Is there any difference between the lengths of the file names that work and
those that don't?

Thanks;

Amy

"Amanda Viers" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:f1qssd$qgq$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Erik,
>
> I checked the aam file and it hasn't written any of the problem wmvs. I
> see
> the lines for the wmv's that did publish properly, but the ones that are
> giving
> me the warning are not in the aam file at all.
>
> I tried moving these videos to the root of my folder so they are in the
> same
> folder as my a7p file, but it still didn't find those videos.
>
> I added FileLocation^"Media" to my search path and it still cannot find
> these
> videos. I am about ready to throw this file out the window. I cannot
> figure
> out what could possibly be causing this issue on just some of the videos.
> They
> are all wmv files and are all within the media folder. The only thing
> that I
> am thinking of trying is creating a subfolder within the Media folder b/c
> the
> majority of the videos that work are in Media/Cas_Videos or a path like
> that,
> where it seems that the majority of the videos that don't work are just in
> Media.
>
> Amanda
>
>
> [q]Originally posted by: Newsgroup User
> The .aam file is one of the files published by the OBP process. You can
> open that with any text editor (notepad is likely best) and edit. It
> couldn't hurt to look at that and see if it's referencing the movie
> files properly (location and name), but I don't think it's the problem
> now.
>
> For some reason, your file seems to be looking for and trying to play
> MPG files instead of the WMV files specified in the movie icon. That's
> very weird - especially since they play properly during authoring. I've
> never seen that before.
>
> Since the published file can't find the movies, it's looking in some
> default locations then ultimately asking where, and seems to be
> suggesting the Macromedia folder. So it's not picking up the location of
> these movies when published. I think there's something funky with the
> way your movie icons are linked to the movies, especially considering
> the odd broken/not broken thing you mentioned earlier.
>
> One thing you could try is in Modify > File > Properties > Interaction >
> Search Path - include the name of the folder where you movies are
> located. I think such folders have to have quotes, but not sure. Maybe try
> FileLocation^"MyMovieFolder"
>
> Where are these movies? In a subfolder? Maybe just try moving them to
> the same location as the published file? I believe that's one of the
> default search locations so maybe the published file will find
> them...but that's not a real solution for web-packaged.
>
> Does the file work properly when packaged as an .exe?
> Erik
>
> Amanda Viers wrote:
> > One button publishing completes with warnings. I copied the media files
> over
> > and go to run the piece and it is looking for the videos in mpg format
> instead
> > of wav in some weird folder on my c: drive. I think it is the program
> folder
> > for macromedia or something like that. (Sorry, I am away from my home
> computer
> > where all these files are, so the description is a little vague). If I
> > navigate to the folder in the published directory, change the format of
> > the
> > file it is looking for to wmv and click the movie, it will then play the
> movie.
> > How can I directly change the aam outside of OBP because that would be
> > a
> > really easy fix for me if I can just go in the aam and point to the
> > correct
> > location?
> >
> > Amanda
> >
>
> --
> Erik Lord
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