Title: Problem getting embedded flash to play
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Problem getting embedded flash to play

 *  [redbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eagerwatcher/)
 * (@eagerwatcher)
 * [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-getting-flash-to-play/)
 * I uploaded a folder containing …
 *  oil-spill-dome.html
    oil-spill-dome.mp4 oil-spill-dome_controller.swf FirstFrame.
   png expressInstall.swf swfobject.js
 * The plug-in [http://www.mac-dev.net/blog/files/flash-video-player.5.0.4.zip](http://www.mac-dev.net/blog/files/flash-video-player.5.0.4.zip)
   says
 * 3. Add video to your posts using the following tag:
 * [flashvideo file=videos/my-video.flv /] *
 * I tried
 * [flashvideo file=videos/http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/video/oil-spill-dome/
   oil-spill-dome.mp4 /]
 * and it loaded but said, “video not found or access denied”.
 * The author of the plug-in suggests in his FAQ
 * Create a new text file named crossdomain.xml.
    Open crossdomain.xml in a text
   editor. Add the following XML code to the file:
 * <?xml version=”1.0″?>
    <!DOCTYPE cross-domain-policy SYSTEM “[http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd”&gt](http://www.macromedia.com/xml/dtds/cross-domain-policy.dtd”&gt);
   <cross-domain-policy> <allow-access-from domain=”www.yoursite.com” /> <allow-
   access-from domain=”yoursite.com” /> </cross-domain-policy>
 * Save the file.
    Upload the file to the root directory of yoursite.com (so that
   the file can be accessed at [http://www.yoursite.com/crossdomain.xml](http://www.yoursite.com/crossdomain.xml)).
 * I did this but when I click on the link I get a parsing error.
 * XML Parsing Error: not well-formed
    Location: [http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/crossdomain.xml](http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/crossdomain.xml)
   Line Number 1, Column 1:{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang2057{\fonttbl{\f0\
   fswiss\fcharset0 Arial;}} ^
 * Any help would be much appreciated.
 * Jane
 * P.S. This does work …
    [video src="http://www.ourchangingglobe.com/video/oil-
   spill-dome/oil-spill-dome.mp4" /]

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 * [parsing error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/parsing-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [redbourn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eagerwatcher/)
 * Last activity: [16 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/problem-getting-flash-to-play/)
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