WMV File trouble - Please Help

[Chaos]

I have a wmv file link on a page, and until recently it worked perfectly popping up in a player. Suddenly, one day all the file linked to was grabbled text. Unable to effectively address the issue, I embedded the file, which actually worked, however this solution does not work for users on a Mac...and I need not just a cross browser solutions but a cross OS one as well.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[crh3675]

Use ASX files. Instead of targeting your WMV file, create a file and call it "video.asx". Here is your content:


<asx version = "3.0">
<title>Your Title</title>
<entry clientskip="no">
<title>Clip title</title>
<ref href = "http://your_location_to_wmv_file.wmv" />
</entry>
</asx>


Then target the ASX file.

[Chaos]

Craig-

Thanks for the help. I created the video.asx file and referenced my wmv location. However the link opens up the video.asx file and it is simply a blank page.

http://www.whitewatergroup.com/media_launch_whitewater_asx.htm

You can take a look at this page the Media Player icon links to the video.asx page which references the location of the wmv file. I tried referencing the entire location http://www........... as well as a relative reference to the structer on the server. Any more insight? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[crh3675]

Your server may need to be configured to push out the correct Content-type for the ASX file.

[crh3675]

The Content-type is

video/x-ms-asf

does your server support any server0side scripting?

If it supports ASP, you can do this:


<%@language="VBScript"%>
<%
Response.ContentType="video/x-ms-asf"
%>
<asx version = "3.0">
<title>Whitewater Challenge</title>
<entry clientskip="no">
<title>Clip title</title>
<ref href = "/media/whitewater_cut__ms.wmv"/>
</entry>
</asx>



or PHP


<?php
header("Content-type:video/x-ms-asf");
?>
<asx version = "3.0">
<title>Whitewater Challenge</title>
<entry clientskip="no">
<title>Clip title</title>
<ref href = "/media/whitewater_cut__ms.wmv"/>
</entry>
</asx>


But you will have to rename your file extenstion to it's respectable server-side language:

.asp or .php

[ray326]

Originally posted by Chaos
I have a wmv file link on a page, and until recently it worked perfectly popping up in a player. Suddenly, one day all the file linked to was grabbled text. Unable to effectively address the issue, I embedded the file, which actually worked, however this solution does not work for users on a Mac...and I need not just a cross browser solutions but a cross OS one as well.

Any suggestions?

Thanks
That kind of failure is ALWAYS a server configuration problem. The server is sending the stream with the wrong content type.