embedded media player object

[Chantelle]

I've embedded a windows media player object on a webpage but it has an ugly uneven black border around 3 sides. The problem doesn't seem to be the html tags and I can't seem to fix it with <img src... border=0>. I tried embedding it using <embed> and <object> tags, same problem with both.

Please help, this is urgent and I need to fix it today.

[pyro]

Post a link, so we can see what exactly it is doing...

[Chantelle]

sorry it's not on the www, it's on a network so I can't post a link

isn't there anything I can do to remove object borders?

[Zach Elfers]

There probably isn't anything that can be done.

[pyro]

You could possibly place it inside of a <div> tag that is the same height/width as your media object. At least give it a try.

[Zach Elfers]

pyro, that would not work. You couldn't cover up the object because it is not an HTML element.

[Chantelle]

thanks anyway

seeing as it's to do with the windows media player plugin, isn't there some way I can adjust how the plugin displays?

[Robert Wellock]

The <object> is a replaced element and can accommodate plugins however when we are talking about specific players, like QuickTime, or Media Player you tend to use the <param> element with proprietary attributes for example: <param name="DisplaySize" value="4"> concerning the prefered plugin in question.

I presume you have given the <object> container a width and height dimension, and mime type to work from.

With embedding video and audio the <param> attributes vary quite a lot you'd have to visit Microsoft to get the specific display attributes for their player control panel displays.