I've embedded the FFMP3 flash player on my website, but my stream won't play or I get a security error Print

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If you get a security error or your stream won't play after embedding FFMP3 on your website, Flash player is likely blocking access to the player because it comes from a different website than the rest of your web content. This is to protect you from harmful content in case your website is ever hacked. Despite this, you know that the flash player is safe and should be excluded, so you will need to tell Flash player that FFMP3 is safe:

  1. Click here to download a special crossdomain.xml file that will tell Flash that radio.websavers.ca is a safe domain to load a Flash file from.
  2. Extract the Zip archive you downloaded - the xml file within is the one you will need. You can extract the file simply by opening the Zip with Windows Archive manager (the default program) and dragging the file to your desktop or the location of your choice.
  3. Connect to your web host with FTP and upload crossdomain.xml to the root of your website. If you're using Plesk, this is likely httpdocs and if you're using cPanel or another hosting panel, this is probably public_html. Consult your webhost if you are unsure of the web root location.

That's it! This file contains instructions for your browser telling it that radio.websavers.ca is a safe so that it can load the FFMP3 player from there.


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