More confusion with SWF Tools.... {heavy sigh}

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Posted by kappaluppa on January 1, 2010 at 9:06pm

I am trying to output video using SWF Tools with views, but am getting errors saying it cannot see the flash content. This is my testing:

<?php
 print $fields['field_video_fid']->content; 
?>

yields this: http://www.inwithskin.com/drupal6/sites/default/files/Cuteraflash.flv

<?php
 print swf('http://www.inwithskin.com/drupal6/sites/default/files/Cuteraflash.flv'); 
?>

yields the video displayed correctly.

<?php
 print swf($fields['field_video_fid']->content); 
?>

yields error: You are missing some Flash content that should appear here! Perhaps your browser cannot display it, or maybe it did not initialize correctly.

A strange twist to this is that it works on another site on the same server.... I'm tearing my hair out here!!!

Any ideas/suggestions/supportive cursing would be appreciated!
Thanks!
K

Categories: swftools

Comments

Is the display formatter outputting a link?

Posted by aaron on January 2, 2010 at 12:07am

aaron's picture

I suspect that

<?php
 $fields['field_video_fid']->content 
?>

is actually a link, rather than a filepath. You might do better with

<?php
 print $fields['field_video_fid']->filepath; 
?>

I believe. (Or do a devel load if you have the devel module installed; I forget the actual items in that field.

Might take a look at jQuery Media + Filefield as well: http://drupaltherapy.com/filefield .

Aaron Winborn
Drupal Multimedia (my book, available now!)
AaronWinborn.com
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