--- flashvideo.module	2009-04-20 13:25:53.000000000 +0200
+++ flashvideo_fix.module	2009-04-20 13:25:49.000000000 +0200
@@ -414,6 +414,11 @@ function flashvideo_get_flashvars($video
 
       // They want to use the video thumbnail as the intro image.
       $video['flashvars']['image'] = check_url(str_replace(".flv", ".jpg", $video['file']));
+      if(!is_readable($video['flashvars']['image'])) {
+        //Cant read the file. Try appending the output_dir
+        global $base_url;
+        $video['flashvars']['image'] = $base_url . "/" . file_directory_path() ."/". $output_dir . basename($video['flashvars']['image']);
+      }
     }
   }
 
@@ -2482,4 +2487,4 @@ function _flashvideo_load($node) {
     $files[$file->fid] = $file;
   }
   return $files;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}