FLASH: Quicktime movies on server

[michael werth]

hi again, another head-scratcher.

i create a flash file. i import a qt.mov from a networked server, mapped as

Q: .all is well. dbl-click on the .mov file in the library window and the

path shows as Q:\qt_folder\qt.mov .


then i copy the fla to another station on the same network. if i open the

fla on that station the qt.mov shows as an x with the message <<preview

unavailable>> even though the path to the server is still (from that new

station) Q:\qt_folder\qt.mov . this is not good. even if i try to reset the

path it doesn't like it.


the workaround is to copy the qt.mov from Q: to a local folder, say

C:\movies\qt.mov . import the .mov into a .fla file. then copy the .fla to

another station. onto that same station create a folder called C:\movies\

and put a copy of the qt.mov into it. NOW the .fla on station 2 looks for

the path C:\movies\qt.mov on station 2 (even though the c: path is actually

one created on station 1), finds it, and plays the fla with the .mov

properly.


that, to me, is just silly. if q is mapped from station 1 and from station

2, why not play the file from any machine with the same network drive mapped

to the same letter?


anyone have a better idea?

m



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