Windows Media/Audio File - Help?

[justjeni]

Hi everyone...I'm having a problem.  I don't usually work with audio and/or media files, so I just plain and simply don't know what I'm doing!

I have a page where a file I downloaded is supposed to play an audio and a video file.  I went hunting on the 'net to find the code to use, but I'm obviously missing something. I can get the sound, but not the picture that's supposed to play! Here's the link so you can see what the heck I'm talking about, since I don't think I'm doing a very good job of explaining...thanks!!

http://webpages.charter.net/jeni59/bud.html

[Corey Bryant]

I did not see anything wrong with it. Right now - it is playing a MIDI - which is an audio file. I think you copied the script? 

I should ask: Did you change the source (http://www.anitawebsites.com/scripts/jazzchris.mid) in both places to the source of your file? 

-Corey
http://www.merchantaccounts4less.com

[12noon]

I'm not sure about this and haven't downloaded the file, but don't you need video codec or something ?

[CoastPC]

Hi Jeni,
       Corey is right, the script has been copied from Anitas free scripts and is doing exactly what it should . You need to change this line of code>> http://www.anitawebsites.com/scripts/jazzchris.mid  
to the  "Bud commercial" code. Tell us the source of the comercial and we give you some more help

Chris

[justjeni]

Hi Jeni,
       Corey is right, the script has been copied from Anitas free scripts and is doing exactly what it should  . You need to change this line of code>> http://www.anitawebsites.com/scripts/jazzchris.mid   

Yuppers -  thanks all for the responses, I did figure that out this morning. I changed it in the copy of my notes but not on the Web page!  Talk about a major "DOH" moment!!  Well, live and learn, I guess...sigh.  I just wish I wouldn't have so much to learn sometimes...

I did copy that code, yes, because I'm really inept when it comes to audio and video files.  Hope to learn, but that's another issue entirely!

[MyWebTeks]

Here's a little snippet of code to save you some time. This code will stream what ever audio or video you have on your site. Not the same as opening a file that has to load before it begins to play. Streaming allows the file to begin playing immediately.

Code:

<!-- copy the code below into your page where you want the pugin to appear -->

<OBJECT ID="WMPlay" classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..." type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM name="FileName" value="../folder_name/name_of_file.mp3">
<PARAM name="DisplaySize" value="0">
<PARAM name="cache" value="true">
<PARAM name="bgcolor" value="black">
<PARAM name="autoplay" value="true">
<PARAM name="loop" value="true">
<PARM name="volume" value="75%">
<EMBED type="application/x-mplayer2 pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=media&sba=plugin" filename="../folder_location/name_of_file.mp3" displaysize="2" name="WMPlay" CACHE=TRUE loop="true" bgcolor="black" AUTOPLAY=TRUE>
</EMBED></OBJECT>

Change the name of the file to what ever you wish to stream. .mp3, .wav, .mpg, .mpeg, .wmv etc...

Click here for an example

Have fun