launch a video

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I am not sure if this is something that is possibel but I thought I would
check.
We want to post a demo video on our site and track the number of times it is
launched by our clients.
I have checked with our hosting provider and they can only keep track of
hits from a specific page, not a specific link.
Does anyone have any ideas on how I can add a link to the video and track
the number of hits the specific link gets.
And possibly get an email everytime it is launched?

Thanks.
 
What you would need to do is write a script that would perform the actions
needed then redirect to the new link. How you do this depends upon what
server-side scripting and application capabilities you have.

Basically though, you'll need a script page, and a database. The script,
when called, will send information to the database and add a record
containing information that's useful to you, such as the time of the visit
and, perhaps, the IP address and browser type of the visitor. If you need an
email you can do this in a next step. Keep in mind though, every step you
add runs the risk of having something go wrong and will take a little more
time to perform. When these actions are done the script redirects to the url
of the file you need.
 
Thank you very much for the reply.
I have no idea how to write such a script, any idea on where I can find one
on the web?

Thanks again.
 
Here is the solution that I came up with that is not working as well as I
thought...
I inserted a form into a new page. The form will send me an email when
someone submits the form. The submit button is a graphic that they can click
on to start the video. I originally thought I could put a hyperlink behind
the submit button to open the video in a new window. That didnt work so I
made the confirmation page the video file and that gave me an error: "annot
run frontpage extensions on this page". So I am close to what I am trying to
do get done.
Any other ideas would be great.
Thanks.
 
I would simply make a link to a page which has the actual link to the video.
If they want to watch the video, they go to that page, and that page will be
counted.
 
I thought of that but then thought it would not be an acurate count of who is
actually launching the video. I was afraid people would get to the page,
never launch the video but still be counted.
I just thought of another idea........Maybe create the form to generate the
email and then redirect the confirmation page to the video? not sure if that
will work, I will give it a shot.

Any other ideas would be great!
 
That did work for me......Probably not the best solution but will work for
what I need it to do.
Thanks to everyone for the feedback.
 
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