progressive media download

[lee2006]

Hi there all
I have some video files that are encoded using windows media encoder 9.
They are encode to progressive download.

The problem is I have created a link on my page to play these videos but they do not do progressive download they have to download fully before playing.

Anyone have any ideas why, I follwed thet microsoft tutorial it just dosent work.

The video files are .wmv and progressive doenload encoded.

The link is just a standard asp.net hyperlink with a url of ~/directory/video.wmv.

Any ideas anyone

Thanks

Lee

[Ben Collier]

You could try embedding the video in the page-
www.colourfrenzy.com (http://www.colourfrenzy.com)
The video is about 6mb but begins to play almost instantly- if you want any code just ask!
p.s. for some reason it doesn't work in firefox on Vista.. Well for me. & I need to fiddle with the t&c / contact us.


Ben

[lee2006]

Hi there
Thanks for the reply
I found somthing on microsofts site about running progressive downloads from a web server.

It intailed creating a .wvx file which is basicly a few lines of xml
In this file is the link to the video file.
You then add a link in your page to the .wvx file which then opens the media file as a progressive download.

Apprently this is due to not using a media server, you have to tell the media player that the file is a progressive download.

This is not a requirement on all pc's but the progessive download only works if the setting are enabled.

Appasrently this method does nbot require the settings and will allways be a prograive download.

If anyone wants anymore infor just ask.

There may of course be different ways of doing this but it worled for me so why queestion

Thanks

Lee

[Ben Collier]

Glad you got it working!

Ben