adding wma video

cant find the plugin needed to stream wma video

[lilhk]

Hi i am hosting a site that is under construction, and i found a funny video i would like to post on it in the meantime. The video is a little over 1 meg, and I would like to stream it. I also dont want people to have to download the file or do anything but watch the video. Im not sure if i should go with quicktime or what. I am using dreamweaver mx, and i cant find the "plugin" that i need to view the file. My website is up now at www.drccomputers.com. If someone can tell me where on my computer i can find the wma plugin to link in dreamweaver, i would be greatly appreciated. Also this site is hosted by a web hosting company, not my home computer. So im not sure if i need to upload the plugin into the folder on my FTP. If someone could help me to find this plugin, it would be greatly appreciated.

[Noisehag]

Don't think a plugin is needed other than the end-user having Windows Media Player. I was able to stream a video as a test about a year ago by using the following code:

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="284" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="http://www.example.com/test1.wmv">
<PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="showcontrols" VALUE="1">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="http://www.example.com/test1.wmv" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="284" AUTOSTART="1" SHOWCONTROLS="1"></EMBED></OBJECT>

You'll need the Windows Media Encoder from the Microsoft site if you are converting from another format. It used to be a free download but I don't know if that is the case now.

[lilhk]

No that code didn't work for me, when i try to preview it in dreamweaver it says " cannot find required plug-in to play that media file."

[jezra]

It sounds like you need the plugin for your browser. Have you tried installing the latest windows media player? this will usually install the plugins required to view wma files from the web. Unless your using a non Microsoft Operating System or Browser, then their could be some issues.

[Noisehag]

preview it in dreamweaver

I'm not familiar with dreamweaver. Does it actually preview inside dreamweaver itself or does it open the page in an external browser such as Internet Explorer?

[stef25]

if you google for "embed wmv" you will find a solution. webmonkey also has tuorials on how to do this

using the right code will (if permitted) automatically install the correct plugin needed for playback if the user does not have it

not hard to implement at all