Streaming Windows Media - ASX File

[OuterBox]

I am using the code found to load a wmv file from an asx file. The code is found here: http://cita.rehab.uiuc.edu/mediaplayer/asx-overview.html

I have had this work before, but now it doesn't seem to work.

You can view the file at http://www.outerboxdesign.com/Stream.asx

It loads the asx file, but doesn't launch the movie embedded in it.

The path embedded is http://www.outerboxdesign.com/movie.wmv , so it should work, or atleast open windows media player and try to load the movie.

Any help is much appreciated!

[Frets]

What does the object embed tag look like?

When linking to .asx you need the full path
Yes it opened my default win media player (which currently is Ifran view)

Win media fyi has gotten very proprietal in recent years 8,9,10 will only open in xp
and above and will then only display in ie as far as browsers go.

You may wish to think about an alternative such as flash streaming files.
Not all flash streaming files are flv. And there are a wide range of products
which can convert standard vid to standard (SWF6, SWF5) streaming files.

[OuterBox]

I basically need viewers to be able to view movies, in full screen if possible, and not be able to see where the movie is coming from so they cannot save the file. The path is coming from an SQL database.

What do you think is the best way to do this?

[Frets]

They will still be able to save them....
There are plenty of screen cap utlilites available that will convert to avi.

[OuterBox]

They won't be able to save them in a convential way. Of course you can screen capture the movie, but most people won't do this. It can't be easily available for them to save the file.