MPEG in the Windows media player

[Bruce]

1. How would I force an MPEG to play in the Windows Media Player.
2. Is there a way to tell Windows Media Player to play the MPEG at 200% insted of 100%.

Thx

Bruce

[zeroseven]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

Just a question for you...
Does it really matter if the MPEG plays in Windows Media Player? I mean, if it opens in Quicktime, it'll still work...

[eric_darling]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

Do a file.open command, and it will open with the default MPEG player on a user's computer. For the great majority of users, that will be the Windows Media Player.

If you are trying to <font color=red>guarantee</font color=red> that it plays in that particular software for some reason, I think Adam was talking not too long ago about trying to parse commands to software that was executed from within an AMS runtime. It's not a very reliable thing to try to do, unfortunately. Same goes for parsing commands like "full screen" to another piece of software from within AMS. Perhaps an IR mod can step in here and clear up the issue... (especially if I'm wrong - which I always reserve the right to be) [img]/ubbthreads/images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[Bruce]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

CLIENTS! What a pain in the but-! I just found out no. What do I need to do if I just want to go to a page have the MPEG start playing, when done go back to page one?

[eric_darling]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

What do I need to do if I just want to go to a page have the MPEG start playing, when done go back to page one?

Set your MPEG file to play automatically on page load. Then, to move automatically to another page following the playback:
On End Of Stream -> Page.Jump ("pagename")

[Bruce]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

Ok, I think I have that.... Lets back up ;-(
How can I have it play, but not in Windows Media Player?

[eric_darling]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

It's the default action for a Media Player object. Just double-click the movie object, and then go to Actions. The action should already be set to "On End of Stream." If it's not the current action, you can choose it from the drop down list.

[eric_darling]

Re: MPEG in the Windows media player

If you are using 3.0 - you can't. If you are using 4.0, it's easy - just put a new Media Player object into your project, and play away!