embed online video as shockwave flash object - FlashVars keeps era

[Scoutwert]

I want to embed a national geographic video in a ppt2007 slide. I have added
a shockwave flash object and gone to the properties to put the values
provided in national geographic's "embed" code in the proper fields. The
"movie" field is a URL to National geographic's flash player. The video I
want to embed is specified by a FlashVar tag. The first time I put this
information in the Properties table, the video plays just fine. When I save
the presentation and open it again, the FlashVar field is blank; the wrong
National geo video plays; I cannot add the correct FlashVar value because as
soon as I leave the field, the value disappears. Does anyone know what to
do? Here is the URL to get to the video with the embed code:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com...s-places/sudan/cultural-differences-ggtu.html

 

[Austin Myers]

You might want to give PFCPro a try. www.playsforcertain.com




Austin Myers
AT&W Technologies

Creators of PowerPoint add-ins

 

[BenPitman]

I've encountered the same problem. The trick is to include the FlashVars in the Movie field along with the .swf.

For example you would have put:
Movie: http://.....file.swf
FlashVars: variable1=hello&variable2=world

Instead put:
Movie: http://.....file.swf?variable1=hello&variable2=world

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Ben Pitman
CTN Communications
http://www.ctn.co.uk/