uploading wmv microsoft movie to web server 1

[tipaway]

I have done a great deal of research on this and no matter what article I have read there seems to be a million ideas of how to do this several of which i have tried but no luck. I hope someone here has experienced this.

I made a simple, but effective photo slide show using microsoft movie maker 2.0. It was very user friendly and had some good effects for putting it together in little time so for what I need it was much much easier than trying to figure out swish so I am very happy with the outcome.

Now, how exactly do you upload this to the internet? Microsoft's method does not work because they tried to use " video hosts" or something. I have tried uploading the .wmv to my web files on my host server and placing an HREF code on the page link but it keeps giving an error message that it can't find the page.

Can someone please set me straight on this once and for all? Some articles discuss an encoder but am I wrong thinking that it is already encoded for windows media since it was created in an MS program?

Any of your expertise would very much help me and a lot of people on the net cuz there is a lot of discussion on this.

Thanks for your help. Also, the more detail you could provide would be most appreciated as I am at best an intermediate user.

Thank you in advance.

 

[mldmld]

What program are you building your site with. Do you just use html coding or dreamweaver, frontpage?

Go to a website that has a link to a .wmv file and view the html coding.

 

[packdragon]

If your link is telling you it can't find the page, then it means either the link is wrong, or the file isn't there. Make sure the path is correct. If your .wmv won't display for codec reasons then you should be getting a different error.

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[pastorjim]

I am having an odd problem with my wmv uploads. Instead of just completing the upload to my server and stopping,the file auto deletes and starts the upload all over again!
When I manage to manually cut off the load at the right time, the files still do not play. I am given error number 80040241. One file, however, works!
These are wmv files created from mpeg files with Ulead Video Studio 7. By the way, created in the same folder is a file called Thumbs.db. Any idea what that is about. The files in question can be accessed here:

http://bibledoctrineministries.ifitsa.com/Media/page7.html

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Thanks for what ever help you can give me!
Jim

 

[packdragon]

Thumbs.db is nothing to be alarmed about. This file is created any time you view a folder in "Thumbnails" mode. The little image previews are stored in this file for quicker loading time in the future.

What software are you using to upload the files? Do you have the same problem when you use the same software to upload other types of files?

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[pastorjim]

Packdragon!
Thank you for your reply. I am using CuteFtp Ver 4.2.5 and no I've had no other problems with uploading to my server.
Thanks for any more info you can give me!
Jim

 

[packdragon]

Have you successfully uploaded other files of similar size? I'm wondering if maybe file size has anything to do with it choking on the upload.

I use "WS FTP" to regularly FTP large files with much success. It's very easy to use, maybe you can give it a try and see if that works better for you? I haven't had any experience with CuteFTP, so I wouldn't be much help to troubleshoot that piece of software.

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[pastorjim]

Hi Packdragon,
I'm back! Thanks for your previous advice. I downloaded WS FTP and it really has been doing some strange things. I tried to resume a partial upload and it just deleted the file and stopped right there! I am in the process of uploading another file but I stops ever couple of k's so I have to restart it. This is odd behavior since I am on cable! I'm at a bit of a loss!
Do you know if WMV's are limited to a certain size. These are around 80 megs...40 minutes in length. I'm wondering if Ulead makes a defective file, so I'm in the process of trying Windows Movie Maker to process the WMV's...could be a defective file.
Again, thanks for your previous guidence. This thing has me stymied!
Jim

 

[packdragon]

That is truly strange if only those specific WMV files are causing such problems in more than one FTP program. You may be right about the files being defective somehow. I've been able to FTP large (over 100MB) files just fine, so file size shouldn't be an issue. Do these problem WMV files play normally?

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