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Cross Domain Policy (flash)

frankthetankfrankthetank Registered User regular
edited September 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hello all- just wondering if anyone has any experience with Cross Domain Policy .xml files? I've set one up to spec as outlined by the Adobe TechNote, but am not getting the desired result.

I'm testing the cross domain policy I've placed on the client website's root directory by streaming a video file that sits on their server through a player on an html page on the my server. With a proper crossdomain.xml file in place it should stop this from playing, no? Here is what I've got:

Cross domain file in place:
http://dailyfitplanet.com/crossdomain.xml

Target File for streaming:
http://dailyfitplanet.com/videos/video.flv

Test page on my server (Fleivamedia.com) server:
http://fleivamedia.com/temp/

Yet the movie plays on... any ideas?

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    What version of Flash are you compiling for? There are subtle differences between how 6,7,8 and 9 handle this.

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  • frankthetankfrankthetank Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    flash player version 9.0.98

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  • frankthetankfrankthetank Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    Have received confirmation that the server is in fact referrencing the crossdomain.xml file (server logs) as it should when I reload the HTML page- so I'm not sure why it isn't following the file as it should?

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  • frankthetankfrankthetank Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    @RiemannLives: Does that mean that it depends on what version of flash player you have installed on your browser? Or the version I've got listed in my embed code?

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  • RiemannLivesRiemannLives Registered User regular
    edited September 2009
    That is your player version which may or may not be the version which the SWF is compiled for.

    But I just realized that doesn't matter. Cross domain XML files control the loading of data from another domain. Data in this case means XML, text or connection to a flash media server. Not video via progressive download.

    In flash 9+ it also can control things like granting pixel-level access to image data.


    Why do you need to do this?

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