Parameters - Page 4

This is all you need in order to do a simple embed of Windows Media into a Web page and have it playback in Internet Explorer or Netscape. However, Microsoft offers many other parameters. There are too many to explain in the course of this article, but I've listed some of them below and the parameter names are fairly self-explanatory. Full details on the parameters can be found at Windows Media SDK.

<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"
  width=160 height=120 standby="Loading Microsoft Windows
  Media Player components..."
  type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="AudioStream" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="AutoSize" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="AnimationAtStart" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="AllowScan" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="AllowChangeDisplaySize" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="AutoRewind" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Balance" VALUE="10">
<PARAM NAME="BaseURL" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="BufferingTime" VALUE="5">
<PARAM NAME="CaptioningID" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="ClickToPlay" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="CursorType" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="CurrentPosition" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="CurrentMarker" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="DefaultFrame" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="DisplayBackColor" VALUE="65535">
<PARAM NAME="DisplayForeColor" VALUE="16744448">
<PARAM NAME="DisplayMode" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="DisplaySize" VALUE="2">
<PARAM NAME="Enabled" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="EnableContextMenu" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="EnablePositionControls" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="EnableFullScreenControls" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="EnableTracker" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="Filename" VALUE="yourfile.asx">
<PARAM NAME="InvokeURLs" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="Language" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="Mute" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="PlayCount" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="PreviewMode" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Rate" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="SAMILang" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="SAMIStyle" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="SAMIFileName" VALUE="">
<PARAM NAME="SelectionStart" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SelectionEnd" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SendOpenStateChangeEvents" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SendWarningEvents" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SendErrorEvents" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="SendKeyboardEvents" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="SendMouseClickEvents" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="SendMouseMoveEvents" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowCaptioning" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowAudioControls" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowGotoBar" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="ShowPositionControls" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowTracker" VALUE="-1">
<PARAM NAME="TransparentAtStart" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="VideoBorderWidth" VALUE="5">
<PARAM NAME="VideoBorderColor" VALUE="4227327">
<PARAM NAME="VideoBorder3D" VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="Volume" VALUE="-150">
<PARAM NAME="WindowlessVideo" VALUE="0">
</OBJECT>

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Conclusion

Microsoft has made it very easy to launch Windows Media in the standalone Windows Media Player or to embed the video in a Web page. While stand-alone video can be useful, the true value comes when the video is embedded in a Web page and can be surrounded by supporting material that takes video from being an independent media type to being part of a video application. In the next article, I will show you how to further integrate Windows Media into an application so the video and the surrounding material can truly interact.

Embedding Video in a Web Page - Page 3
Windows Media Playback in a Web Page