Posted by cwdjrxyz@yahoo.com on 12/04/05 07:06

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.

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