camtasia swf does not start to play

[Timo]

hi f-in-box-team

i'm using the .net edition of f-in-box in my application (from file / from stream) with loading flash from resource.

with one of your test-swf files it works fine, but when i try to play some of our files, it seems to be that the file is loaded but stops at frame 1 - even though FlashProperty_Playing says it is running.

maybe the problem has something to do with my camtasia swf, which has an integrated 'play' button to start playing.

everything works fine when i add the f-in-box control direcly on my form instead of adding it by loading from resource - the swf starts to play properly.

i have placed a sample swf her: http://www.loomware.de/swf/Test1.htm

thanks for any help,
timo

[Softanics]

Thank you for your question.

Could you please download latest version and check it?

Thank you.

[Softanics]

with one of your test-swf files it works fine, but when i try to play some of our files, it seems to be that the file is loaded but stops at frame 1 - even though FlashProperty_Playing says it is running.

maybe the problem has something to do with my camtasia swf, which has an integrated 'play' button to start playing.

The easiest way to check is to load this movie into Internet Explorer, then right-click to the movie and check Play. This is the same as if you call .FlashMethod_Play in .net code.

Thank you.

[Timo]

hi - thanks for the fast reply.

i have still used 3.1.3 - and in internet-explorer it runs proper.

when i load the movie into your sample application Sample03_StandalonePlayer i get the same result and the video does not start to play.

[Timo]

hmm, found something here:

"Unlike previous versions of Camtasia, Camtasia 5 has a Flash template called ExpressShow, which adds a player control right at the beginning of the video resembling the videos on YouTube and other similar sites. This template is not compatible with the Articulate Presenter player. When using this template, the Camtasia video will not play the first time the slide is viewed, though it will play on subsequent visits. So you must not use the ExpressShow template. Instead you can opt for the “Legacy SWF outputâ€￾ Flash template."

when i select another template while publishing the video, it works and is played when loaded.

it's strange, because when i put the swf into another player or into internet explorer it starts to play - so i think when i use the f-in-box-component and ad the swf it should also starts to play

[Softanics]

I've just loaded
http://www.loomware.de/swf/Test1.swf
into Internet Explorer.

I see the first frame with the button ">", the movie doesn't start playing automatically. When I right-click to this movie, there is no Play item at all. Could you please confirm this behavior?

If I load the same movie into a sample of f-in-box, I see the same. When I click to the button ">", it starts and shows me the whole video.

Thank you.

[Timo]

yes - the video stops and a play-icon ">" is visible. thats correct.

but when i start your .net sample 3 "Sample03_StandalonPlayer", select this .swf-file via "Play SWF from file..."-button - only a blank, dark-grey screen is shown.

loading flash.ocx as standalone via code into the application (like in your sample 3 - standalone player) seems to have different behavior to loading the swf in an application where f-in-box player uses an existing (not on-the-fly-added) flash.ocx -> loading this swf into your sample 1 "Sample01_SWF_And_FLV_Player" works fine ...

[Softanics]

but when i start your .net sample 3 "Sample03_StandalonPlayer", select this .swf-file via "Play SWF from file..."-button - only a blank, dark-grey screen is shown.

What version of flash.ocx is embedded into this application?

Thank you.

[Timo]

Flash6.ocx is used

[Softanics]

Flash6.ocx is used

OK. If you register this version in the system ( regsvr32 Flash6.ocx ) and then launch Internet Explorer with the movie, does it play well?

Thank you.

[Timo]

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OK. If you register this version in the system ( regsvr32 Flash6.ocx ) and then launch Internet Explorer with the movie, does it play well?

in internet explorer does it always play well - whatever version of flash and/or swf-movie i use. is it playing well when you start the standalone-demo and load the swf?

[Softanics]

I've created a clean virtual machine. Then I've installed flash.ocx, version 6. Here what I see after loading http://www.loomware.de/swf/Test1.swf:



Are you sure that you really installed flash.ocx version 6? It seems that http://www.loomware.de/swf/Test1.swf is not fully compatible with flash 6.

Thank you.

[Timo]

strange. i have checked camtasia publishing settings and a can check the flash-compatibility - if i check version 6 i get a message saying that with v6-compatibility the integrated features like table of contents or player-menu are not supported - that seems to be the error, thought.

but also strange that i run a test on a machine with no flash installed, registered Flash6.ocx and the moviel runs proper (not with standalone player).

seems to be working with Flash9c.ocx - i'll do some more tests