Custom user interface/Skins controls,for Webpage?

[canadateck]

I'm Looking for software maybe?

I would like to Use my Own Images..(Play) (Back) (Pause).Not the standard (Window Player) Interface.Is there more to it then Java or HTML?

This is for Video On my WebSite.

Any Software or tutorials?

Any Help would be great.Thanks

[skeg64]

I don't think you can change the buttons on the WMP plugin, or quicktime. I could be wrong on that though.

It could be done with Flash or Shockwave.

[canadateck]

Thanks for the Info.

But Here is the Controls on (Cnn.com/Video) They are using Custom Controls and the Video Format is WMV. I would also like to use my own.

[skeg64]

OK, you got me interested so I went and found out.

WMP 7 onwards can be controlled with Javascript from within the page. So, you can design your controls as images (probably GIF), and attach Javascript functions to them. Then set the default control bar to invisble.

Some examples of the built-in functions are (for an object id "MyWMP"):

MyWMP.controls.fastForward();
MyWMP.controls.fastReverse();
MyWMP.controls.play();
MyWMP.controls.pause();

A full list of functions can be downloaded in the SDK:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e43cbe59-678a-458a-86a7-ff171...DisplayLang=en

There are some good examples here:
http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=52418


Of course, this means you could design your control bar in Flash and call Javascript with it. Although in that case it would be better just to use flash video.

The good news is it should work in any browser with the WMP plugin and Javascript enabled. You would also need to detect the version of WMP so that earlier versions use the default controls.