Posted by KiwiBrian on 12/04/05 07:25

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> KiwiBrian wrote:
>> "KiwiBrian" <briantoz@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
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>> > 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.
Thanks for your advice.
Brian Tozer

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