dynamic video library

[microsup]

Hello everyone!

I have a microsoft access database for keeping a video files. I can put there quicktime and wmv files. I can take source of that files and show them on asp page using simple code like this:

<% if rs("ContentType") = "video/quicktime" then %>
<embed src="/DataFile.asp?FileID=<%=Request.QueryString("FileID")%>" width="238" height="182" autostart="true" />
<% end if %>

I can show quicktime (mov) video very well, but I have a problem with showing wmv file on my asp page.
I can see player and it starts loading video, but after 2 or 3 sec. it just stops and nothing happens.

Do you have any idea how to handle this situation?

[SinclairUser]

Hi microsup,

This is not my area of expertise but I know that you need Windows Media Player version 7.1 or later to view wmv files properly.

Chris.

[microsup]

No it doesn't help.

If I use
<embed src="/myvideo.wmv" width="238" height="182" autostart="true" /> everything works fine, but when I take data source from database it doesn't work. And player gives me an error: No combination of filters could be found to render the stream. (Error=80040218)

Do you have another ideas?

[Filipe]

I usually recommend against storing media in a database. The only upside to it is that it can protect people from linking directly to your media, but there are better ways to go about this that don't result in bloated databases and slow db reads and searches.

Actually storing the media to load in the database without having to store the binary medium itself is as simple as a text field that specifies the filename or path to the file.

[korkus2000]

So you are using access to hold the movie itself or just the path? Access only allows a few concurrent users and holding the movie in the access database is not a great solution.

[microsup]

OK guys. I made changes. Now I upload my files such as jpeg and pdf to web server folder and put the url to the access database, and everything all right, BUT I hate this BUT, but I can't upload WMV and MOV files to the folder.
Do you have any ideas what is a big differece between jpeg and wmv. Do you have any way how to upload it to the server?

Please let me know.

[korkus2000]

There should be no difference. Are you FTPing? You may want to contact your host.

[microsup]

no no no, I use a html form to upload it to the server.

[korkus2000]

Oh Ok. Are you using a component or are you building the upload stream yourself?

[microsup]

I try to use pure asp to upload my files. I can upload jpg, but can't wmv, mov and pdf.

May be wmv, mov or pdf have a big size.
Do you have sample how to upload files to web server using pure asp whithout any components.?

[microsup]

Hey every one I found solution!
I used clsUpload.asp and it works fine now.

Thanks everyone!