WMV file tracking

[calico55]

Does anyone know if it's possible to track the view-through rate of a WMV-formatted file? In other words, if we distribute a WMV file, can we get data about how many time it was viewed to the end, or the halfway pt., etc?

THANKS in advance for any replies!

[redwudz]

If you host it on your site, you may be able to tell how many times it's downloaded or viewed, but not any place else, AFAIK.

[Ai Haibara]

Like ASF, I think WMV/WMA also support telling the default browser to load a certain webpage, if I remember correctly. (Either at the beginning or end, maybe even points in between.) You could have the page(s) set to increment a counter in some way.

Of course, like any other method, the person viewing the movie would have to have an active Internet connection. And keep in mind that quite a few people think that having their ASF/WMA/WMV files pop open a webpage is really annoying.

There's also DRM (would it require them to acquire a license from your site, or someone else's, I wonder?), but people may find that even more annoying than surprise webpage loads.

[calico55]

Thanks for the replies, guys! I appreciate it.