Posted by cwdjrxyz on 01/07/07 23:35

The Starmaker wrote:
> The Starmaker wrote:
> >
> > The Starmaker wrote:
> > > I'm fooling around with html/css
> > >
> > >
> > > How do I get those scrolling bars to disapear?
> > > I just want the video to be centered in the background image.
> > > http://pw1.netcom.com/~starmaker/YT/YT6.html
> > >
> > >
> > > Maybe there's a better way...
> > > If there is a better way then,
> > > what keywords should I be looking up?
> >
> > thanks all...
> > it's okay....I figured it out....
> >
> > seems to work on both browsers, IE & Firefox
> > http://pw1.netcom.com/~starmaker/YT/YT7-test5.html
>
> Now, is there a way to play the movie without clicking
> the play button?
>
> You know, 'onload' 'play' 'autoplay', or is this the wrong
> newsgroup to ask that question?

I don't see a method to autostart the video you use, because the flash
has been encoded to start on clicking on the built in start error.
Perhaps a good hacker would know a way :-) . However there is a very
direct way that works. You need the .flv video first as I showed how to
get earlier in the thread. There is an encoder at
http://www.avsmedia.com/VideoTools/index.aspx that will encode a .flv
to swf. There is a free trial version of this program, with watermark
unless you pay. This will convert many types of video files into
others. If you select your .flv video and select to convert to flash,
the default option gives you a flash version that autostarts and loops.
This is the way much of the flash works on the the web, often used in
ads, and many people hate being forced to see it with no option to turn
it off. The converted .flv video of interest to you worked perfectly as
autostarted flash. Unfortunately I will not put it up on my site, for
the reason explained in an earlier post in this thread.

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