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I'm looking to play AVI files in a web browser however I can't seem to find a decent tool to do so.

The basic WMP object embed is what I'm using right now but it doesn't really do what I'd like it to do, and I can't really implement JavaScript into it. (AFAIK I can't. I done a little digging and that's the conclusion I came to)

I've also tried DivX though I don't really like it. It has adverts, and I've no idea if JavaScript can be included either.

AFAIK Flash doesn't support AVI playback at all.
Does anyone know of any player at all that can play AVI files on the web, which I could possibly integrate some kind of JavaScript in (or has an API)?
Just a thought too, but would Java itself have anything like this?

The player also needs to be able to source the files like this:

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flowplayer is recommended by this post: Flash video player for AVI files (free for commercial use)

not sure about the file:\ source, as that's on your local machine and could be refused by the browser for security reasons

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Flowplayer doesn't seem to find the file. So I tried copying an AVI to the same directory as flowplayer, and it gave me the same error, saying it can't find it. –  Richard Hedges Nov 13 '11 at 13:16
it could be for a security reason: msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537183(v=vs.85).aspx#local –  Kae Verens Nov 13 '11 at 13:18

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