wmv will not play

[Worksmart]

This might be a repeat. I received an error when I clicked Post.

I'm using FrontPage 2003, Windows Media Player 11, Windows Vista.

I've inserted the WM Player into FrontPage and inserted a movie. It plays
fine on my machine but not for anyone else when I published to the Internet.
When I Browsed to insert the movie, it's pointing to the file on my hard
drive. I tried using the URL and nothing happens with this either.

I've tried everything I can think of, including shortening the filenames and
putting the .wmv in the root directory.

Does anyone have any ideas? The link to it is
http://www.PeggyDuncan.com and is on my homepage.

Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[Steve Easton]

If the wmv file is in fact located in the root "with" your home page,
switch to code view and change this:
<param name="URL" value="C:\Users\smartpeggy\Documents\My Documents\Web frontpage\pd\4_Peggy Duncan.wmv">

to this:
<param name="URL" value="4_Peggy Duncan.wmv">

Save the page and republish it, you may also have to right click the wmv and select "Publish selected file"

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Steve Easton
Microsoft MVP FrontPage
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[Worksmart]

Yes! That worked. Thank you! But why did I have to go into the code? I
inserted the Player as a Web component, then Browsed to add the movie, then
published. Followed all the instructions I found on the Web too after it
didn't work.

I had also gone into Properties and added 4_Peggy Duncan.wmv as the source
with no path to it. Nothing worked.

Going into the code as you instructed worked. Since I'm not a programmer, I
need to know how to make it work without looking at the code. Is it me or a
fluke in FrontPage?

Thanks.

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

This is the sort of link that normally happens if you open the web page up
by itself and not first open the FP web. If you open the page without
opening it as part of the FP web then FP will insert the URL as a reference
to your local filesystem because it doesn't know where the file should live
relative to the web.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

 

[Worksmart]

Hmmm. Are you saying I should have inserted the file as I did but before
previewing, I should have published it to the Web before doing anything else?

Guys, thank you so much for your help.

 

[Rob Giordano \(Crash\)]

No. Mark is saying to:
Open FP
File | Open Site
browse to where you store your site on your local computer
this opens your Site...not just a page.

hth


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Rob Giordano
Microsoft MVP Expression