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Posted by KiwiBrian on 12/04/05 22:39
Thanks heaps!! Looks like exactly what I was after.
Thou art a scholar and a gentleman.
Brian.
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> KiwiBrian wrote:
>> <cwdjrxyz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:1133672761.310386.266840@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
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>> > KiwiBrian wrote:
>> >> "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
>> >> news:dmtj14$6kk$1@lust.ihug.co.nz...
>> >> > On the following page I have two links to pages with identical
>> >> > content.
>> >>
>> >> http://www.hibiscuslink.co.nz/rospat/why.html
>> >>
>> >> > The source content of each is identical and the daughter
>> >> > (called/referenced files) of each are located in both directories.
>> >> > Yet one streams and the other doesn't.
>> >> > Can anyone tell me why the one that doesn't stream doesn't?
>> >
>> > I would first look at the script that creates the player on each page.
>> > I did not see any difference in the script on casual observation, but
>> > the least little error in a script, including hidden things and extra
>> > white space, can cause a script to fail completely. Completely delete
>> > the script on the page that is not working and replace it with the
>> > script on the page that is working and see what happens.
>> >
>> > I should point out that you are using an ActiveX object only to play
>> > the audio. Thus most browsers, other than the IE family, will not play
>> > your audio at all unless they have had a plugin added to play the WMP
>> > using AX. There are codes to take another path if the browser does not
>> > support AX. Also any browser that has script turned off will not hear
>> > your audio. Since you give links to the audio anyway, the most simple
>> > thing to do is to use a .wax redirector file as the link. This will
>> > bring up the audio on the WMP, but of course there will not be a
>> > picture on the page. At least you could include the .wax redirector
>> > link as an alternative for those to click who do not hear the audio
>> > using the AX code you now have.
>> >
>>
>> Thankyou very much for your enlightening reply.
>> My objective was to subject the user to as little change in the viewing
>> environment as possible, rather than cause Windows Media Player to be
>> launched to play the audio.
>> What happens if WMP is not installed on the client's PC?
>> I think it was you who previously gave me a helpful reply regarding using
>> a
>> .wax redirector file. I was successful with this but did not like the
>> fact
>> that the WMP was launched to play the audio.
>> As it is audio only, is there a way of reliably streaming audio without
>> invoking WMP?
>> I seem to have gone some way to accomplishing it at present, but only by
>> using a daughter page.
>> My thinking was to ascertain the reason for the present paradox and then
>> enquire as to how the process could be invoked directly from the parent
>> page
>> without the use of a daughter page.
>> But if I am aiming for the unnattainable, or even the inadvisable, I need
>> to
>> find out now, altho the client seems very happy with the present results
>> on
>> all PCs that he has tested on.
>
> You do not need script or ActiveX, if I understand you correctly. By
> adjusting the parameters for the WMP ordinary object, you can create a
> button on the main page to play the audio. See
> http://www.cwdjr.info/media/streamtest.html . See the source code of
> this page, and read the instructions for the wax redirector file shown
> at the bottom of the page. The code is valid at the W3C validator up to
> xhtml 1.1. Mine is written at the 1.1 level, to check validation, but I
> served it as html to avoid the complication of the php include, as you
> do not seem to be using xhtml. This code works on the latest versions
> of IE6, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera. It even works on the old
> Netscape 4.8, although the button appears a little funky on this old
> relic. You can adjust the style in the division to change the style of
> the text you use along with the button for audio.
>
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