external link for .flv file, doesn't work in IE

Hi.

Everything works fine in every browser as long as the .flv file is on the same site as everything else. But since the host I use is amazingly slow right now (or maybe it's cuz I'm in Europe and the server is in the States) I decided to host the video files on a server nearby. But IE stays buffering forever while Chrome just says "file not found". Firefox handles the site just fine.

I've got two versions of the page (only look at the first video):
video on external link:
"http://3dimensionalanimation.com/animation.html"
video on the slow server, local to the site:
"http://3dimensionalanimation.com/animation_temp.html"

Any idea what stops them from loading?
oh, and I used the swfobject method, but only the flv file is external.