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Jason
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Tue Dec 07, 2004 11:58 pm Post subject:
Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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I have a browser-based presentation I would like to distribute on CD.
On Windows, it uses an embedded Windows Media Player to play a video and
uses Javascript callbacks and DHTML to synchronize a text presentation.
I've set up the page where it will run successfully using Internet Explorer
using Windows Media Player as an ActiveX component, and on Netscape/Firefox
using either the ActiveX add-in in for Mozilla-based browsers as well as
Java with the Windows Media Player Java add-in.
I would like this to work on Mac's, but I don't have one in the office.
On Mac's, it appears that Internet Explorer has limited ActiveX support, and
I was wondering if that limited support extended to the Windows Media Player
9 available for OSX. Specifically, is something like the following legal:
<object
ID = "WMPMediaPlayer"
classid = "CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"
standby = "Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
width="240" height="251">
<param name="Filename" value="foo.wmv">
</object>
And, would the following be supported:
<script language="JScript" for=WMPMediaPlayer
event=openStateChange(NewState)>
// do stuff here...
</script>
Thanks for any ideas...
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Harri Mellin
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 12:05 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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In article <Od6v#2I3EHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
"Jason" <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | I have a browser-based presentation I would like to distribute on CD.
On Windows, it uses an embedded Windows Media Player to play a video and
uses Javascript callbacks and DHTML to synchronize a text presentation.
I've set up the page where it will run successfully using Internet Explorer
using Windows Media Player as an ActiveX component, and on Netscape/Firefox
using either the ActiveX add-in in for Mozilla-based browsers as well as
Java with the Windows Media Player Java add-in.
I would like this to work on Mac's, but I don't have one in the office.
On Mac's, it appears that Internet Explorer has limited ActiveX support, and
I was wondering if that limited support extended to the Windows Media Player
9 available for OSX. Specifically, is something like the following legal:
object
ID = "WMPMediaPlayer"
classid = "CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"
standby = "Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
width="240" height="251"
param name="Filename" value="foo.wmv"
/object
And, would the following be supported:
script language="JScript" for=WMPMediaPlayer
event=openStateChange(NewState)
// do stuff here...
/script
Thanks for any ideas...
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active-x on mac was removed year a go
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Jason
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 1:49 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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Thanks so much for the reply. After a bit of digging, I found an article on
MSDN called "Windows Media Player for Mac Guide for Internet Content
Providers". Am I correct in reading the quoted paragraph below that there
is no scripting available for the current versions of Internet Explorer and
Windows Media for the Mac?
from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/macicp.aspx#embedding_the_player_in_a_web_page__bjwk
"Embedding the Player in a Web Page "
Windows Media Player for Mac includes a plug-in for Internet browsers. The
Windows Media plug-in lets you embed and script Windows Media Player for Mac
by using the Windows Media Player 6.4 object model. The Windows Media
plug-in supports a subset of the most commonly used properties, methods, and
events from the 6.4 object model.
Internet Explorer 5 for Mac no longer supports Microsoft ActiveX® controls.
And Internet Explorer for Mac does not support scripting to a plug-in.
"Harri Mellin" <atz02-NoSpAm-@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:atz02-NoSpAm--AB0F93.20051307122004@msnews.microsoft.com...
| Quote: | In article <Od6v#2I3EHA.3716@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl>,
"Jason" <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
I have a browser-based presentation I would like to distribute on CD.
On Windows, it uses an embedded Windows Media Player to play a video and
uses Javascript callbacks and DHTML to synchronize a text presentation.
I've set up the page where it will run successfully using Internet
Explorer
using Windows Media Player as an ActiveX component, and on
Netscape/Firefox
using either the ActiveX add-in in for Mozilla-based browsers as well as
Java with the Windows Media Player Java add-in.
I would like this to work on Mac's, but I don't have one in the office.
On Mac's, it appears that Internet Explorer has limited ActiveX support,
and
I was wondering if that limited support extended to the Windows Media
Player
9 available for OSX. Specifically, is something like the following
legal:
object
ID = "WMPMediaPlayer"
classid = "CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6"
standby = "Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
width="240" height="251"
param name="Filename" value="foo.wmv"
/object
And, would the following be supported:
script language="JScript" for=WMPMediaPlayer
event=openStateChange(NewState)
// do stuff here...
/script
Thanks for any ideas...
active-x on mac was removed year a go
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Harri Mellin
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 2:23 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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In article <#Zix60J3EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
"Jason" <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Thanks so much for the reply. After a bit of digging, I found an article on
MSDN called "Windows Media Player for Mac Guide for Internet Content
Providers". Am I correct in reading the quoted paragraph below that there
is no scripting available for the current versions of Internet Explorer and
Windows Media for the Mac?
from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/macicp.aspx#embed
ding_the_player_in_a_web_page__bjwk
"Embedding the Player in a Web Page "
Windows Media Player for Mac includes a plug-in for Internet browsers. The
Windows Media plug-in lets you embed and script Windows Media Player for Mac
by using the Windows Media Player 6.4 object model. The Windows Media
plug-in supports a subset of the most commonly used properties, methods, and
events from the 6.4 object model.
Internet Explorer 5 for Mac no longer supports Microsoft ActiveX® controls.
And Internet Explorer for Mac does not support scripting to a plug-in.
why not use quicktime instead works mutch better than wmp for mac |
/allmost no one use msie with mac os x
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 4:03 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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Jason <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
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Internet Explorer 5 for Mac no longer supports Microsoft ActiveX® controls.
And Internet Explorer for Mac does not support scripting to a plug-in.
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I would even add that IE for Mac is dead (officially) and many Mac
around me don't even have it installed...
Corentin
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Jason
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 5:56 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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The files are originally being encoded in WMP (for reasons that have nothing
to do with the presentation output I'm trying to put together). I've seen a
few WMP->MPEG converters around, so maybe I could go that route. Not having
a bunch of experience with Quicktime, can it be scripted via javascript on
Firefox and Safari? -- most importantly, can I poll the player periodically
and get the playback position?
(I know I'm treading off-topic here, but just wondering what my options are)
"Harri Mellin" <atz02-NoSpAm-@netscape.net> wrote in message
news:atz02-NoSpAm--B2027C.22233107122004@msnews.microsoft.com...
| Quote: | In article <#Zix60J3EHA.3932@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl>,
"Jason" <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
Thanks so much for the reply. After a bit of digging, I found an
article on
MSDN called "Windows Media Player for Mac Guide for Internet Content
Providers". Am I correct in reading the quoted paragraph below that
there
is no scripting available for the current versions of Internet Explorer
and
Windows Media for the Mac?
from
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/howto/articles/macicp.aspx#embed
ding_the_player_in_a_web_page__bjwk
"Embedding the Player in a Web Page "
Windows Media Player for Mac includes a plug-in for Internet browsers.
The
Windows Media plug-in lets you embed and script Windows Media Player for
Mac
by using the Windows Media Player 6.4 object model. The Windows Media
plug-in supports a subset of the most commonly used properties, methods,
and
events from the 6.4 object model.
Internet Explorer 5 for Mac no longer supports Microsoft ActiveX®
controls.
And Internet Explorer for Mac does not support scripting to a plug-in.
why not use quicktime instead works mutch better than wmp for mac
/allmost no one use msie with mac os x
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Corentin Cras-Méneur
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Wed Dec 08, 2004 6:44 am Post subject:
Re: Cross-Platform WMV Distribution |
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Jason <Jason@PleaseNoSpam.com> wrote:
Hi Jason,
| Quote: | The files are originally being encoded in WMP (for reasons that have nothing
to do with the presentation output I'm trying to put together). I've seen a
few WMP->MPEG converters around, so maybe I could go that route.
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I just fear that you might lose a lot of quality transcoding the files.
| Quote: | Not having
a bunch of experience with Quicktime, can it be scripted via javascript on
Firefox and Safari? -- most importantly, can I poll the player periodically
and get the playback position?
(I know I'm treading off-topic here, but just wondering what my options are)
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The answer is here:
http://developer.apple.com/quicktime/qtjava/
Corentin
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