Embedded WMV file
I'm using the following simple code:
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="/video.asx"
WIDTH="320"
HEIGHT="240"
AUTOSTART="0"
SHOWCONTROLS="1">
</EMBED>
which references the file video.asx which contains:
<ASX Version="3.0">
<ENTRY>
<REF href="mms://REVOVEDTHEURL.COM/FILENAME.wmv"/>
</ENTRY>
</ASX>
It works, kind of, but I have a follow up question. [Removed URL], then scroll to the bottom. It seems to work in Internet Explorer but not Firefox. Is that normal for an embedded .wmv file? I thought that Firefox wouldn't do ActiveX controls without a plugin but am I unknowingly using ActiveX in my code? Is there anything I can do other than just use a simple text disclaimer saying "Or click here to view in your own Windows Media Player (Recommended for Firefox users)". What would you do? I normally wouldn't care about embedding the video but that's what the owner thinks is cool.
Next question: I can't get a screen grab. I do print screen when the video is displaying but it always shows up as a blank screen. Anything I can do to get an image out of my video clip?
Last question: Can it begin with a specific frame loaded before the video plays, just so it's not all black?
chrishirst posted this at 17:12 — 1st June 2005.
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is a Netscape specific tag, is the correct one to use with nested in it.
To start on a specific frame would have to be set up in the video itself.
Chris
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fifeclub posted this at 18:34 — 1st June 2005.
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In that case, since Firefox and Netscape are close cousins, I would think that the embed tag would work in those and not Internet Explorer. But it works the other way around.
Are you suggesting that I just switch my tags to tags?
chrishirst posted this at 06:36 — 2nd June 2005.
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There is a thread here about flash, different media same issue though.
I don't know off-hand whether FF supports the tag or not but yes switch to the tag
Chris
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rock_muppet posted this at 12:20 — 20th August 2006.
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I have a project, and I need to get around the ActiveX stuff in IE, as I need to display different mulitimedia, full screen. This needs to play automatically. I was wondering if you new any way to stop the prompts?
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