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Is the Adobe Flash Player plug-in required to view my demos(Flash format)?

The Adobe Flash Player plug-in is required to view a SWF file. Please note that the browser will automatically try to download and install this if it is not already present. The user will only have to confirm the installation of the plug-in.

Almost 99% of browsers already have the Adobe Flash Player installed.
See this survey for more information : http://www.adobe.com/products/player_census/flashplayer/

What is needed to distribute my movies? On the web? On CD?

To share your movies over the web, you will need the SWF file and the HTML file that was created along with it.

To distribute the movies on CD, you will need the EXE file and (optionally) the 'autorun.inf' file that were created when the movie was exported in Standalone format. The autorun.inf file is only required if you want the movie to play automatically when the CD is inserted into the drive.

For movies burned to CD, how do I add 'autoplay' so that movie playback starts automatically when the CD is inserted in the player?

When you export and burn a movie to CD in Standalone format, check the 'Create autorun' for CD option. The movie will be created along with a file named 'autorun.inf' that you must include on the CD with the movie (*.exe) file in order for the movie to start automatically upon insertion in the CD drive.

Produced H264/SWF Flash plays on local computer, but not from server.

You may need to update the server's MIME types to support the MP4 format. The following instructions walk through configuring IIS and Apache for the MP4 MIME type.

1. Open IIS Manager
2. Click on the computer name of the server
3. Double click on MIME Types.
4. Select Add from the right and enter in Extension: .mp4 and MIME Type: video/mp4.
5. Right click on Default Web Site > Stop.
6. Right click on Default Web Site > Start.

1. Open IIS Manager
2. Access computer name of the server > HTTP Headers > MIME Types.
3. Click on New and enter in Extension: .mp4 and MIME Type: video/mp4.
4. Right click on Default Web Site > Stop.
5. Right click on Default Web Site > Start.

1. Locate and open Mime.types file (normally contained within /etc/httpd/conf/) in an text editor.
2. Add a new line to this file of video/mp4 .mp4
3. Save file and restart Apache.

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