- This technique opens the movie in WM player

Create a text file (Mac users can use Text Edit or BBedit, and Windows users can use Notepad) and include the following link.

<ASX Version="3.0">
<ENTRY>
<REF href = "mms://win.iFactorystream.org/account/wm/filename.wmv" />
</ENTRY>
</ASX>

The parameters you personalize are in bold:

Account is the account name we give you when you purchase your streaming account, and filename.wmv is the name of your WM file saved on the streaming server in the WM directory.

The file must be saved with the .asx extension with no spaces. and saved to your WEB SERVER not your streaming server.

Now in your html page you can make a simple href to the file you have just created. When a user clicks the link the browser will open Windows Media Player and play the clip.

.asx files are so small they can be easily sent by e-mail too as an invite to your audience.


Linking With tag <OBJECT>
- This technique embeds the movie in your web page

Tag <OBJECT> allows you to incorporate a link to a clip directly in the html page, using the .asx file previously created (see instructions above) without opening Windows Media Player.

Copy and paste the following code in the area of your web page where you intend the clip to be viewed:

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="filename.asx">
<PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="showcontrols" VALUE="1">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="filename.asx"
WIDTH="320"
HEIGHT="240"
AUTOSTART="1"
SHOWCONTROLS="1">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>


The parameters that you need to personalise are in bold:

WIDTH e HEIGHT specify the pixel dimension of the clip;
VALUE e SRC= specify the .asx file saved on the web server;
AUTOSTART="1" starts the clip automatically AUTOSTART="0" the clip appears in pause mode;
SHOWCONTROLS="1" enables the player controls to be visible
SHOWCONTROLS="0" hides the player controls

If you choose SHOWCONTROLS="1" it is necessary to increase the Height value by 44 in order to enable the player controls to be visible and avoid distortion of the video.

STREAMING VIDEO