Problems embedding media player in browser.

[murphy79]

I work for a firm that provides web-TV.
I get complaitns from mac users, and people using browsers that are not IE.

I use the <embed> tag, and set the mime type to: video/x-ms-wmv. I set the pluginspage to: http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/.

Can anybody help me get windows media files (wmv) to play in all browsers (or most possible)??

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[Ramona]

murphy79,

Feel free to copy the code from my page here: Test for Embedded WMV File.

This file plays in Opera 8.01, Netscape 7.2, Mozilla 1.7.8, SeaMonkey 1.0a, IE 5.5, and Firefox 1.0.4.

Editing to add Netscape 8.0.2...

Ramona

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050611 Firefox/1.0.4

[murphy79]

I cant get any picture, just sound when playing in netscape 8.0

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[Fulvio]

I cant get any picture, just sound when playing in netscape 8.0

NS8 is an animal all its own. It is supposed to be able to switch from Firefox to the IE rendering engine. So everything should work. I am having a problem understanding what you want. Is any browser working?
You are listing complaints from Mac users (no browser listed), IE users (which version?) and Netscape 8, using some rendering engine.
since you say that you are having complaints, then you should be able to provide some link. Could you.

UserAgent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.9) Gecko/20050706 Firefox/1.0.5

[murphy79]

I'm sitting on a windows computer, testing with netscape 8.0, and it makes no difference if I use IE rendering on your test page.
Safari browsers seems to have some trouble.
Is there anything I can do but change mime types and pluginpage?
How do I change URL in the <embed> tag, using javascript? It dont respond to Player.URL="..."; as it does in the <param> tag.

Try looking at: http://seilmagasinet.no/seiltv/

(sorry if my english is a bit off, I'm a bit rusty)

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[Ramona]

murphy79,

In order to enjoy Windows MediaPlayer embedded sound, especially in Firefox, you must install the MediaPlayer ActiveX plugin, which was created only for MediaPlayer.

There is a plugin for Firefox 1.x.x, and Mozilla 1.x, and can be downloaded at the Plug-in For Hosting ActiveX Controls site.

You might also wish to read more about using MediaPlayer with Firefox, and Step-By-Step Guide: Embedded Windows Media in Firefox 1.0.

I have no knowledge of using a Mac, so can't help you there. Please note that I did edit my earlier post to include Netscape 8.0.2, omission unintentional...

Ramona

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[Ramona]

murphy79,

I see we were posting at the same time. It isn't necessary to use the IE rendering engine to play the file.

I'm sorry but I am totally illiterate when it comes to Java...

Ramona

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[murphy79]

Thanks for your help.
I have not been able to solv my problems with Netscape 8 (sound, no picture), and I'm not yet sure if it works in Safari (tries to start Quicktime).

Suggestions are welcome, but it seems like the problems are local on the clients machines, and out of my hands.

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[Antony]

Try looking at: http://seilmagasinet.no/seiltv/

Where should I look at in that page?

I'm sitting on a windows computer, testing with netscape 8.0, and it makes no difference if I use IE rendering on your test page.
Safari browsers seems to have some trouble.
Is there anything I can do but change mime types and pluginpage?
How do I change URL in the <embed> tag, using javascript? It dont respond to Player.URL="..."; as it does in the <param> tag.

Try this page: Windows Media Showcase

Your best bet it to include both [tt]<object><param>...[/tt] and [tt]<embed>[/tt]

The code I used was:

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<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=271
  CLASSID="CLSID:22D6f312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
  STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..."
  TYPE="application/x-oleobject"
CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112">
  <PARAM name="autoStart" value="False">
  <PARAM name="filename" value="http://mac.sillydog.org/qt/mov/desktop_p5.wvx">
  <PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="True">
  <PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="True">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="http://mac.sillydog.org/qt/mov/desktop_p5.wvx"
NAME="MediaPlayer" WIDTH=320 HEIGHT=271
 autostart="false" showcontrols="true" showstatusbar="true"></EMBED>
</OBJECT>

Hope this helps.

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[murphy79]

That is what I've been doing.
I've been trying to set diffrent types, and pluginpages, with no luck.

Do you know how to update the src attribute in the embed tag using javascript?

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[Antony]

Do you know how to update the src attribute in the embed tag using javascript?

I am not sure if it's doable, but a common method is to use [tt]document.write[/tt] from JavaScript.

I guess I don't quite understand what you want to achieve, do you have an example page?

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[murphy79]

I use: Player.URL = "file.wmv"; to set the filename in the param tag, but it does not work for the embed tag.
(I use this to start a selected video from a button.)

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[Antony]

Thanks for your help.
I have not been able to solv my problems with Netscape 8 (sound, no picture), and I'm not yet sure if it works in Safari (tries to start Quicktime).

Hello murphy79 again.

Ramona's Windows Media Test page should work with Netscape 8, but if you just switched the rendering engine, it won't work that way.

When you say Safari tries to start QuickTime, I guess you have Flip4Mac's WMV Component installed. To get that to work, you will need to disable Flip4Mac's WMV plugin and use the Windows Media Player (plugin).

There's an Internet Plugins folder. Simply remove Flip4Mac plugin and replace with windows media player plugin. When you install Flip4Mac it creates a "Disabled" folder which should have the WMP plugin.

(taken from Flip4Mac community forum)

I will get back to you on JavaScript coding for swapping URLs.

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[murphy79]

Anyone know how to update the filename in the <embed> tag using javascript?
I have links to different videos in a page, and wish to update the url trough a javascript.
I have tried using the document.getElementById method with no luck.
I have a test player on this URL:

http://www.cikmedia.com/test/testing_player.html

Any new hints on my mac issue is very welcome.
I'm greatful for all help so far.

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[Antony]

Anyone know how to update the filename in the <embed> tag using javascript?
I have links to different videos in a page, and wish to update the url trough a javascript.
I have tried using the document.getElementById method with no luck.
I have a test player on this URL:

http://www.cikmedia.com/test/testing_player.html

Any new hints on my mac issue is very welcome.
I'm greatful for all help so far.

I would suggest you rewrite the entire [tt]<div>[/tt] or [tt]<span>[/tt] tag enclosing [tt]<object>...<embed></object>[/tt].

e.g.
in HTML:
somewhere
[tt]<div id="movieBox" name="movieBox"><img src="path to image place holder">
</div>[/tt]

[tt]
movieString = '<object classid="clsid:02BF25D5-8C17-4B23-BC80-D3488ABDDC6B" codebase="http://www.apple.com/qtactivex/qtplugin.cab" height="270" width="480"><param name="src" value="' + movieURL + '"><embed height="270" pluginspage="http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/" src="' + movieURL + '" type="video/quicktime" width="480" controller="false" autoplay="true" loop="false" bgcolor="#000000"></object>''

if(typeof(document.getElementById) == 'function') {
document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = movieString;
} else if( browser=="ie4" ) // for MSIE 4 only
{
document.all["movieBox"].innerHTML = movieString;
}[/tt]

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