Flash Video the Easy Way

CATEGORIES: Dreamweaver, Flash, Tutorials, Video Tutorials | Tom Green | October 02, 2008

In this three-part video series, Tom Green demonstrates the three ways to get Flash video up on the web using Flash CS3 and Dreamweaver.

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Finally, I though thew insert SWF feature dreamweaver would work but it didn’t , thank you for this

Comment by Josh | October 6, 2008 @ 3:38 pm

Very nice, thank you for this.

Can you tell me what software you used to record the actual screen capture video, please?

Thanks

Comment by Hanno Schupp | November 9, 2008 @ 10:49 pm

Sure Hanno,

Camtasia Stuidio 5. I out put to QuickTime and use ON2VP6 Pro to create the FLV used by Layers.

Comment by Tom Green | November 10, 2008 @ 9:07 am

Very interesting tuto!! CXan you tell me how you can have a so clear sound with camtasia 5 please Tom.. Thank you

Comment by hak1 | November 10, 2008 @ 3:14 pm

I use a Rode Podcaster microphone and also use Camtasia to smooth out the levels.

Comment by Tom Green | November 11, 2008 @ 3:30 pm

I love the Rode Podcaster..

Comment by RC | November 11, 2008 @ 11:13 pm

i have uploded vedio on my server i cant see online but locally i can see it can any one help mee ????????

Comment by amit | November 22, 2008 @ 7:13 am

Amit, the most common cause of your problem is the swf can’t find the video. Put the FLV files in the same folder as the swf that plays them and they will work every time.

Comment by Tom Green | November 25, 2008 @ 3:01 pm

I have been fighting the same issue as amit for the last month. I have my files in the same folder, files linked correctly, and all I get is either a white box or a green/white loader. It works fine locally, but anytime I upload to my web server, it can’t seem toload the FLV file. What is going on?

Comment by Chris W | December 10, 2008 @ 4:08 pm

I fixed my issue. It was server related and seemed I had to add to set MIME type on my server. MIME type: video/x-flv Extension FLV. Hope that helps whoever is having problems like I was.

Comment by Chris W | December 11, 2008 @ 5:06 pm

Does anyone know if the AC_runactivecontent javascript is in Dreamweaver CS4? My swf files will not play in dreamweaver even when i just hit play to test it. It just shows a white screen. what am I doing wrong!!!!

Comment by chris J | January 6, 2009 @ 11:21 am

I am bummed. Why did you let the entire video play out. I was just getting to the good part. The tutorial was fabulous. You did a great service to us newbies. Thanks a ton!

paul

Comment by paul | April 30, 2009 @ 5:23 pm

how to you get a flv in your files to upload to website. I understand everything of how to do it however, I get a problem with the FLV file I dont have so it does not play in my website.

Process: I go to flash cs3 -actionscript-3.0 and fix my size of video, then go to components and get player, then go to component inspector and grad my FLA video that I downloaded from youtude and upload there. and do all the publish and get files ,,, this is where I am missing the FLV file from you example above. HOW DO I GET THIS FILE FORMAT WHICH IS NEEDED TO RUN VIDEO IN WEBSITE.

PLEASE HELP.. THANKS

Comment by PHIL | June 20, 2009 @ 1:24 am