About targeting local FLV files on Macintosh

If you attempt to play a local FLV from a non-system drive on a Macintosh computer by using a path that uses a relative slash (/), the video will not play. Non-system drives include, but are not limited to, CD-ROMs, partitioned hard disks, removable storage media, and connected storage devices.

NOTE

The reason for this failure is a limitation of the operating system, not a limitation in Flash or Flash Player.

For an FLV file to play from a non-system drive on a Macintosh, refer to it with an absolute path using a colon-based notation (:) rather than slash-based notation (/). The following list shows the difference in the two kinds of notation:

Slash-based notation myDrive/myFolder/myFLV.flv

Colon-based notation (Macintosh) myDrive:myFolder:myFLV.flv

You can also create a projector file for a CD-ROM you intend to use for Macintosh playback. For the latest information on Macintosh CD-ROMs and FLV files, see http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=3121b301.

Flash CS3

Comments

tderich said on Apr 27, 2007 at 2:23 PM :

Please take note that for Flash 8 and higher, to play a local FLV from a non-system drive on a Macintosh computer use a path that uses a relative slash (/). The old style colon-base notation (:) is no longer used.

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