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  1. 1st Feb 2007 10:33 #1
    Matsaki
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    Hi,
    I am a Mac user and I have 2 problems / Questions.

    I have a friend who is streaming media from Windows medial player 9 in MMS format, with a .asx suffix.

    When I click he URL in Safari or Firefox a new html windows open that is supposed to show and start the stream. The source code for the stream window is:


    <head>
    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
    <title>xxxxxx.com</title>
    </head>
    <body bgcolor="#000000">
    <OBJECT id=WMP classid=clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6>
    <PARAM NAME="Name" VALUE="WMP1">
    <PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="http://www.xxxxx.com/stream.asx">
    </OBJECT>
    </body>
    </html>

    And the problems is:

    1. The stream does not open in the window. If I open QuickTime and paste the .asx URL the stream plays.

    2. The bitrate the provider has set to max 539 kbits/sec, but my bitrate is going up to my own maximum (1.300 kbits/sec) and don't stop at 539? The size is 384 x 288 px.

    That means that the stream is stopping / jumping and eating all my bandwidth witch is 1.5Mb download.

    I beg for any help and suggestions!! Thanks!
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  2. 1st Feb 2007 18:30 #2
    dnix71
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    A true MMS stream causes Firefox on my machine to ask for an external app to launch. FF can't authenticate or play a Windows MMS in OS X. I have a G4 eMac with 10.3.9

    I can choose the Windows Media Player, and it doesn't have to cut and paste. With Flip4Mac, QT can play it and sometimes the Real Player can handle the stream. I've been told that MPlayer can do it and it works occasionally, but MPlayer on Mac doesn't work well for me, so I usually avoid it.

    An embedded media player, that you have a script for the user to load if necessary, like Flash is much more commonly used. Flash is universal now and the files are small. If you are absolutely determined not to allow anyone to keep the video, then a true Flash stream or true WMV stream is about the only way.
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