How do they do this?

[Dig]

http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2003/1218/sony_06.wmv

Ok! Iasked this before but I never really got a good
answer. This is a Microsoft board with Miscrosoft MVPs.
How does Microsoft create this msn page with what looks
like video playing in it?

I assume the frame that it plays in is just a jog or
something similar on the page but how are they playing the
video behind it?

I assume it is streaming but is it the general type of mpg
video which almost everyone can view?

This is something I want to do but when I put video on my
site and someone clicks on it, another box opens and asks
if they want to download it. I just want it to play as
soon as the page is open.

Thanks

 

[DI]

Call Japan to find out

 

[Jim Buyens]

The URL you mention isn't a Web page it's just a video
file. When you copy it into the browser's address bar or
hyperlink to it, the browser either displays it in its
own browser window, or in a new window, depending on the
browser configuration.

There are four ways of displaying video files.

o You can set up ordinary hyperlinks to them. This is
the most universally-supported method, but it always
displays the video in an otherwise blank browser
window, or in the video player's window.

o You can use <embed> tags. This is what FrontPage
creates when you choose Insert, Web Component,
Advanced, Plug-In. This always displays the video
inside a Web page, but you have no idea what software
(if any) the visitor's browser has available to display
the video.

o You can use <img dynsrc=... > tags. This is what
FrontPage creates when you choose Insert, Picture,
Video. This always displays the video inside a Web
page, but it only works on Windows versions of IE.

o You can load the Windows Media Player ActiveX control
onto your Web page, and then configure the ActiveX
control to play your video. This always displays the
video inside a Web page, but it only works on Windows
versions of IE.

Finally of course, you must supply the video in a file
format the visitor has software to display, such as:

WMV - Windows Media Video
MPEG - Moving Picture Experts Group
RA, RM, RAM - Real Networks Files
FLV - Macromedia Flash MX Video
MOV - Apple QuickTime Movie

and a compression scheme the player can decode. Most
designers end up offering multiple formats, because
there's no one format that all browsers and computers
support.

Here's a link with more information about video formats.
http://www.sorenson.com/content.php?cats=3/13

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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