Posted by cwdjrxyz@yahoo.com on 12/04/05 20:02

KiwiBrian wrote:
> <cwdjrxyz@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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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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