Need to remove flash movie controls ( skin )

[Slance]

using Dreamweaver 8 - have imported an flv file into a standard html page and
it all works great when I publish - my problem is DW 8 is making me choose a
skin and the skins controls ( play RW, FF, ect..) semi transparent as they are,
are directly over some text of the movie. How do I tell DW I do not want a skin
or that I do not want any controls?

[josie1one]

I'm mildly curious too and Googled "flv no skin" - there are quite a lot of
links which could be helpful.
--
Jo

Post by Slance
using Dreamweaver 8 - have imported an flv file into a standard html page and
it all works great when I publish - my problem is DW 8 is making me choose a
skin and the skins controls ( play RW, FF, ect..) semi transparent as they are,
are directly over some text of the movie. How do I tell DW I do not want a skin
or that I do not want any controls?

[werwevc4]

I did the same and found nothing helpful. My issue is, there is not a 'none' (
no skin) selection on DW 8 when inporting an fla file and the file will not
playback if I tamper with the skin file DW creates. If some one could tell me
how to make it transparent or remove it, that would be cool.

[joeq]

it's more a flash issue than a dreamweaver one. when you're in flash and you're creating the swf from your imported flv, you can select a number of different skin options...including none at all.

[werwevc4]

'...using Dreamweaver 8 - have imported an flv...' Then, with respect to the
above quote ( and original question ) , can you import an flv in DW 8 and
choose 'No Skin'? Point: I am importing an flv not swf in DW8 The original avi
file was made into an flv in flash cs3 video encoder where agian there is no,
'no skin' options.

[joeq]

i don't know about importing flv's into dw. what i do know is that flv's are
big files that, unlike their swf counterparts, will slow your page down to a
crawl. my understanding was that you put the swf into the html document and
load both - along with accompanying flv - to your server. when the page loads,
the swf connects with the flv and streams the movie.

[werwevc4]

yes, I'm sure DW is converting my flv to an swf on import - that's a given.
But, DW 8 does not provide me a _no skin_ option. During the conversion process
there is a box to choose from one of 8 or so skins - all of them leave control
bars over text that is in my movie.. What I was hoping to do was be able to
tweak the code in either the html or skin file to make the skins control bar go
away

[Alan]

Post by werwevc4
DW 8 does not provide me a _no skin_ option

That's the thing. You've identified the problem. Dw doesn't offer a no skin
option for this. It is not an option.
There is no option when importing an flv into dw to have no controls show.
There isn't a choice to not have controls show if you use dw to import an
flv.

do you need any other re-wording of the basic fact?
The message thread is kind of at the point of explaining that it's a an
ex-parrot.

If you want to ask for this to be included in dreamweaver in the future,
search on the adobe.com for dreamweaver wishlist.

If you do these operations IN FLASH instead of using the Import flv menu
choice in dreamweaver, you WILL have a way to have no controls on the skin.

[joeq]

is there a reason you are determined to not solve this problem in flash - where, i assure you, it can be solved?

[werwevc4]

I don't doubt that for a minute. If it's an easy process feel free to explain
it from: Step 1: Import .avi to flash cs3... I might be wrong but I'll bet
there's an action script involved and I don't really have time to learn that
code. I bet I can make my movie loop in Flash too - humm, another script,
right?

[Alan]

Post by werwevc4
I don't doubt that for a minute. If it's an easy process feel free to explain
it from: Step 1: Import .avi to flash cs3...

This is why you've been asked to go to the FLASH forum/newsgroup and ask the
question. Most folks here are NOT flash experts. This is the dreamweaver
group. The flash experts are over THERE.

We or YOU could do some google searches to possibly find a tutorial.

But probably best is to ask the question in the flash forum/newsgroup.

[t***@gmail.com]

why cant someone just answer this question i have the same problem.. i need flash because ie wont go away

Post by Alan

Post by werwevc4
I don't doubt that for a minute. If it's an easy process feel free to explain
it from: Step 1: Import .avi to flash cs3...

This is why you've been asked to go to the FLASH forum/newsgroup and ask the
question. Most folks here are NOT flash experts. This is the dreamweaver
group. The flash experts are over THERE.
We or YOU could do some google searches to possibly find a tutorial.
But probably best is to ask the question in the flash forum/newsgroup.
--
Alan
Adobe Community Expert, dreamweaver
http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/

[joeq]

very easy. here's how i do it and there's no actioncripting required. 1. drag
movie.avi into flash video encoder (part of cs3) and determine all your output
settings. 2. in flash, go to file/import/import video. 3. find the file called
movie.flv, click continue. 4. select 'progressive download from a web server',
click continue. 5. under 'skins', select none. 6. save the fla 7. publish the
swf. 8. import movie.swf into your html document. 9. upload everything to your
webserver (except the fla - not necessary)

[joeq]

and yes, my next comment was similar to alan's - visit the flash forum for the answer to your question about looping and for more info on your initial one.

[werwevc4]

Thanks joeq I'll give that a try later. Since my issue is in DW and since I
haven't even ventured into flash yet is why I posted the question here - I
didn't pick up on your comment that this was more of a flash issue and to ask
it over there - to the point that Alan makes about most here not being Flash
experts ( including me) would be my main reason I wanted to solve this in DW.
I've opened flash twice and was hoping there was a simple work around to my
problem in DW - guess not.

[Alan]

just want to back off a bit any attitude that might have come across from
me. i saw this thread as beating a dead horse kind of thing. Monty Python
ex-parrot. this issue is something that has to be done IN flash because dw
doesn't offer the choice you want. If you would like dw to offer this
choice, ditto the suggestion i made about the dw wishlist comment form.

[hughAbbott]

There is a simple solution !!!

I was wondering if anyone out there has creaed a transparent skin that
has transparent buttons - that do nothing. This would fool
DreamWeaver into thinking you have chosen a skin - so we don't have to
mess around with that parameter code <Param = and there would be
no skin visible!

Surely one of you Adobe folk could create a transparent skin for us ?

Kind regards - Hugh

[bdkennedy1]

I was disappointed to see the attitude that was given about this question.
Being a bit rusty at Flash and Dreamweaver and not having used them in several
years, I have a project that I'm working on and am re-familiarizing myself with
the software.

I am having this same problem, and what I had thought about it is that since
the suite is now integrated under one company and DreamWeaver does have an
Attributes pane for Flash video, it was common sense to me to look here for an
answer.

Sometimes new users have the simplest perspectives.