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Adam Rench · February 6th, 2005, 10:09 PM

didn't know where else to post this..

I would like a windows media player website player for my website. At the moment all of my clips people have to right click and click save as to view them. I would like to give them the first option of just viewing the video on the site.

anyone know of an easy way to do this?

Hart Boyd · February 7th, 2005, 06:32 AM

If you or your service providers are running Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 then you would just load Windows Media Services. You would them have you video links use the MMS protocol instead of HTTP.

Glenn Chan · February 7th, 2005, 10:48 AM

You could embed the video file on your site.

Adam Rench · February 7th, 2005, 12:35 PM

I've tried embedding it but then there are no controls unless you right click the video.

My host is a UNIX host though. so, maybe I can check out some PHP scripts then?

Dan Euritt · February 7th, 2005, 06:30 PM

aren't your clips the standard .wmv type? those files should be able to play if clicked on with internet explorer... one thing you might look at is associating the file types in the .htacess(sp?) file... it's been a long time since i looked at that stuff.

Glenn Chan · February 7th, 2005, 07:13 PM

If you embedded the video, make sure you leave enough width and height for the player controls. I know that's the case for Quicktime (you need 16 extra height pixels for the controls).

Adam Rench · February 7th, 2005, 10:31 PM

boy.. you'd think that after desiging 4 websites I would know this stuff already! I've never done a site with video on it so this is all new to me.

The videos that are on my site are AVI files. little guys. I like the MOV files because it uses player controls, but I don't know how to get player controls with an AVI file.

I'm sure Microsoft has some sort of a web plugin that i can load on my site or something. Unless being UNIX server wont' allow that...

Glenn Chan · February 7th, 2005, 11:48 PM

Download Windows Media Encoder (free) and make windows media files. You should be able to embed them. It's simpler if you steal HTML code from other sites and/or avoid using width and height tags.

Allan Phan · February 8th, 2005, 07:56 AM

Check this out, you'll have your streaming video create in second.

http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

Adam Rench · February 8th, 2005, 11:04 PM

awesome! Thanks allan! Exactly what I was looking for.

Giroud Francois · February 9th, 2005, 04:44 PM

you can do anything you want with the mediaplayer.
take a look at
http://www.imagidee.ch/image2/pagevideo/main.asp

it just has one button for pause and one for muting audio, but you could have a counter or slider showing time elapsed or any customized button to do any required function.
this code use mms: protocol (streaming) but it would work with any microsoft mediaplayer code.
(if you really need the full control , just use the ones of the mediaplayer)You can even monitor the status of the player to know when it really starts playing or when video is over.

...and yes you can steal the code from that page.

February 6th, 2005, 10:09 PM	#1
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	website media player didn't know where else to post this.. I would like a windows media player website player for my website. At the moment all of my clips people have to right click and click save as to view them. I would like to give them the first option of just viewing the video on the site. anyone know of an easy way to do this?

February 7th, 2005, 06:32 AM	#2
Hart Boyd Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 148	If you or your service providers are running Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 then you would just load Windows Media Services. You would them have you video links use the MMS protocol instead of HTTP.

February 7th, 2005, 10:48 AM	#3
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	You could embed the video file on your site.

February 7th, 2005, 12:35 PM	#4
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	I've tried embedding it but then there are no controls unless you right click the video. My host is a UNIX host though. so, maybe I can check out some PHP scripts then?

February 7th, 2005, 06:30 PM	#5
Dan Euritt Trustee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Carlsbad CA Posts: 1,132	aren't your clips the standard .wmv type? those files should be able to play if clicked on with internet explorer... one thing you might look at is associating the file types in the .htacess(sp?) file... it's been a long time since i looked at that stuff.

February 7th, 2005, 07:13 PM	#6
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	If you embedded the video, make sure you leave enough width and height for the player controls. I know that's the case for Quicktime (you need 16 extra height pixels for the controls).

February 7th, 2005, 10:31 PM	#7
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	boy.. you'd think that after desiging 4 websites I would know this stuff already! I've never done a site with video on it so this is all new to me. The videos that are on my site are AVI files. little guys. I like the MOV files because it uses player controls, but I don't know how to get player controls with an AVI file. I'm sure Microsoft has some sort of a web plugin that i can load on my site or something. Unless being UNIX server wont' allow that...

February 7th, 2005, 11:48 PM	#8
Glenn Chan Inner Circle Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 4,750	Download Windows Media Encoder (free) and make windows media files. You should be able to embed them. It's simpler if you steal HTML code from other sites and/or avoid using width and height tags.

February 8th, 2005, 07:56 AM	#9
Allan Phan Regular Crew Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Alexandria, VA Posts: 95	Check this out, you'll have your streaming video create in second. http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

February 8th, 2005, 11:04 PM	#10
Adam Rench Major Player Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas, USA Posts: 386	awesome! Thanks allan! Exactly what I was looking for.

February 9th, 2005, 04:44 PM	#11
Giroud Francois Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: switzerland Posts: 2,133	you can do anything you want with the mediaplayer. take a look at http://www.imagidee.ch/image2/pagevideo/main.asp it just has one button for pause and one for muting audio, but you could have a counter or slider showing time elapsed or any customized button to do any required function. this code use mms: protocol (streaming) but it would work with any microsoft mediaplayer code. (if you really need the full control , just use the ones of the mediaplayer)You can even monitor the status of the player to know when it really starts playing or when video is over. ...and yes you can steal the code from that page.