feck Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Does anyone know how I would go about streaming a wmv file in a web page?At the moment I would just like a blank page with a box showing a short trailer, is this at all possible?Are there any step by step guides on the web? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 The best way is probably to use a video player built in Flash. Flash will ensure that the most people can see it, rather then trying to embed the video and have it play in the user's own player. You can build your own if you have Flash, or if you do a search for Flash video players you can find some free ready-made ones. The main thing is the format of the movie. You may need to convert it to a FLV file (Flash video), but then again you may be able to find a player that will play a WMV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feck Posted December 14, 2006 Author Share Posted December 14, 2006 Thanks justsomeguyI've managed to use the object element to show the file, but this only plays for some reason in IE, but not in other browsers.Why is this?Using your way, the user would still need to download the flash plugin, would'nt they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted December 14, 2006 Share Posted December 14, 2006 Yes, they would need the Flash plugin, but I've heard Macromedia claim before they got bought out by Adobe that Flash was installed on 98% of computers. A lot of new computers these days even have it pre-loaded. It's also used by Youtube and Google Video, so if anyone has seen a video there then they already have Flash installed.I wouldn't be able to say why the object is only working in IE off the top of my head, but I know from discusssions on here that some browsers support <object> and others support <embed>. And, if the object you are using has a classID that refers to something like Windows Media Player, then it will only work on computers with that installed.So, I think the best way to get a video to work for the most people across the most browsers is through Flash, it will work on Apples and everything else has that Flash installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feck Posted December 15, 2006 Author Share Posted December 15, 2006 Thanks again justsomeguy,you've convinced me now to use flash, so I'm just converting the wmv file.Are there any tutorials you know of, or good directions to point me too, that have any good tutorials in embedding flash movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiles Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 make your .flv and publish it , you will have the code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justsomeguy Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 Putting a Flash movie on a web page is pretty easy. You can search this forum or the web in general for plenty examples of how to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
feck Posted December 18, 2006 Author Share Posted December 18, 2006 Thanks people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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