Directly manipulating videos
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FLV MIME type with IIS
This is something I often have to do when setting up a new server, if you’re planning on using FLV video with the site:
- Open properties and “HTTP Headers” tab
- Select “File types”->”New type”
- Enter .flv for extension and “video/x-flv” for content type
Pretty simple, but if you forget to do, could leave you scratching your head for some time, thinking “Now, why don’t my f#$@ing video player work?!”.
WMODE and Color Transfom weirdness…
While I was building a Flash site, I noticed that the color transform that I was applying to my menu items did not work in FF (ver 3 in this case, not sure same across versions), but worked fine in IE and standalone Flash player.
I figured it would have to be caused by the embed code, and after playing around and changing params around, I found that it was due to the wmode param. If I set it to either “opaque” or “transparent” the transform failed to show. But worked fine when set to “window”, the default value. It seems strange that all other thing worked except for the transform?! What is it about it that would stop it working in the other wmodes…?
The winning code:
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var flashVars = {
};
var params = {
wmode: 'window'
, allowscriptaccess: "sameDomain"
}
var attributes = {
id: 'flashcontent'
};
var expressInstall = false;
swfobject.embedSWF( "main.swf", "flashcontent", "100%", "100%", "9.0.115", expressInstall, flashVars, params, attributes );
// ]]>
</script>
Etienne De Crecy!
Real awesome visual effects! Wonder how its done…? Projected on to a screen, maybe.