235081 - Flash transparent background (using wmode="transparent") does NOT work

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect)

Description

[Bob Goldberg]

User-Agent:       
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113

you may want to ref: bug# 231557.
this seems to also discuss the problem, but I'm submitting a new bug because it
didn't look like that bug was submitted properly.

Mozilla will not display a transparent background for a flash swf; IE does it
perfectly. the correct use of the wmode tag can be seen in the source of the
above URL.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. go to www.northshorecorvetteclub.org/testflash.html
2. the flash animation should be transparent
3. go there again with IE to see it as it should appear.

Actual Results:  
the flash animation appears withOUT a transparent background.

Expected Results:  
the background of the flash animation SHOULD have been "see-through"; the
wallpaper should be visible thru the animation.

I have demonstrated this bug on windows 98, windows 2k, and xp.
I have found NO workaround.
(at least not one that really works)

Comment 1

[Bob Goldberg]

btw - I searched the components, and didn't find one that seemed to fit this.
I'm assuming this would be called an "embed" issue.. ?
Bob

Comment 2

[Jo Hermans]

see bug 93959 ...

Comment 3

[Warner Young]

WORKSFORME using Firefox build 20040210.  IE and Firefox give me the exact same
results.  I have Shockwave Flash 7.0 r19 plugin installed, in case that matters.

Comment 4

[Alfonso Martinez]

What is your version of the flash plugin?

this is also a WFM using 7.0 r19 in wXP.

the OS isn't All if you have this problem only in windows, changing to w98 and
component plug-ins

Comment 5

[Hermann Schwab]

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040219
Shockwave Flash 7.0 r19

I´m too seeing this on Win98, bug 93959 has some useful info.
Bug 93959 [WMODE] Evangelize Macromedia to enable partial
transparency/layering/z-index in Flash

But I don´t understand why this bug is seen in Win98 only. 
Doesn´t seem to be an error of the web page, as it works with gecko on other OS.
So is his an error of Win98, or an error of Mozilla running on Win98?

Comment 6

[Nuno Ferreira]

Using Flash Player 7.0.19 and Firefox 0.9.3 / 0.9.2, Windows 2000 / XP

What I found is that this bug only happens on Firefox 0.9.3.
Version 0.9.2 doesn't have this bug (and I used the same Flash Player version in
both cases using different windows installations with Windows 2000.
I also tested in two Windows XP SP1 installations with same flash player with
0.9.2 and 0.9.3 the bug is ALWAYS there in 0.9.3 and never on 0.9.2

Comment 7

[Chuck Taylor]

I would like to add my two cents. The linux version of Mozill also does not
honor the transparent mode of Flash. This can be seen on my "Action Page" at
http://www.trcompu.com/ActionPages/ActionPage1.html  If you use the Windows
version of Mozilla 1.7 or Netscape 7.1 or Internet Explorer 5 or 6, the Flash
background is transparent. However, so far, no matter what I do, it is not
transparent in Linux mode. I have even tried the latest Mozilla 1.8a4. No dice.
Yes I am using the latest versions.

Comment 8

[Chuck Taylor]

(In reply to comment #7)
> I would like to add my two cents. The linux version of Mozill also does not
> honor the transparent mode of Flash. This can be seen on my "Action Page" at
> http://www.trcompu.com/ActionPages/ActionPage1.html  If you use the Windows
> version of Mozilla 1.7 or Netscape 7.1 or Internet Explorer 5 or 6, the Flash
> background is transparent. However, so far, no matter what I do, it is not
> transparent in Linux mode. I have even tried the latest Mozilla 1.8a4. No dice.
> Yes I am using the latest versions.

The action page is ActionPage3.html

Comment 9

[David Barton]

Please raise the priority of this bug. I am a developer and we MUST use flash
with transparancy and no one can use Firefox with our app. We have to choice so
HURRY!

Comment 10

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

wfm with Shockwave Flash 7.0 r14 and
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; de-DE; rv:1.8a6) Gecko/20041126

Comment 11

[Adelson]

Bug 272175 has been marked as dupe of another. I think you are dealing with the
same problem here, at this bug.

Comment 12

[Edwin Wong]

2 issues here:

1. Object tag is for ActiveX control, Win IE only.  Embed tag is for Netscape 
based browsers such as Firefox.  The bug URL is not a valid test since Firefox 
doesn't support the object tag for embedding Flash.

2. Transparent Windowless, WMODE, is supported on all Flash Player supported 
browsers on Mac 9, 10, and Windows version 6r40 and later.  Current Version is 
7r19.  However, currently wmode does not work on the Linux platform.  
Macromedia is investigating and will update as information comes in.

Comment 13

[Matthias Versen [:Matti]]

based on comment #12 (thanks for this comment !) I mark this one invalid.
The problem with linux will be fixed by Macromedia and it works with the embed tag.