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Can Flash Be Used to Open .wmv Files in Windows Media Player?

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bsquared18

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have access to Flash MX 2004 Professional and might be described as an "advanced beginner' in the use of ActionScript.

I will be supplying a client with a dvd disc containing several .wmv video/audio files, so this is not an internet streaming application. One simple approach is to just give the client instructions to open a video file in Windows Explorer and view it using a program like Windows Media Player.

And if that's the only .simple approach, it will work. But I was wondering if a "sexier" Flash shell could be built with the client's logo, etc. on it and a button for each .wmv video file. Is there ActionScript code that could be used when a button is clicked on to send the action to a video file and open it in Windows Media Player, instead of having the user click on the file in Windows Explorer? And once the video is closed, the action would return to the Flash shell.

I'm hoping it could be done with Flash Player 7, which would be more widely available than Flash 8.

I've done some studying of the use of .flv files and so forth but wanted to find out if there is a simpler way such as I have described above. If it can't be done as I have envisioned it, someone please say so. Then, I will decide whether to use the non-Flash approach or look at other options.

Any guidance (and code even) will be greatly appreciated.

Bill
 
flash cannot play .wmv

if you want the sexier 'flash' look then save as .flv and take that route. space aint a problem on a dvd but .flv files are much smaller than .wmv and give as good playback

probably you can use fscommand to open media player but why bother.
 
... but .flv files are much smaller than .wmv and give as good playback ...

I don't agree with that statement. In my own experience (and I'm a film editor...) FLV's with comparable quality to .wmv's, are ALWAYS larger in size than .wmv's. In fact I don't really understand all this crave about FLV's, and will still use .wmv's for a long time to come...

As for specificly opening the .wmv in the WMP player, that's more the user perogative than your's... The RealPlayer could be my default player for .wmv's, so they would open in RealPlayer in my case...

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