Why is this wmv file the wrong size?

[abisti]

Hi

http://www.iceni-extreme.com/posters.php

I've got a client who's made a .wmv film using Windows Movie Maker, but when I embed it in the web page, it resizes itself height-wise and distorts - does anyone know why this is happening and what I can do about it?

Also, is there any way I can maker it bigger (say 640 x 480)?

Many thanks

Gerard

[JohnnyMalaria]

Your source page has this line for embedding the video:

<embed src="wmv/icenimovie2v1.WMV" width="320" height="240" autostart="false" loop="false" type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" name="mediaplayer1" ShowStatusBar="true" EnableContextMenu="false" />

The whole control including the play button etc is being displayed at 320 x 240. The control bar is about 69 pixels high so change the width to 640 and the height to 549.

You may have to experiment with the height to get it exactly right.

[abisti]

Hi Johnny

Thanks for that. But when I change the height / width as you suggest, only the width seems to change...?

[JohnnyMalaria]

I don't know. When I tried it, it worked.

Can you post your HTML code for that section?

[abisti]

<embed src="wmv/icenimovie2v1.WMV" width="640" height="549" autostart="false" loop="false" type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" name="mediaplayer1" ShowStatusBar="true" EnableContextMenu="false" /></p>

Ah, I see it works in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox....?

[zoobie]

it looks like a very small video in firefox
increasing it's size will just make it look worse...unless that's the idea

[JohnnyMalaria]

, I see it works in Internet Explorer, but not in Firefox....?

I think it has something to do with non-standard Javascript being using in IE that upsets FF.

A Google with these terms may give some pointers on how to get around it:

firefox embedded video javascript

It is likely you will need to code for both IE and FF on the same page

[Ai Haibara]

Didn't Firefox need a plugin to properly embed WMP and WMV streams, or something along those lines? I'm not sure. I know I had no problems with a simple WMP/ASF stream from someone's webpage in the past, but I needed to have the plugin installed recently to view WMVs streamed from a manufacturer's site.

The plugin I'm referring to is here: http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx

[zoobie]

<div>
<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" classid="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" codebase="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/ mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701" standby= "Loading Media Player" type="application/x-oleobject">
<param name="FileName" value="your_movie.wmv">
<param name="showstatusbar" value="1">
<param name="controltype" value="1">
<param name="showcontrols" value="1">
<param name="AutoStart" value="1">
<Embed TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
       pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=Media&sba=Plugin&"
          SRC="your_movie.wmv"
          Name=MediaPlayer
          ShowControls=1
          showstatusbar=1
          AutoStart=1
          Width=320
          Height=320
      </embed>
</object>
          </div>