Local settings working in version 2, but not version 3 Created Jun 18, 2009

This was discussed in another thread just a few days ago. About the only thing that comes to mind is to try a utility such as Abobe's Local Content Updater to change the network flag in Flowplayer (and any plugin SWFs you may use) from Network sandbox to Local sandbox.

There are other other utilities that also do this (such as the MTASC compiler), and any of these are worth a shot.

The fact that FP 2.x worked locally probably means its sandbox was set to Local. That's okay, as it'll still play videos on the Web, but then it will restrict network communcations, such as GetURL when the URL points to a network resource. (Or, it was compiled for a pre-Flash 8 version, which may have had less restrictive security; obviously that is not an option for an ongoing product.)

As far as resolving the issue, there is nothing to resolve, as this is how Flash security works. It's either Local or Network, and you have to live with the restrictions of whatever sandbox environment it's set at.

Hello,

I am creating an interactive cd and I wish to include flowplayer within the CD, but I'm having the same issue trying to access the content from a relative filepath (i.e. "/videos"). But I guess the flash security settings are interfering with the playback.

I've read that I can change my swf player security settings but as this is a distribution cd is there a way that the users can just watch the videos without each of them changing their security settings?

Thanks in advance.