Windows Media Player Fullscreen ActiveX

Is it possible to run Windows Media Player in Fullscreen mode with
ActiveX in LabView? If not, is there a different player I could
use? I am trying to play video only (no sound) and the files are
mosly avis.

Under your controls pallette, do you an pallete that is .Net & ActiveX?? (I have my pallete set up as Icons and Text and that makes the .Net & ActiveX pallete visible) In there, there should be a Button that says Windows Media player. that atuomatically puts a Windows Media player in a container on your front panel. You can then just try to create a property node and see if one of the properties availible is Full screen.
I am using LV 8.0 too by the way.
Kenny

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If upgrading is out of question. Like a budget stopping it. You could try to this http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8002 That will allow you to run XP inside windows 7. It is also other media players like VLC and Apple quick time that have ActiveX controllers. I have tested the Quicktime version and it is quite good.
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How do I open Windows Media Player 11 in a new window via labview 8.5 using ActiveX

Hello,
Although familiar with Labview, I am new to the ActiveX Controls. I have managed to open and play movie files in Labview with ActiveX controls but the player is embedded in Labview's front panel. How can I control what file is played and when it starts in Labview but have Windows media player 11 open in a separate window.
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I'm trying to accomplish this same thing and am having a hell of a time finding the right Class, right Methods, and/or right Properties for a solution. Some classes seem to return obscure errors when I try to create them use the invoke node "launchURL" (the WMPLib.ICore for example). If I use the Player base class (which MSDS says is the root class and the class that is used when you create an embedded player) I don't get anything.
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I use my Windows Media Player v11 with additional codec to play mp4 files (mp4 are not supported by default with WMP 11, so I had to install a codec). It works fine in the stand alone application, but when I use the ActiveX control in NI, it does not use the codec and I get only the sound... no image. I thought the ActiveX was simply an interface to the same core application used by NI and the stand alone media player. And if it is the same core, it should use the same codec. What am I missing?
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I have a tip for you. If you download Quicktime 7(QT), you may select the QT activex player(see picture). It plays mp4 and looks better. And QT is free so it should not any problem. Try and see if it do you any good
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ActiveX: Opening a separate Windows Media Player 9 window and controlling playback

Hey all,
I am trying to open a video in WMP4 automatically in Labview and control it. There is an existing ActiveX container but it remains on the front panel. I can control its playback, but cannot pause and resume.
I can also open the video on a WMP9 window outside of LabView through Labview, but I have not been able to control it. Merely start it, and then watch it till it finishes. This is the preferred operation I need to figure out.
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Hasan
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Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I do not have the
Vision Development Module in LabView. I think it would have been under
`Vision and Motion', however that menu is empty.
I have
managed to do what I want in the ActiveX container that shows the video
as a part of the front panel. I start the video, I pause it and the
screen goes blank (I want this feature. I could also get it to show the
frame at pause, but that does not suit my needs). When I resume the
play, it seeks to the point at which I paused the video.
To
do this, I use the invoke property -> controls ->
methodforcontrols-> play / stop functions and the currentposition
property as both read and write. I do not have the windows media
software development kit.
I have attached the VI which
describes what I have managed to do. Changing the first property node
to an invoke method -> openplayer node will open an external player,
but still do the required control of video playback on the wmp
container on the front panel, without affecting the video being run on
the external window. It seems like I should be able to tweak it and get
it to do the same thing on the external instance of WMP, yet I have not
been able to figure it out.
Thanks for looking at this,
Hasan
P.S. - I couldn't upload the video that I was using, hst_1.mpg because it is not a valid extension. Please substitute it with another file before running. Sorry for the inconvenience
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playpausevid.vi ‏14 KB

Pantalla completa windows media player

Buen día
Estoy utilizando ActiveX WMP (windows media player) para reproducir videos pero quisiera tener la pantalla completa de visualización en el archivo 2 que abjunto esta el WMP dentro del vi y si lo amplio del marco el video sigue estando del mismo tamaño lo que aumenta es un fondo negro. el archivo 3, ejecuta el WMP.exe pero no en pantalla completa, nose si existe alguna manera de poder darle la cualida de dar pantalla completa dentro del vi por codigo simulando el comando ALT+ENTER O otra opción.
Agradezco la colaboración que me se prestada,
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3.vi ‏8 KB

Buen día Oscar!
Para lograr lo que necesitas es posible utilizar un Property Node direccionado a la propiedad de fullscreen y pponer una constante tru como valor. Para hacer esto solo debes colocarte sobre el contenedor de tu WMP, dar click derecho y seleccionar create>> IWMP property node >> Fullscreen.
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Safari with Windows Media Player cannot use PHP as filename/src/url

I'm running Windows XP Pro SP2 with Windows Media Player 11
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Safari browser has two annoying WMP defects.
1) Even with WMP 11 installed, the code below for embedding
can use either the classid for WMP v6.4 or v7+ but Safari
(or rather it's plugin) always displays a v6.4 looking UI.
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Has anyone successfully embedded a WMP object that uses the
URL as a PHP page (or other server-side script) ? I have already
my server-side PHP code that works perfectly for MSIE, Firefox,
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------------------------CODE------------
//Media Player v6.4
// CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95
//Media Player v7,9,10,11
// CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6
<object id="MediaPlayer"
classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
type="application/x-oleobject"
height="300" width="300"
codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab #Version=6,4,5,715"
standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components...">
<param name="url" value="http://www.yourdomain.com/movie.wmv">


<object type="application/x-mplayer2" height="300" width="300">
<param name="filename" value="http://www.yourdomain.com/movie.wmv">
</object>

</object>

I have run into several issues pointing to what you are describing...
I fixed my Safari by installing the WMP plugin. I am able to view visualizations embedded into a webpage, one of which I created...I am able to view videos and so on.. Before I installed the plugin, All that would load is a place holder which looked like the old WMP and would not function properly. However this is what is displayed beside the media which is embedded.
I think that I got the plugin by going to the download page for Safari and looking for plugins. Funny thing was that the plugin that I installed was the one for Firefox on its site that nobody every installs because Firefox gets the plugin if you already have WMP11 installed. Anyway this should solve your problem...with most..
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For any other purpose though the plugin I mentioned above should get rid of ( MOST ) of that problem.
http://www.apple.com/safari/download/plugins.html
Message was edited by: heath28m
This is also a good link for sources and coding issues when embedding WMP.. Hope some of this helps..http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=50666&page=39
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Windows media player 9 labview 7

I'm having problems with this, just as some other people have. After looking through the MSDN library, it seems all you need to do is place the Windows Media Player object in a front panel ActiveX control. Then on the block diagram, wire the object to a property node. Finally, wire the path to the URL property. This should load the file and automatically play it. Well, I've tried this with several different files. With all files, the video plays for the correct amount of time, but no picture shows up in the control on the front panel!
What's interesting is that if I place an older version of the control (6.4) on the front panel (which I could only do by copy-paste from an example someone posted here - it's not available i
n the Select Active X object box) and wire the path to the FileName property, it works perfectly.
I've attached an example showing this. Place the path to a video (I'm using .avi files) in the path control and run the vi.
Any ideas?
Dave.
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David Kaufman
LabVIEW Certified Developer
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WMP_test.vi ‏37 KB

I have version 9 also and here is a VI that works for me. I cannot remember if I got it from this forum or from LAVA but anyway this might work for you.
Joe.
"NOTHING IS EVER EASY"
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show_video.vi ‏88 KB

Controlling windows media player in labview

Hi,
I am having difficulties controlling a WMP in LabVIEW using it's ActiveX controls... What i need to do is to have a control to to go from frame to frame. I made something but when i slide the crontroller, it suddenly hangs?
Also: when i play the video in mij windows media player, it opens normally, but when i open it in the labview activex control, the screen stays balck? I have an AVI file that is H.264 compressed and i've installed the latest k-lite codec pack.
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Best regards,
Thijs Boeree
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Hello Thijs,
With the first VI I was not able to reproduce the issue.
With this one I am able to reproduce the hanging.
I have slightly adapted your code to show you were it goes wrong. (see attachment)
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The attached Code is provided As Is. It has not been tested or validated as a product, for use in a deployed application or system, or for use in hazardous environments. You assume all risks for use of the Code and use of the Code is subject to the Sample Code License Terms which can be found at:
http://ni.com/samplecodelicense
Kind Regards,
Thierry C - Applications Engineering Specialist Northern European Region - National Instruments
CLD, CTA
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Windows Media Player no sound while playing a avi file in server and client connection using TCP/IP connection

Hello there
I have a problem with my windows media player while using server and client connection by using TCP/IP connection. So when I play a video using Windows Media Player in LabVIew there isn't any sound come out but when I'm playing a video by a Windows Media Player only the sound will come out. Can you help me solve this problem?
I also upload the vi as the reference.
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Thanks
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Server Remote.vi ‏1433 KB

Hi ican,
I was looking at your VI's but I cannot seem to pinpoint exactly where you are using Windows Media Player. In order to more quickly assist you, could you please recreate this issue more concisely in a smaller set of VIs. Also, were you able to get sound when you did not use the TCP/IP connection and simply played the files in LabVIEW?
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Kim W.
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