Embedding WMV files

[spyderco]

I am trying to embed video files into my web page. I found lots of source code that works just fine but I want to learn more about the attributes, what they mean, possible values, etc.

A code I found works is

      <!-- begin embedded WindowsMedia file... -->

      <OBJECT id='mediaPlayer' width="320" height="285" 
      classid='CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95' 
      CODEBASE="[URL unfurl="true"]http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,7,1112">[/URL]
      standby='Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components...' 
      type='application/x-oleobject'>

      <param name='fileName' value="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.spyderscripts.com/test/sample.wmv">[/URL]
      <param name='animationatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='transparentatStart' value='true'>
      <param name='autoStart' value="true">
      <param name='showControls' value="true">
      <param name='loop' value="true">

      <EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2'
        pluginspage='[URL unfurl="true"]http://microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/'[/URL]
        id='mediaPlayer' name='mediaPlayer' displaysize='4' autosize='-1' 
        bgcolor='darkblue' showcontrols="true" showtracker='-1' 
        showdisplay='0' showstatusbar='3' videoborder3d='-1' width="320" height="285"
        src="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.spyderscripts.com/test/sample.wmv"[/URL] autostart="true" loop="true">
      </EMBED>
      </OBJECT>

      <!-- ...end embedded WindowsMedia file -->
    <!-- begin link to launch external media player... -->

        <a href="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.spyderscripts.com/test/sample.wmv"[/URL] style='font-size: 85%;' target='_blank'>Launch in external 

player</a>
        <!-- ...end link to launch external media player... -->

I want to learn things like:
What does showdisplay='0' do?
What does showstatusbar='3' do?
What does videoborder3d='-1'do?

I know these are meant to be obvious but not lal the code is. Can someone link me to a tutorial that goes over all these options so I can learn what they do?

 

[brianashman]

Here are links to MSDN:

showdisplay,showstatusbar,videoborder3d

These are all boolean values & appear to have no effect when the user has Media Player 9 (I have MP9 & changed values w/o any change on what is displayed).

 

[ChrisHunt]

A code I found works...

I think you'll find it only works on Microsoft browsers and Microsoft operating systems. Try it with Firefox, or on a Mac, and you might have an unpleasant surprise.

That said, it's not an area that I've ever dabbled in myself, so I can't offer much in the way of practical alternatives. Maybe somebody else here can.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd