Streaming videos: How to?

The easiest way would be to use a real server. The next way which is everything but not save would be a windows media server. But it doesn't matter if you stream a movie or not. The people who really want get it, get it.

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You will burn less bandwidth if you let them download it. If you try to force them to stream they will simply play it repeatedly. If you let them download it then you only get hit once. Check out our specials for crazy deals on high volume plans. These are only good till the end of the month. Only a few left.

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I found a way to stream some sample clips for my sample area. I found some html help site and copied the snippet of code that allows you to imbed a wmv file.

Regarding people playing the clip over and over, I've got two followup comments/questions:

1) Since it's a sample, I doubt people will play it more than once, and
2) Wouldn't the clip be held in the browser's cache?

Here's the code I'm using:

object
id="MediaPlayer"
classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715"
standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player Components..." type="application/x-oleobject" width="354" height="302">
<param name="AudioStream" value="-1">
<param name="AutoSize" value="-1">
<param name="AutoStart" value="-1">
<param name="AnimationAtStart" value="-1">
<param name="AllowScan" value="-1">
<param name="AllowChangeDisplaySize" value="-1">
<param name="AutoRewind" value="0">
<param name="Balance" value="0">
<param name="BaseURL" value>
<param name="BufferingTime" value="5">
<param name="CaptioningID" value>
<param name="ClickToPlay" value="-1">
<param name="CursorType" value="0">
<param name="CurrentPosition" value="-1">
<param name="CurrentMarker" value="0">
<param name="DefaultFrame" value>
<param name="DisplayBackColor" value="0">
<param name="DisplayForeColor" value="16777215">
<param name="DisplayMode" value="0">
<param name="DisplaySize" value="2">
<param name="Enabled" value="-1">
<param name="EnableContextMenu" value="-1">
<param name="EnablePositionControls" value="-1">
<param name="EnableFullScreenControls" value="0">
<param name="EnableTracker" value="-1">
<param name="Filename" value="trailer.wmv">
<param name="InvokeURLs" value="-1">
<param name="Language" value="-1">
<param name="Mute" value="0">
<param name="PlayCount" value="1">
<param name="PreviewMode" value="0">
<param name="Rate" value="1">
<param name="SAMILang" value>
<param name="SAMIStyle" value>
<param name="SAMIFileName" value>
<param name="SelectionStart" value="-1">
<param name="SelectionEnd" value="-1">
<param name="SendOpenStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendWarningEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendErrorEvents" value="-1">
<param name="SendKeyboardEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendMouseClickEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendMouseMoveEvents" value="0">
<param name="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" value="-1">
<param name="ShowCaptioning" value="0">
<param name="ShowControls" value="0">
<param name="ShowAudioControls" value="0">
<param name="ShowDisplay" value="0">
<param name="ShowGotoBar" value="0">
<param name="ShowPositionControls" value="-1">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="-1">
<param name="ShowTracker" value="-1">
<param name="TransparentAtStart" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorderWidth" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorderColor" value="0">
<param name="VideoBorder3D" value="0">
<param name="Volume" value="-230">
<param name="WindowlessVideo" value="0">

<embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
src="../Volume6/trailer.wmv"
name="MediaPlayer"
width="320"
height="262"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&amp;sbp=mediaplayer&amp;ar=m edia&amp;sba=plugin&amp;" autosize="1" autostart="1" showcontrols="0" showdisplay="0" showstatusbar="0">
</embed>
</object>

wmv files stream seamlessly.. i've never had trouble... just make sure its not a big big rate that chokes on dsl/cable lines

512k bitrate and less... for most/majority of current broadband surfers.

I can give you an example of our gallery. Look inside html code, maybe it is what you are looking for.

http://movies.allmoviegalleries.com/...5/01/index.htm