Loading an FLV with the FLV Player Component in Flash fails to load the referenced FLV Movie.

Most path references online are relative and there is no need to use absolute paths. However, when coding for the desktop, it is always advisable to use absolute paths for a number of reasons.

Firstly, there is no knowing where exactly the user will decide to launch the compiled Application from. It could be from a CD or it could be from a Hard Drive. The second reason is that the internal SWF isn't ever physically available on the users Hard Drive (it is contained within the EXE shell) and therefore doesn't "know" what it's current location is and, more importantly, doesn't know what is relative to it.

FLV Paths cannot be entered into the Component Parameter box, but must be scripted instead. You must specify the URL of the FLV file as an absolute path using mdm.Application.path. The correct syntax should look like this:

myMedia.setMedia(mdm.Application.path+"myMovie.flv", "FLV");

You should note that the sample code above expects the MediaPlayback Component to have an Instance Name of "myMedia".

If you are using the Flash 8 FLV Player Component, the correct code should be:

myFLVPlayer.contentPath = mdm.Application.path+"myMovie.flv";