Begin playing embedded .wmv file

[al-zines]

I have a large (11 minutes) .wmv that I've embedded in a Web page that begins buffering the output but takes forever before it begins playing. Is there a way to force the output to begin playing before the entire file is buffered?

[al-zines]

This is the way I have embedded the video:
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="392" HEIGHT="390" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="filename.wmv">
<PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="false">
<PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="true">
<PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="true">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="filename.wmv" NAME="MediaPlayer"
WIDTH="392" HEIGHT="390" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="0"> </EMBED>
</OBJECT>

[Eye for Video]

Are you sure that it's buffering or is the whole file downloading and then it begins to play. If that's the case, the server may not support progressive downloading.
What is the file size? If the bitrate is really large (800 kbps or greater) the download is so concentrated (so to speak) that it just takes a long time to download even that first minute of video.