Multisite/Network SWF Plugin

I have just installed a network of sites, for this purpose it is being used for English and French versions of our site (too much hassle trying to get language files to work with present theme)

I installed several SWF embed plugins but NON of them seem to work. I have tried WP-swf, WP_swfobject and XVE multi embed, but the site does not seem to want to parse the tags properly. All I ever get on the page is [swf]theurl[/swf] instead of the actual flash animation.

Does anyone have a swf/flash embed script that works on multisite configurations???