'flashvideoplayer' is null or not an object

**acoder** · Nov 9 '07, 08:33 AM

You have an error in Firefox too:

flashvideoplaye r.playVideo is not a function.

**phayman** · Nov 9 '07, 05:13 PM

Originally posted by acoder

You have an error in Firefox too:

flashvideoplaye r.playVideo is not a function.

Thanks.

I fixed the cause of the error but found that it did not effect the problem that I'm having with IE.

**acoder** · Nov 9 '07, 07:02 PM

Since you've given the OBJECT tag an id of "videoplaye r", use document.getEle mentById("video player") to refer to it.

**phayman** · Nov 13 '07, 05:39 AM

Originally posted by acoder

Since you've given the OBJECT tag an id of "videoplaye r", use document.getEle mentById("video player") to refer to it.

Thank you very much for taking time to reply to my post.

I changed how the variable "flashvideoplay er" was defined from:

Code:

flashvideoplayer = window.videoplayer;

to:

Code:

flashvideoplayer = document.getElementById('videoplayer');

My original error went away but was replaced with this new one:

'videoplayer' is undefined

Any ideas??

**acoder** · Nov 13 '07, 08:52 AM

Which line does this occur on?

It should be a line using "videoplaye r" - perhaps that should be changed to flashvideoplaye r?

**phayman** · Nov 14 '07, 05:03 AM

Originally posted by acoder

Which line does this occur on?

It should be a line using "videoplaye r" - perhaps that should be changed to flashvideoplaye r?

404 Not Found

http://www.hightechhigh.org/video/index2.php

IE is telling me that the error is on Line: 1 Char:1

I changed all instances of "videoplaye r" to "flashvideoplay er" and saved it to:

404 Not Found

http://www.hightechhigh.org/video/index3.php

This variation also works fine on other browsers but gives me the following error in IE:

Line: 48
Char: 3
Error: Object expected

This variation does not seem like a step in the right direction. Line 48 is within the following function that is only called from a link to "start video":

42. function initFlashPlayVi deo() {
43.
44. var video = "";
45. updateStatus("_ ___" + video + "____");
46. flashvideoplaye r.playVideo(vid eo);
47. document.pauseB utton.src = pauseButton.src ;
48. var play_V = document.getEle mentById('PLAY' );
48.
50. //update page elements
51. play_V.innerHTM L = "";
52. }

**acoder** · Nov 14 '07, 08:36 AM

You have two elements with the same "flashvideoplay er" ID: the object and embed tag. IDs must be unique. On top of that, the name of the embed tag is also flashvideoplaye r and IE is easily confused between name and ID.

I'm not sure if this will solve it, but it may help.

**phayman** · Nov 15 '07, 05:38 PM

Originally posted by acoder

You have two elements with the same "flashvideoplay er" ID: the object and embed tag. IDs must be unique. On top of that, the name of the embed tag is also flashvideoplaye r and IE is easily confused between name and ID.

I'm not sure if this will solve it, but it may help.

I think it helped, I no longer have an error when the page loads in IE.

Now when I make a selection from the pull down list I am getting the following error from IE:

Line: 33
Char: 1
Error: 'flashvideoplay er' is null or not an object

Line 33 is this line within in the following function:

flashvideoplaye r.playVideo("" + video);

[CODE=javascript]/* When the user selects a movie from the pull down list on the the form, update the videoStatus text area, and call the playVideo() function within the SWF file, passing it the URL of the FLV file. */
function callFlashPlayVi deo() {
var comboBox = document.forms['videoForm'].videos;
var video = comboBox.option s[comboBox.select edIndex].value;
updateStatus("_ ___" + video + "____");
flashvideoplaye r.playVideo("" + video);
var play_V = document.getEle mentById('PLAY' );

//update page elements
get_movie_info( 'getInfo.php?fl v='+ video +'&return=all', 'film_title','v ideo_info-title','video_i nfo-desc','<img src="gifs/loading_animati on.gif" width="30" alt="loading.." border="0">');
play_V.innerHTM L = "";

}[/CODE]

**acoder** · Nov 16 '07, 07:23 PM

I'm not sure, but this link might help in your struggles with the embed tag, i.e. try using object only.

**phayman** · Nov 16 '07, 09:40 PM

Originally posted by acoder

I'm not sure, but this link might help in your struggles with the embed tag, i.e. try using object only.

Yes it was helpful. I simplified some of the Object tags and it changed my IE error message once again.

Now when I make a selection from the pull down list I am getting the following error from IE:

Line: 33
Char: 1
Error: Object doesn't support this property or method.

Line 33 is this line within in the following function:

flashvideoplaye r.playVideo("" + video);

[CODE=javascript]/* When the user selects a movie from the pull down list on the the form, update the videoStatus text area, and call the playVideo() function within the SWF file, passing it the URL of the FLV file. */
function callFlashPlayVi deo() {
var comboBox = document.forms['videoForm'].videos;
var video = comboBox.option s[comboBox.select edIndex].value;
updateStatus("_ ___" + video + "____");
flashvideoplaye r.playVideo("" + video);
var play_V = document.getEle mentById('PLAY' );

//update page elements
get_movie_info( 'getInfo.php?fl v='+ video +'&return=all', 'film_title','v ideo_info-title','video_i nfo-desc','<img src="gifs/loading_animati on.gif" width="30" alt="loading.." border="0">');
play_V.innerHTM L = "";

}[/CODE]

**acoder** · Nov 17 '07, 01:32 PM

So at least it's now recognising "flashvideoplay er" as an object.

What does your object tag look like now? There's no other elements with a name or id of "flashvideoplay er" now, is there?

**nprajapati** · Nov 21 '07, 06:41 AM

Hi,

i have also same problem like you.... can you give me what was your solution to avoid this problem.....

i have used same like you:

var isIE = navigator.appNa me.indexOf("Mic rosoft") != -1;
flashvideoplaye r = (isIE) ? window['videoPlayer'] : document['videoPlayer'];

but still it is giving error in IE....

videoPlayer is undefined....

and let me know is there any possibility of js error in .swf file..... for creating object

plase give me replay as soon as possible.....

Thanks,
Nilesh

**acoder** · Nov 21 '07, 08:47 AM

Hi

Maybe this might help you.

**nprajapati** · Nov 21 '07, 01:36 PM

Hi,

my flash embeded is like following:

[HTML]<object classid="clsid: d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macr omedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#ver sion=8,0,0,0" width="740" height="420" id="FileUpload " align="middle">
<param name="allowScri ptAccess" value="always" />
<param name="movie" value="FileUplo ad.swf?cookies= <?= $cookieString ?>&contentId=<? = $contentId ?>" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#e1e2ff" />
<embed src="FileUpload .swf?cookies=<? = $cookieString ?>&contentId=<? = $contentId ?>" quality="high" bgcolor="#e1e2f f" width="740" height="420" name="FileUploa d" align="middle" allowScriptAcce ss="always" type="applicati on/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="ht tp://www.macromedia. com/go/getflashplayer" />
</object>
[/HTML]
in that object tag have id="FileUpload " while embed tag have name="FileUploa d" ...

is it causing any problem in IE?

when my page is loading at that time only it is giving me error in IE
"FileUpload " is undefined

i donot have much idea on flash.. so, can you tell me is it possible any javascript programming in .swf file? and may be it is casing the problem to creating object of "FileUpload "

is any wrong parameter is passed or we need more parameters in object or embe tag in IE?

Thanks,

'flashvideoplayer' is null or not an object

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