.wmp Format Video Doesn't Play Well

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Joseph Cooney

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone could help me with a problem that I'm having with
a video link that I've put in a web site. There are two versions of the
video, low (1.4 MB) and high-bandwidth (12.5 MB), the low usually plays fine
for me, but the high-bandwidth hangs up periodically throughout the video.
On some computers that I've tried, at the library for example, it won't play
at all. The videos are in wmp format, so I didn't think there would be an
issue.

This is the actual page that has the video links:
http://delcopkg.com/Delco Packaging Solutions Video.htm

Any and all assistance would be greatly appreciated. It is driving me
crazy.

Thanks,

Joe
 
The hang ups are because Media Player
processes the file / plays the video at a bit rate
faster then it can be downloaded, even on the high
speed DSL which I just tried it on.
( my download speed averages over 1mbps )
People with 56k modems will fall asleep waiting.

Not playing at all is due to Media Player needing a
codec download / update before it will play.
I had to download and install an update to play it.
 
Another reason it may be "hanging" is that your webserver may not be capable of
that kind of bandwidth. The two video file option is good, but you may also
want to consider this option:

An option I use with WMV is to offer two links; one directly to the WMV file
itself, and one to an .asx file, which is a metafile.

A Metafile is just a text file that has a complete URL to the WMV file, like
this:

http://someserver.com/media/video1.wmv

The filename for this metafile would be "video1.asx"

So, on the page, I have one link to the ASX file as the main link, and another
link, called "download" to the WMV file.

I include the following text after the links: "For best results, especially on
slower connections, right-click on the 'download' link and choose "Save Target
As".

People on dialup connections will realize they should download the clip and
watch it after it's finished. Folks on faster connections should click on the
first link, which will envoke the meta file, and 'stream' the video file, and
if they are having trouble, they'll resort to the download link.

This is very confusing, but you may want to see some examples of how I do this
on this page: http://disneylandsource.com/adventure/tiki.html

Good luck!

- Chris
 
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