Please help with video streaming

Question

I'm trying to play a video on a web page. I got the below
script from
a website tutorial, but it does not work correctly. The
script will
play a video in both IE and firefox browsers, but in IE, it
will not
show the video player controls even though I have added more
than
enough height.
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="208" HEIGHT="300"
CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="videofilename.wmv">
<PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">
<PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="false">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="videofilename.wmv"
NAME="MediaPlayer"
WIDTH="208" HEIGHT="300" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0"
ShowDisplay="0" autostart="1"> </EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Answer 1

That is an older site but there is a lot of information there
8)
John Malone
=========
"Canned Heat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
|A followup. The site you linked to (mediacollege) does have
a wealth
| of info. However, for anybody else reading this post I did
want to
| point out that it is the same site is where I got the
script (in my
| original post) that didn't work. It was located here:
|
|
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/format/windows-media/streaming/index.html
|
| So I would recommend using Joh's much simpler script, not
the one from
| mediacollege referenced above.
|
| Again, thanks John.
|
|
|
| On Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:06:56 -0500, "John Malone" <John
Malone@no
| spam.com> wrote:
|
| >Well I couldn't get it to work in IE7..
| >And you get the prompt to "click here to activate this
control"
| >here is a sample >
| >
| >
http://www.xmas-i-am.com/test/video2.htm
Autoplay when page loads.
| >
| >If you look at the source code on the page you will see
I am using an external script
| >file...
| >This takes care of the outlined player (in IE) with the
prompt to "click here to
| >activate".
| >By changing the script you can load the page without
starting the movie.
| >
| >Like this..>
| >
http://www.xmas-i-am.com/test/video.htm
| >
| >Steal the code and the script (test.js or auto.js) and
your good to go...
| >
| >Or look at .....>
| >
| >
http://www.midistudio.com/MPlayer9/index.htm
| >and read how......
| >This is mostly for MIDI music but can work with video
with minimal modifications.
| >
| >Also here is a good site...
| >
http://www.mediacollege.com/video/streaming/formats/
| >You will need to follow the links>> to get a
wealth of information.
| >
| >Hope this helps...
| >
| >Just an after thought...
| >
| >Beware of bandwidth limitations of your site this could
cost you money!!!
| >
| >On that sample site(at the top) is a movie (1.3 Megs)
that is viewed enough to cause
the
| >usage to be about 3 Gigs a month. (now)
| >But at times (September) that goes up to 10~20 Gigs and
at it's peak I had 17 Gigs a
week
| >usage.
| >(It is the 911 Flash movie)
| >
| >Hope this helps......
| >
| >John Malone
| >===============
| >"Canned Heat" <[email protected]> wrote in message
| >news:[email protected]...
| >| Thanks for taking the time to test it. I want to make
sure, tho, that
| >| we're not talking about two different things.
| >|
| >| The script plays videos fine for me too. However, the
problem is that
| >| when playing with IE the video controls such as play,
pause, etc are
| >| not displayed.
| >|
| >| When you played it did you see the controls in IE?
| >|
| >| I have tested it on three machines, ones with the
same IE version as
| >| yours, and I get no controls. I only see the controls
in firefox.
| >|
| >| Thanks,
| >| -Dan
| >|
| >|
| >| On Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:48:02 -0500, "Eugene J. Maes"
| >| <[email protected]> wrote:
| >|
| >| >Your script works fine in ie 6 with my wmv file.
| >| >
| >| >gene
| >| >"Canned Heat" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
| >|
>news:[email protected]...
| >| >> I'm trying to play a video on a web page. I
got the below script from
| >| >> a website tutorial, but it does not work
correctly. The script will
| >| >> play a video in both IE and firefox
browsers, but in IE, it will not
| >| >> show the video player controls even though I
have added more than
| >| >> enough height.
| >| >>
| >| >> <OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="208"
HEIGHT="300"
| >| >>
CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
| >| >> STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player
components..."
| >| >> TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
| >| >> <PARAM NAME="FileName"
VALUE="videofilename.wmv">
| >| >> <PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="true">
| >| >> <PARAM name="ShowControls"
VALUE="true">
| >| >> <param name="ShowStatusBar"
value="false">
| >| >> <PARAM name="ShowDisplay"
VALUE="false">
| >| >> <EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="videofilename.wmv"
| >| >> NAME="MediaPlayer"
| >| >> WIDTH="208" HEIGHT="300" ShowControls="1"
ShowStatusBar="0"
| >| >> ShowDisplay="0" autostart="1">
</EMBED>
| >| >> </OBJECT>
| >| >
| >|
| >
|