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cause bandwidth or connectivity problems. For example, if you want to send 15 seconds of video to the web page
before the web page starts to play the video, set the buffer time to 15.
3 Click OK to close the dialog box and add the FLV file to your web page.
The Insert FLV command generates a video player SWF file and a skin SWF file that are used to display your video
on a web page. The command also generates a main.asc file that you must upload to your Flash Media Server. (To
see the new files, you may need to click the Refresh button in the Files panel.) These files are stored in the same
directory as the HTML file to which you’re adding video content. When you upload the HTML page containing the
FLV file, don’t forget to upload the SWF files to your web server, and the main.asc file to your Flash Media Server.
Note: If you already have a main.asc file on your server, check with your server administrator before uploading the
main.asc file generated by the Insert FLV command.
You can easily upload all of the required media files by selecting the video component placeholder in the
Dreamweaver Document window, and clicking the Upload Media button in the Property inspector (Window >
Properties). To see a list of required files, click Show required files.
Note: The Upload Media button does not upload the HTML file that contains the video content.
Edit Flash Player download information
When you insert an FLV file in a page, Dreamweaver inserts code that detects whether the user has the correct version
of Flash Player. If not, the page displays default alternative content that prompts the user to download the latest version.
You can change this alternative content at any time.
This procedure also applies to SWF files.
Note: If a user does not have the required version but does have Flash Player 6.0 r65 or later, the browser displays a Flash
Player express installer. If the user declines the express install, the page then displays the alternative content.
1 In the Design view of the Document window, select the SWF file or FLV file.
2 Click the eye icon in the tab of the SWF file or FLV file.
You can also press Control + ] to switch to alternative content view. To return to SWF/FLV view, press Control + [
until all of the alternative content is selected. Then press Control + [ again.
3 Edit the content just as you would edit any other content in Dreamweaver.
Note: You cannot add SWF files or FLV files as alternative content.
4 Click the eye icon again to return to the SWF or FLV file view.
Troubleshoot FLV files
This section details some of the most common causes of problems with FLV files.
Viewing problems caused by absence of related files
The code generated by Dreamweaver CS4 and later relies on four dependent files, different from the FLV file itself:
• swfobject_modified.js
• expressInstall.swf
• FLVPlayer_Progressive.swf
• The skin file (for example Clear_Skin_1.swf)
Note that there are two more dependent files for Dreamweaver CS4 and later, compared to Dreamweaver CS3.