Embed .wmv files in brochure pages

[agemmell]

Hi,

I'm trying to embed a couple of .wmv files in two different brochure pages. I can get one to show OK, but it pops up on more than one brochure page. Then when I try to put another one one a different page, it changes the first one to this movie. I guess I must be adding the embed code in the wrong place - how do I add this to the bottom of a text fragment, instead of adding it to the main html for brochure pages (which I guess I must be doing)? And advice would be very welcome.

The code I am adding is:

<embed src="http://www.reelsndeals.com/sas2nosound.wmv" width="425" height="350" />

And I am trying to add it straight after a bit of code which reads:

<p><actinic:variable Name="FragmentText"/></p>

I am a real html novice so straightforward explainations would be preferred!!

Thanks,
Aileen.

[fatoftheland]

you need to declare that this is an object and the object type. So something like:

"<embed src="http://www.veoh.com/multiplayer.swf?type=v&permalinkId=e168781kNXhypTj" width="425" height="340" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>"

Notice the type="application/x-shockwave-flash"


Hope this helps

[agemmell]

Hi,
I managed to fix the problem - thought I'd share my solution... What I had been doing was adding the embed html to the fragment layout. So to fix: for each fragment where I wanted to add a video, I selected fragment layout > new, unique each time, then added the .wmv clip to that layout with the following html:

<tr align="center" valign="top">
<td>
<embed src="http://www.reelsndeals.com/sas2nosound.wmv" width="425" height="350" />
</td>
</tr>

Basically, you need to do a new fragment layout for each time you want to add a video. Simple (took me ages to work out tho!!)
Aileen.

[jen@absolute]

Question

Aileen or anyone else-

I have embedded a .mov file in a fragment as suggested above. It is here:
http://petemaina.com/acatalog/John_G..._Episodes.html

What I am wondering is how do I make it so it is only viewed on the page and the download option is not offered? Any ideas????

By the way, Aileen - thank you for your original post on this, it helped me a lot!

-Jen

[gabrielcrowe]

i have to have to toss my tuppence in here, since this is something that makes my blood boil:

stop using wmv, and stop using mov. forget WMP, its streaming technologies are dire and dont get me started on all that buffering quicktime hassle. I refuse to install quicktime, it clutters my tidy system up with its daft protocols and other such pointless bloaty junk.

windows media player and apples quicktime are the devils work. i'm using an XP machine (sorry linus) today, and i STILL cant see the things on the page.

not everyone has these _proprietary_ technologies, and not everyone wants them. if i go to a page that requires a plugin or any other technology other than my browser, then i'm quitting and not buying anything. this is actually a fair few people on th web and not just awkward linux bastards like me.

try flash. firefox and internet explorer both have auto downloads of very few kilobytes for the flash activex/extension. and are very easy to install by the user. this is how you tube works, as well as google video.

try encoding your videos in flv, thats 'flash video' and finding a cheapo freeware player on the web. you'll find that if it 'just works' on your page, you'll sell more doodads.

*takes breath*

[jen@absolute]

....

Well that was completely unhelpful.

[los_design]

i have to have to toss my tuppence in here, since this is something that makes my blood boil:

stop using wmv, and stop using mov. forget WMP, its streaming technologies are dire and dont get me started on all that buffering quicktime hassle. I refuse to install quicktime, it clutters my tidy system up with its daft protocols and other such pointless bloaty junk.

windows media player and apples quicktime are the devils work. i'm using an XP machine (sorry linus) today, and i STILL cant see the things on the page.

not everyone has these _proprietary_ technologies, and not everyone wants them. if i go to a page that requires a plugin or any other technology other than my browser, then i'm quitting and not buying anything. this is actually a fair few people on th web and not just awkward linux bastards like me.

try flash. firefox and internet explorer both have auto downloads of very few kilobytes for the flash activex/extension. and are very easy to install by the user. this is how you tube works, as well as google video.

try encoding your videos in flv, thats 'flash video' and finding a cheapo freeware player on the web. you'll find that if it 'just works' on your page, you'll sell more doodads.

*takes breath*

*gets up from chair and give G a standing ovation*

Could not have put it better myself sir!