.flv download stops html links from working

[frances]

I have a page with five .flv videos (about 15MB all together). They play from the same videoplayer in an swf, and clicking a buttom switches between them. It looks cool and is user friendly and works perfectly in a window opened by javascript.

The problem is, in an html page none of the surrounding html links work (in IE6 and Firefox 1.5 and I guess others) until the .flvs have finished downloading. But I would like the video in an html page so the search engines can index it.

The only idea I've come up with so far is an iframe - that works fine but it somewhat defeats the object since search engines dont like 'em.

I just wondered if anyone could think of a better solution.

[JayCee]

I have a somewhat similar problem. A single .swf keeps some browsers from completely rendering the page. That is, the page itself gets finished, but the last step, opening the (expanding/collapsing) navigation menu doesn't happen.

Have found that refreshing the page allows the menu to open, so looking for a way to refresh (actually reload)the page 1 second or so after it loads. Have found lots of JavaScripts to refresh the page over and over, but nothing for a single delayed refresh. Not looking forward to writing my own.

Does your problem respond to a page reload?

[edited typo]

[edited by: JayCee at 8:03 am (utc) on Feb. 17, 2007]