vinceg
Fri Feb 01 16:51:26 CST 2008
Mike,
Thanks very much for the response.
I'm not sure I understand it all, but I'm really good at following directions,
so I will give it a try.
Thanks again.
Vince G.
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vinceg
"Mike Mueller" wrote:
> Wow, it's been a long time since I have seen the dynsrc attribute.
>
> The dynsrc attribute was one of them make it up as we go along things that
> MS did to IE. Does not work in most modern browsers. There are a couple of
> options for you, one of which would be to get the Windows Media Player
> add-in for FrontPage. This will give you a GUI interface for setting up the
> controls. It is a little messy with the HTML that it produces though.
>
> The usual method would be to use an <object> tag, along with the Class ID
> for the Windows Media Player ActiveX control. That is easily availbe through
> a google search. The problem is that this method does not work in non-IE
> browsers.
> For the rest, the method would be to use an <embed> tag inside of the
> object. This was also a make it up as you go along item, done by Netscape,
> but works in most major browsers. The problem with this is that <embed> does
> not exist according to the web consortium, so it will not validate- even
> though it works
>
> What I have been using is to use the object tag, without the Class ID, but I
> define the MIME type and then the browser will call the correct plugin. IE
> will load the activeX, and the other browsers will use the plugin that has
> been designated for the file type.
>
> This code will work for embedding any non-content items as well, with a
> little tweaking you can do PDFs or images inside of it
>
> <object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="
http://www.domain.com/video-name.wmv"
> width="320" height="305">
> <param name="src" value="
http://www.domain.com/video-name.wmv">
> <param name="autostart" value="true">
> </object>
>
> ** NOTE **
> It is best to use absolute URLs for this. If you want to understand how the
> controls work, you can use the Windows Media SDK to learn it.
>
>
>
> "vinceg" <vinceg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2487AA4A-ACF5-4D1B-B002-A8C8237D883E@microsoft.com...
> >
http://www.dancenewyork.com/Interim_Space_Video.htm
> > is a page with an embedded .wmv file.
> > I inserted the file on my local system (File/Insert/Picture/Video),
> > resized to 320 x 240, and saved it.
> > When I preview the local .htm file, it workd just fine.
> > After I publish (using FB publish method), the video
> > does not play, and appears not to be on the page.
> > The video is on the server and will play if addressed
> > directly(
http://www.dancenewyork.com/NewStudio3.wmv)
> > but will not open on the page.
> > I checked the code behind the page and it looks the same locally
> > and on the server.
> > A version of the same page using a Flash video works just fine
> >
http://www.dancenewyork.com/Interim_Space_flash.htm.
> > I appreciate any advice.
> > Thanks,
> > --
> > vinceg
>
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