need WMV embed code

the 2 embed codes i used to use don't seem to work in ff with strong box, although they work find without the strong box "newton". does anyone have a code to embed and auto play on start WMVs that works in ff inside member areas using strong box?

This is what we have:

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Works on my FF2 and our site's strongbox.

Jimmy

thanks, but it doesn't work in my ff - it makes a freaky 2-level player that i've seen in a few paysites i reviewed. the vids don't play and it also shortens the actual player to around 2/3 of the defined size and the rest of the defined area is a big dark empty area :crybaby:

http://www.musclebucks.com/served/te...nicedreams.jpg

Patti,

There is a Firefox Plugin for Windows Media Embedded players. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer Scroll to the bottom and there is the download for the plugin.

This usually fixes the scrunched up video issue

thanks, but members aren't usually anxious to download plugins. during my reviewing i've seen embedded players that do work in firefox without the plugin, and i'm hoping that those will work in this situation.

btw, the scrunched players don't play the videos. does the plugin fix that?

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Originally Posted by BuzzWestChris

Patti,

There is a Firefox Plugin for Windows Media Embedded players. Go to http://www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer Scroll to the bottom and there is the download for the plugin.

This usually fixes the scrunched up video issue

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Originally Posted by basschick

thanks, but it doesn't work in my ff - it makes a freaky 2-level player that i've seen in a few paysites i reviewed. the vids don't play and it also shortens the actual player to around 2/3 of the defined size and the rest of the defined area is a big dark empty area :crybaby:

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Hmm, what version FF are you using? I'm on the latest and it doesn't cause that.

Jimmy

i'm in 2.0.0.11

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Originally Posted by nicedreams

Hmm, what version FF are you using? I'm on the latest and it doesn't cause that.

Jimmy

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Originally Posted by basschick

i'm in 2.0.0.11

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Same for me. I pm'd you a password to one of our paysites. Check it out to see if it does the same there for you.

Jimmy

you've got a pm.

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Originally Posted by nicedreams

Same for me. I pm'd you a password to one of our paysites. Check it out to see if it does the same there for you.

Jimmy

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Remember when embedding a video player on webpage, you need to account for the controls in the player dimensions. Otherwise you will get "scrunched" video. If a video is 720x480 then the player (depending on the WMP controls you choose to use) will need to 720x480 + the number of pixels the player controls uses.

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Originally Posted by Xstr8guy

Remember when embedding a video player on webpage, you need to account for the controls in the player dimensions. Otherwise you will get "scrunched" video. If a video is 720x480 then the player (depending on the WMP controls you choose to use) will need to 720x480 + the number of pixels the player controls uses.

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Right. That's not her problem though. I haven't been able to duplicate it so I don't know if its her system or not. Anyone else have problems with streaming wmv files and ff2 on strongbox sites?

Jimmy

We've got a member in Germany who is having the same problem.

We fixed the code on the server according to instructions but the member to my knowledge has been unable to solve the problem.

Some of our wmv's will play (short clips 3mins) and the larger ones won't.

R

Go here http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

You pick the media player that you want and give it the parameters and it will create the code for you. I tested it on firefox and it works. It is a cool little site that creates embed codes for most common players out there.

thanks, scwebmaster, but while the player it created looks fine, the WMVs don't play in it in firefox.

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Originally Posted by scwebmaster

Go here http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php

You pick the media player that you want and give it the parameters and it will create the code for you. I tested it on firefox and it works. It is a cool little site that creates embed codes for most common players out there.

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Originally Posted by basschick

thanks, scwebmaster, but while the player it created looks fine, the WMVs don't play in it in firefox.

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Quick question. Are you using Windows Vista? If you are windows media player in Vista has a nasty flaw where it takes a good min or 2 to play the file. I just checked it in my Vista computer and there is the typical 1-2 min delay and none with XP.

Below that http://cit.ucsf.edu/embedmedia/step1.php generated. I put the path to one of our promo videos.

Launch in external player

no, i'm not using vista - i'm using xp pro. and it didn't take a minute or 2 to play - it didn't play ever :(

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Originally Posted by basschick

thanks, but members aren't usually anxious to download plugins.

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If you want to be cross-platform what other choice do they have ? They must either get the flash or flip4mac plugin on the mac, or the flash or Quicktime plugin for IE. Or is there something native that works ?

this isn't for my site, but for a client's.

i'm not talking about being cross platform - i'm a pc user and i can't watch videos using the embed codes here. a couple player codes i've used before that worked fine in the past didn't work when combined with strongbox.

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Originally Posted by krunnch

If you want to be cross-platform what other choice do they have ? They must either get the flash or flip4mac plugin on the mac, or the flash or Quicktime plugin for IE. Or is there something native that works ?

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Originally Posted by basschick

this isn't for my site, but for a client's.

i'm not talking about being cross platform - i'm a pc user and i can't watch videos using the embed codes here. a couple player codes i've used before that worked fine in the past didn't work when combined with strongbox.

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Maybe try uninstalling FF and re-downloading and installing it. I'm on xp pro also with the same ff version. What else could be stopping it?

Jimmy

i'm having the same results on more than one computer.

didn't you say you had a ff plugin?

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Originally Posted by nicedreams

Maybe try uninstalling FF and re-downloading and installing it. I'm on xp pro also with the same ff version. What else could be stopping it?

Jimmy

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Originally Posted by basschick

i'm having the same results on more than one computer.

didn't you say you had a ff plugin?

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No, I do not.

Jimmy

This may help here...

http://www.uknakedmen.com/video-help.html



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