video streaming - .asf - am i doing it right?

julieta · #1 07-Mar-2006, 04:46

hi there,

1st of all thank for your very useful website and forum, i've been briwsing aroung and i think i pointed in the right direction to solve the problem, i think i am almost there....

i am trying to stream some videos, i follow the instruction as per here
www.desilva.biz

i got given the videos in wmv format, i renamed them to become .asf as i read the format is identical, i made an html page that has (i think the word would be) embedded a .asx that call a .asf video.

here's the code i've used
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HTML Code:


<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>presentation</title>
<meta name="ROBOTS" content="index,no">
</head>

<body topmargin="0" leftmargin="0">

<p><object
  id="MediaPlayer"
  classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
  codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715"
  standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player Components..." 
  type="application/x-oleobject" 
  width="320" 
  height="290">
 <param name="AudioStream" value="-1">
 <param name="AutoSize" value="-1">
 <param name="AutoStart" value="-1">
 <param name="AnimationAtStart" value="-1">
 <param name="AllowScan" value="-1">
 <param name="AllowChangeDisplaySize" value="-1">
 <param name="AutoRewind" value="0">
 <param name="Balance" value="0">
 <param name="BaseURL" value>
 <param name="BufferingTime" value="5">
 <param name="CaptioningID" value>
 <param name="ClickToPlay" value="-1">
 <param name="CursorType" value="0">
 <param name="CurrentPosition" value="-1">
 <param name="CurrentMarker" value="0">
 <param name="DefaultFrame" value>
 <param name="DisplayBackColor" value="0">
 <param name="DisplayForeColor" value="16777215">
 <param name="DisplayMode" value="0">
 <param name="DisplaySize" value="0">
 <param name="Enabled" value="-1">
 <param name="EnableContextMenu" value="-1">
 <param name="EnablePositionControls" value="-1">
 <param name="EnableFullScreenControls" value="0">
 <param name="EnableTracker" value="-1">
 <param name="Filename" value="hp261.asx">
 <param name="InvokeURLs" value="-1">
 <param name="Language" value="-1">
 <param name="Mute" value="0">
 <param name="PlayCount" value="1">
 <param name="PreviewMode" value="0">
 <param name="Rate" value="1">
 <param name="SAMILang" value>
 <param name="SAMIStyle" value>
 <param name="SAMIFileName" value>
 <param name="SelectionStart" value="-1">
 <param name="SelectionEnd" value="-1">
 <param name="SendOpenStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
 <param name="SendWarningEvents" value="-1">
 <param name="SendErrorEvents" value="-1">
 <param name="SendKeyboardEvents" value="0">
 <param name="SendMouseClickEvents" value="0">
 <param name="SendMouseMoveEvents" value="0">
 <param name="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
 <param name="ShowCaptioning" value="0">
 <param name="ShowControls" value="1">
 <param name="ShowAudioControls" value="0">
 <param name="ShowDisplay" value="0">
 <param name="ShowGotoBar" value="0">
 <param name="ShowPositionControls" value="1">
 <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="0">
 <param name="ShowTracker" value="1">
 <param name="TransparentAtStart" value="0">
 <param name="VideoBorderWidth" value="0">
 <param name="VideoBorderColor" value="0">
 <param name="VideoBorder3D" value="0">
 <param name="Volume" value="-230">
 <param name="WindowlessVideo" value="0">
 <embed type="application/x-mplayer2" 
  src="pres.asx" 
  name="MediaPlayer" 
  width="320" 
  height="290" 
  pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&amp;sbp=mediaplayer&amp;ar=media&amp;sba=plugin&amp;" autosize="1" autostart="1" showcontrols="0" showdisplay="0" showstatusbar="0">
 </embed>
</object> 
</p>

</body>

</html>

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here is the code for the .asx file i used

Code:

<asx version = "3.0">
  <entry>
    <ref href = "pres.asf" />
  </entry>
</asx>

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could you tell me if it is working for you guys as i can see the videos fine from my computer an imac g5 running mac os x 10.4.5, but got told by some other guy with a pc running window x pro that he cannot?
am i doing something wrong....i thought i cracked it but now i am not sure....

here's the address to test.
www.beths.bexley.sch.uk

many thanks in advance!

jules

admin · #2 07-Mar-2006, 22:09

Hello jules,

I tried visiting http://www.beths.bexley.sch.uk/test/...eos-naming.htm but non of the links appear to be working. Are you still experimenting?

Also, about (http://www.desilva.biz/webdsn/vidstream.html): I wrote it in 1999 or 2000, so it may not be relevant to today's Windows Media Player.

julieta · #3 09-Mar-2006, 04:31

sorry, i accidentaly moved the files while testing.
got it working in th end based on your old video stream tutorial.
i placed all (video .asf + .asx + file that calls the .asx) in the same folder and it seems to work.
thanks

j.

Corey Bryant · #4 14-Mar-2006, 11:36

I would also consider maybe converting it to flash so that it would be easier in the long run. If you want - I can convert the media file to Flash possibly depending on the file type.

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