Flash Video Tools for visitor start and pause buttons

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I have made a .swf file work on a web page, but it doesn’t have a start or pause button. Here it is:

http://globalfreeenterprise.com/video.htm

I have learned how to use quite a number of param statements that go within the <object> and </object> tags. They are similar to statements like these:

<param name=“movie” value=“North2.swf”>
<param name=loop value="“true”>
<param name=”menu” value=”false”>

There are many more.

There are also the corresponding statements that go within the <embed . . . .> tag like these:

src=“North2.swf”
loop=“true”
menu=”false”

Here is my question:

Are there not statements of these two kinds that add the functions of start, stop and pause to a video clip without writing in javascript? All of the instructions I have found online for implementing these functions seem to require a knowledge of javascript and also seem to require using software like Flash CS5 - far beyond a mere HTML or TEXT editor. Why? Do I need to learn javascript and buy some particular development software to get these video functions on a web page?

It seems to me that such software generates some kind of html code in the end anyway. What am I missing?

I would like to use html to display a movie clip. I will learn to use javascipt as well if the controls I seek cannot be gotten without it. I have almost no experience. I don’t know if special software beyond a text editor is essential or a mere convenience.

Please tell me what you can about whether javascript or special software is absolutely needed to display a movie clip that is started and stopped by the person who comes to my website.

Here is the HTML code for the video clip I have mentioned above:

<object classid=“clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000” codebase=“http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0” width=“200” height=“150” id=“North2”>
<param name=“movie” value=“North2.swf” />
<param name=loop value=““true” />
<param name=“quality” value=“high” />
<param name=“bgcolor” value=”#ffffff" />
<embed src=“North2.swf” loop=“true” quality=“high” bgcolor=“#ffffff” width=“200” height=“150” names=“North2” align=“” type=“application/x-shockwave-flash” pluginspage=“http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer”>
</embed>
</object>

Thank you for your help.

Jim Adrian

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Thank you for this information. I haven’t made it work yet but I downloaded their stuff. Maybe I will need to take their course.

Somebody recently told me that a compiler of sorts in needed to get a start button. Every type of compiler that I am aware of has an output that can be modified by a text editor. I would think that the output of whatever software generates a flash movie clip with a start button would be floating around the Internet as a template by now. Does anybody in this group have the ability to generate a video clip with a start button? No matter how I finally get such a thing (software investment included), I will be sure to publish several flash video options on my website. With HTML5 coming, its about time that flash got easy to do.

Thank you for your help.

Jim Adrian

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If you want a video player that is fully customisable from html embedding parameters, have a look at http://www.longtailvideo.com/