Comments on: Flash Preloading Errors? Turn Off gzip. http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/ Flash & ActionScript, Blogging & WordPress, Web Development & Design, Branding & Naming, and Whatever Else Comes To Mind. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ann http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-100 Ann Mon, 09 Jan 2012 07:14:00 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-100 On this one server I'm working with, hard-coding the total file size doesn't even make a difference. That temporary fix has always worked for me before. Here the file thinks it's completed when the preloader has only loaded to about 1/3. Do you think it's possible to make the flash file work fine with gzip? Why do all the other files on the page (images, js, etc.) still work fine? What should I do now, ugh... On this one server I’m working with, hard-coding the total file size doesn’t even make a difference. That temporary fix has always worked for me before.
Here the file thinks it’s completed when the preloader has only loaded to about 1/3.

Do you think it’s possible to make the flash file work fine with gzip?
Why do all the other files on the page (images, js, etc.) still work fine?

What should I do now, ugh…

]]> By: SC http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-97 SC Tue, 01 Nov 2011 09:24:00 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-97 So thanks !!! Since nearly 2 years I "search" for this trouble ! <a href="http://www.games68.com" rel="nofollow">Games</a> So thanks !!!
Since nearly 2 years I “search” for this trouble !
Games

]]> By: Louai Munajim http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Louai Munajim Thu, 13 Oct 2011 09:34:00 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-96 Thanks for sharing Charles. A real find, saved me when I had to update the DNS entries on my Mac (changing the hosts file no longer worked). Anyways ... I also had issues with a gzipped environment, had to write an additional fall back preloader that had an indeterminate state. Just displays bytes loaded. That way it never fails. You can see it running here in the two states. <a href="http://flashscript.ca/flash-preloader.php" rel="nofollow">flash preloader</a> Thanks for sharing Charles. A real find, saved me when I had to update the DNS entries on my Mac (changing the hosts file no longer worked).
Anyways …
I also had issues with a gzipped environment, had to write an additional fall back preloader that had an indeterminate state. Just displays bytes loaded. That way it never fails. You can see it running here in the two states.
flash preloader

]]> By: Li http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-88 Li Fri, 27 May 2011 16:40:40 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-88 Woa! That is a hard bug to find. Thanks for the info. Woa! That is a hard bug to find. Thanks for the info.

]]> By: Ken http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Ken Tue, 11 Jan 2011 05:36:07 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-82 Found this article just after I solved the problem... Good that you shared this information. It's weird how the gzip it's changes the MIME type. I did this to my .htaccess <FilesMatch "(?i)^.*\.(htm|html|shtml|php|txt|xml|js|css)$"> SetOutputFilter DEFLATE </FilesMatch> Found this article just after I solved the problem…
Good that you shared this information. It’s weird how the gzip it’s changes the MIME type.
I did this to my .htaccess
<FilesMatch "(?i)^.*\.(htm|html|shtml|php|txt|xml|js|css)$">
SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
</FilesMatch>

]]> By: Kubilay KAYA http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Kubilay KAYA Fri, 03 Dec 2010 10:30:59 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-80 I had same problem & solved hard :) <del datetime="2010-12-05T02:43:17+00:00"> just download this rar unzip rar file and</del> upload .htaccess file to your public_html folder. [I took out the download link. The code suggested by Kubilay is below instead] <code>SetEnv no-gzip dont-vary # Don't compress images/flash SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \ \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|swf|flv)$ no-gzip dont-vary</code> I had same problem & solved hard :)
just download this rar
unzip rar file and upload .htaccess file to your public_html folder.

[I took out the download link. The code suggested by Kubilay is below instead]

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SetEnv no-gzip dont-vary
 
# Don't compress images/flash
SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \
\.(?:gif|jpe?g|png|swf|flv)$ no-gzip dont-vary
]]> By: Lieven Cardoen http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-74 Lieven Cardoen Sun, 26 Sep 2010 15:08:04 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-74 I had a similar issue this week where our Flex application suddenly didn't load in FireFox anymore. All other browsers worked fine. The problem was also GZIP. We just got a white screen in FireFox. The swf was loaded but no content was displayed. Have written a blog post about it with a reference to your blog post. http://blog.johlero.eu/2010/09/26/white-screen-when-loading-flash-in-firefox-gzip-problem/ I had a similar issue this week where our Flex application suddenly didn’t load in FireFox anymore. All other browsers worked fine. The problem was also GZIP. We just got a white screen in FireFox. The swf was loaded but no content was displayed. Have written a blog post about it with a reference to your blog post.
http://blog.johlero.eu/2010/09/26/white-screen-when-loading-flash-in-firefox-gzip-problem/

]]> By: Patrick http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Patrick Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:10 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-67 Glad to help and thanks for the code. Glad to help and thanks for the code.

]]> By: goyb http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-66 goyb Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:15:40 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-66 I had the same problem with safari and chrome. This is how my .htacces file look slike: <code>Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteRule . - [E=no-gzip:1] </code> This works. Thanx for this post. Saved me a lot of time! I had the same problem with safari and chrome. This is how my .htacces file look slike:

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RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule . - [E=no-gzip:1]

This works. Thanx for this post. Saved me a lot of time!

]]> By: Asa B http://patrickmcd.com/2009/04/20/flash-preloading-errors-turn-off-gzip/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Asa B Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:36:12 +0000 http://patrickmcd.com/?p=161#comment-64 Thanks for saving me countless hours of troubleshooting! -Asa Thanks for saving me countless hours of troubleshooting!

-Asa

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