When I load an mp3 using the Sound component, with the relative path
"medias/test.mp3", it works.

When I try to load a flv using the VideoDisplay component, with the
relative path "medias/test.flv", it doesn't work!

VideoDisplay seems to build the path to the flv from the directory where
the .swf is, not from where the webpage is...

Webpage is : /blabla/index.html
Swf path is: /blabla/swf/main.swf
Medias path: /blabla/medias/...

Is there a way to tell the VideoDisplay component to load a relative path
starting at the level where the webpage is?

Thanks in advance!

Any help, please?

"tata668@gmail.com" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> When I load an mp3 using the Sound component, with the relative
> path
> "medias/test.mp3", it works.
>
> When I try to load a flv using the VideoDisplay component, with the
> relative path "medias/test.flv", it doesn't work!
>
> VideoDisplay seems to build the path to the flv from the directory
> where
> the .swf is, not from where the webpage is...
>
> Webpage is : /blabla/index.html
> Swf path is: /blabla/swf/main.swf
> Medias path: /blabla/medias/...
>
> Is there a way to tell the VideoDisplay component to load a relative path
> starting at the level where the webpage is?

Relative paths are_always_ relative to the swf, regardless of the media
type. Note that media is actually _already_ plural ;-).

So try:

"./medias/test.flv"
or possibly
"../medias/test.flv"

But then, why does it work to play a mp3, using the Sound component, with the same relative path structure?

Have almost the same problem:

public class SoundPlayer extends Sprite {
private var url:String = "sound.mp3";
private var soundFactory:Sound;

public function SoundPlayer() {
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest(url);
soundFactory = new Sound();
soundFactory.load(request);
}
}

sound.mp3 file is placed in the same directory as flex-config.mxml
SoundPlayer class is in /sample package.


However, when I use something like [Embed(source="sound.mp3")] in my mxml
file, it works well.

Could you please help me how to resolve it? =(

This does not precisely answer the question, but...

I got so tired of wrestling with relative path issues that I began passing
"root urls" in to my application via flashvars in the html wrapper. This lets
me have multiple apps reunning from the same code base by having multiple
versions of the html wrapper. It also supports multiple launch configurations
from within Flex Builder.

I no longer have any pathing issues.

Tracy

Tracy

Sounds like an excellent idea. Can you please post a quick example?

I run into the problem that I keep having to change the path to my xml
depending on if the file is local or on one of the test servers, so this might
help there.

Tracy

Sounds like an excellent idea. Can you please post a quick example?

I run into the problem that I keep having to change the path to my xml
depending on if the file is local or on one of the test servers, so this might
help there.