[desktop-discuss] Playback local H.264 file by using flashplayer plugin

[Ginn Chen]

On Apr 17, 2008, at 12:47 AM, Stephen Lau wrote:

> Ginn Chen wrote:
>> Flashplayer 9 Update 3 has H.264 support.
>>
>> Here's a simple example to play local H.264 media file by using
>> flashplayer plugin in your favorite browser.
>> Download it at  http://www.chenqi.org/blog/files/
>> flashmediaplayer.tar.gz (43KB)
>>
>> Usage: Untar it and open flashmediaplayer.html in a browser window.
>>
>> I used FLV Media Player [1].
>> Because of the security restriction of Flash, I can't use Javascript
>> to interact the playback. I believe you can work out a better  
>> solution.
>>
>
> You can use the Flash security settings to allow external script
> interaction.  Go here to set the settings:
> http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager04.html

Right, but it seems "Always allow" doesn't work as I expect.
I've to add my local directory to trusted locations to make it work.

Ginn

>
>
> cheers,
> steve
>
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> stephen lau | stevel at opensolaris.org | www.whacked.net
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Ginn Chen
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Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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