Shockwave fails to play in Apache

anand_kt · 12-22-2004, 09:07 AM

Sys config :
Red Hat 8.0 box with Apache that came with the red hat 8.0 box

I am trying to embed a '.SWF' file in to a HTML page.
Both the HTML and the flash exist in the same directory with 755 permissions.

When I try to access the HTML page thru any browser(IE/Moz) - the HTML page gets loaded fully BUT the movie(SWF file) fails to PLAY.

I dont understand why.

I moved the same HTML file and SWF file to another IIS server and it works instantly.

YES. I have checked if the x-application shockwave exists in the mime.types file. Its present by default.

Guys, any suggestions wud be of great help.

Thanks
Anand

bathory · 12-22-2004, 09:10 AM

Add this:

Code:

AddType application/x-shockwave-flash .swf

to your httpd.conf

Regards

anand_kt · 12-22-2004, 09:46 AM

thanks for the response.

i tried adding that to the httpd.conf and restarted httpd

but didnt help

:-(

bathory · 12-22-2004, 05:11 PM

Try this code in your page:

Code:

<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://active.macromedia.com/flash2/cabs/swflash.cab#version=4,0,0,0" id=page-b width=100% height=100%>
  <param name=movie value="movie.swf">
  <param name=quality value=high>
  <param name=bgcolor value=#FFFFFF>
  <embed src="movie.swf" quality=high bgcolor="#FFFFFF"  width=100% height=95%
type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash">
  </embed>

Of course change movie.swf with the right name.
It's supposed to work, the first part for IE and the 2nd for mozilla compatible browsers, but perhaps even the server must know how to parse the embedded flash movie.
If this doesn't work post either the error you get or if you're prompted to save the swf file and also take a look at apache's logs.

anand_kt · 12-23-2004, 12:35 AM

all this time i was trying to open the HTML page which had the flash movie embedded wtih proper OBJECT codes. but now i just tried giving the direct SWF file in the URL.
Now it doesnt prompt me to save the file, but the progress bar in IE just keeps progressing forever. THe move never gets loaded or played. I tried rename it to "movie" from "movie.swf" and now it prompts me to SAVE the file.

Please help guys!

anand_kt · 12-28-2004, 04:31 AM

just wanted to come back and close this thread!

The solution :
While transfering SWF files thru FTP, do not forget to do it in Binary mode. Else movies will load but wont PLAY.

Hope it helps someone else sometime.

Buttercup · 04-11-2005, 03:52 AM

Hi Everyone
This is my first post and I am in sheer desperation.
I have searched in vain everywhere and this post comes the closest to the problem that I am having

I am redesigning a website that has a shockwave movie as one of the modules. I am not redesigning this module
as I have no flash experience. The website currently runs on IIS and I am redeveloping in Linux/PHP/Apache. My understanding was that the flash stuff was platform independent and once I had my httpd.conf correct with the shockwave AddType then it would run okay.

The first file movie.html runs the into.swf file. This works fine so it leads me to believe that shockwave works on the server. However when I click the first link on the page it does not call the next .swf file(movie01.swf). I can't figure this out. I have tried
1. Checking permissions on all files - Given all 755 access
2. Tried all combinations of putting the files in the root directory of the server
3. Ran the second file movie01.swf. They all work in a standalone mode
4. If I run the application from the file structure, it works fine

To add insult to injury, if I run Apache on Windows, the whole thing works.

I really would appreciate any help that anyone could give, even if someone told me that this has been answered a million times and that I haven't looked hard enough

M.

anand_kt · 04-11-2005, 04:05 AM

You said

- the first movie, plays fine.
- the second one if played independently, plays fine.

but the failiure occurs only if u try to click a link in the first movie that points to the second movie. right?

You have not edited (or wud like to edit) any part of the flash file.

But you cud probably check if you have placed the second file in the correct (path)location....
this path wud be the exact URL that the first movie's LINK is pointing to...

try this.

Buttercup · 04-11-2005, 04:29 AM

Thanks so much for responding!!!
I have got the .swf files and not the flash project and I can't seem to edit them????? Is there a way of editing a .swf file?

I set up a Windows server and installed Apache. I ran the application and it worked fine so the links in the shockwave files don't seem to be the issue. There seems to be some setting that is different in Linux than in Windows?????

anand_kt · 04-11-2005, 05:52 AM

Editing SWF : Well, There is one way to do it. Download SWF Browser, use it to parse the SWF File(it will break any locks also) and then import it in to Flash or Swish 2.0 and u can edit it.

But coming back to your problem,
Can you tell me what happens exactly when you click on the link to the second swf file...

- The browser says 'cannot locate the file'
- the progress bar in browser just keeps going indefinitely while loading the movie?

My gut feeling is that its not a problem with any configuirations in Linux/Apache cos you said first movie plays.
Your apache setup seems to be fine, try tranfering the SWF's from their original locations again to your linux box, and if you use FTP to do this, do not forget to set BIN mode transfer.

Buttercup · 04-11-2005, 06:57 AM

YOU ARE SUCH A STAR!!!!!!!

Downloaded the swf decompiler and saw that the link was actually Movie01.swf instead of movie01.swf. The uppercase worked in Windows but was more sensitive in Linux.

I feel like a huge weight is lifted!!!!! Thanks for your time
M.

anand_kt · 04-11-2005, 07:03 AM

Linux is case sensitive.

! sometimes... basics fail to cross our mind...