One of the "tiny" details is embedding the Flash object. The JavaScript file flashmoviecheck.js does exactly this, as well as other stuff. For example, it checks whether a Flash player exists (Flash plug-in or ActiveX control), and whether its version is higher than the minimum required by the application.

  IsPlaying()

The following links demonstrate how to play a movie, how to rewind it, and how to find whether the movie is playing. Click the Play link and, while the movie is playing, click the Is Playing? link:

Rewind | Play | Is Playing?

Here is the code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" SRC="flashmoviecheck.js"></SCRIPT>
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:mySwf.Rewind(); return false">Rewind</A> | 
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:mySwf.Play(); return false">Play</A> | 
<A href="javascript://" onclick="javascript:alert(mySwf.IsPlaying()); return false">Is Playing?</A>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
  Flash_embedSWF("opener.swf");
  var mySwf = window.document.sonify;
</SCRIPT>

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