How to Create Shockwave Flash Objects
- 1). Open any FLV file in Adobe Flash.
- 2). Make any modifications you wish to the Flash file.
- 3). Go to "File" > "Export Movie" and save the file as a Flash movie (.swf). There are multiple other formats you can choose from in the drop-down menu.
- 4). Upload the saved .swf file and the .flv video file to the same folder on the web server or selected website.
- 5). Insert this HTML code into the <body> section of a web page on your site with the changes as indicated below:
<embed src="http://www.the webserver.com/folder/flvplayer.swf"bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=http://www.webserver.com/FLVfolder/video.flv&autostart=true"></embed>
Changes:
1. www.webserver.com = the name of your Web server/site
2. FLVfolder = the location where .flv file and .swf file are saved
3. video.flv = name of your FLV file - 1). Open a FLV file in the third-party conversion software.
- 2). Export or save the file in the conversion software, being sure to place the SWF and FLV files in the same directory.
- 3). Upload both to the same folder on a web server.
- 4). Insert the html code manually as an alternative means in the <body> section of the web page:
<embed src="http://www.the webserver.com/folder/flvplayer.swf"bgcolor="#FFFFFF" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="file=http://www.webserver.com/FLVfolder/video.flv&autostart=true"></embed>
Changes:
1. www.webserver.com = the name of your Web server/site
2. FLVfolder = the location where .flv file and .swf file are saved
3. video.flv = name of your FLV file