I have a client who has had a Flash video created for his company. He wants it on the home page of his website and to start playing immediately. So far so good -- I have the swf file and using Dreamweaver CS3 I've embedded it on his home page. BUT.... he wants it to start playing with the audio muted.

I've spent days searching for how to do this. The closest I've gotten is a free third party player that has the parameters for this (flv-player.net), but it is not compatible with later IE browsers (the video does not display or play).

There must be a way to do this without having to buy a third party player.

I am not a Flash person. Is this something that has to be done by the person who created the Flash video?