Windows Media - Linking/Embedding

Linking

Once your Windows Media files have been uploaded to the server you will want to give access to it.  You may give a link or you may wish to embed it inside of a web page.  The Link is the URL to point at the file so that others may view it.  The user may copy and paste the link into Windows Media Player to view or may click on the link and Windows Media Player will launch to play it.

For Windows Media, the files are uploaded to the Content directory.  The Link to access a Windows Media file would be:

Embedding

You may wish to embed your Windows Media file within a web page.  This is especially useful if you wish to embed media within a WebCT course. 

The following sample code illustrates how to embed a Windows Media clip in a web page.

WebCT and Windows Media Streaming

To use Windows Media clips within WebCT:

1. Prepare your clips for Streaming and upload them to the streaming media server.
   
   
2. Create a web page using the following code:
   
   
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE=" http://real.cc.uga.edu/asxgen/username/Yourfilename.asx">
<PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
<param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">
<PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="false">
<PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="false">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC=" http://real.cc.uga.edu/asxgen/username/Yourfilename.asx">" NAME="MediaPlayer"
WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="0"> </EMBED>
</OBJECT>


3. Upload the file into WebCT.