Search:

...then google for a flv-video and try with it.

Shark...
are you sure that this vid.flv a real video?

You misuderstand the concept of Java and Window. Java is UNIX (or SUNOS) oriented. That means the path seperator is NOT a backward slash "\" but a forward slash "/". And window is the opposite. Hence...

shark... Is this path and file exist in your System? "C:\\Users\\Adam James Smalley\\Downloads\\vid.flv"
and the exception Caused by: java.net.URISyntaxException: Illegal character in opaque part at...