not used SlideShowPro myself so can't really advise where to try putting the files for that specific application, but in general one of the following should work:

  • xml in the default files directory for your site (this is normally where SWF Tools defaults the base directory to)
  • xml in the site root directory (this is where the Flash engine looks if the base path isn't specified)
  • xml in the same directory as the swf file

You should also check any generated xml files to confirm where it is expecting the referred content (e.g. images) to be found.

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pallogu commented
Version: 5.x-2.1 » 6.x-1.3

Hi all;

I would also be curious about whether there exists a player capable of controlling loaded swf files - (action script 2.0). Or
in other words, is there a way of having a loader swf file which would act as a player for other swf files?

So far I managed to get here:
1) I can display a particular swf (let's call it player PLAYER), which acts as a loader for other swf file through flashvars.
2) Player can control the movie clips inside loaded swfs. - (play/pause/replay)
3) The main issue is - I want to call a php function to find out the Stage width and height of loaded swfs to mask them. It seems the php can not be executed by Player.

If there is a simple swf file player I would just use it.
Can you please point me to one?

Thanks
I am using Drupal 6.10 at the moment.

Palo

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ndwilliams3 commented

I am trying to do the same thing and could use some help! I can't seem to get the custom player to load and not embed the uploaded swf directly using the action 'swftools_swf_display_direct'?

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doldon commented

I have a same problem with you guys. Anyone help us?

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