Windows Media???

[sailorjoto]

How do I get the little box that says Windows media at the bottom of my page that allows vistors to stop and play the background music on my website? :confused:

[polestar]

insert an active X control of the form:

<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 Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="fileName" VALUE="http://www.mysite.com/myaudio.asx">
<PARAM NAME="animationatStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="transparentatStart" VALUE="false">
<PARAM NAME="autoStart" VALUE="true">
<PARAM NAME="showControls" VALUE="true">
</OBJECT>

change filename to the url of your clip (.ASF or .ASX - streaming audio format)
set auto start to true or false as required (whether the music plays automatically, or the user has to click play first)
for what you are asking, leave everything else alone.

Good luck!

[polestar]

Someone else maybe able to help me - I don't have a clue how to make .asf files from .wav, .mid etc

There's also Realplayer audio to consider - that can also be embedded into web pages and you use real jukebox to make the (.rm ??) files, so it might be a better option.

Don't forget the good old (but admittedly annoying)

<BGSOUND SRC="mymusic.mid" loop="1">

which is inserted into the head of a web page and plays music automatically.

[sailorjoto]

Nobody would anwser me before

[dummy]

I tried it with .wav file instead of .asx file and it worked. The .wav file that I tested was on my hard drive (not in the Internet)but I don't think that matters. Or does it?

[dummy]

anyway, wav files are biiiiiiiiiiiiiig.

[gyrbo]

Try to use mp3's

[dummy]

Microsoft has some conversion tools:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/TechNet/prodtechnol/netshow/maintain/wmtlchrt.asp

[polestar]

Thanks dummy.