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How To Stream Video
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Here is a little
video clip sample.
The file is in ASF
format. There is a
redirector file in
ASX format which
tells the medial
player where to find
the video file. This
is more commonly
used in Windows
Media Server
protocol (MMS).
Press the PLAY
button to start the
video. You can
change AUTOSTART to
1 (in your web page)
which will cause the
video to start
playing immediately.
In order to protect
your video you will
need MovieGuard and
ShareGuard. See the
right hand side for
the download link to
copy protect videos
in streaming format
and AVI, MPG, MPEG,
ASF, WMV, WMA, MP3,
WAV.
Here is the code
snippet that is
required to embed
the media player
plugin into your
HTML web page.
<OBJECT
ID="MMPlayer1"
WIDTH=420 HEIGHT=360
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.zappersoftware.com/video/how-to-stream-video.asx">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls"
VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar"
VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowDisplay"
VALUE="0">
<PARAM NAME="DefaultFrame"
VALUE="Slide">
<PARAM NAME="Autostart"
VALUE="1">
<Embed
type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/
MediaPlayer/download/default.asp"
src="http://www.zappersoftware.com/video/how-to-stream-video.asx"
Name=MMPlayer1
Autostart=1
ShowControls=1
ShowDisplay=0
ShowStatusBar=1
DefaultFrame="Slide"
width=420
height=360>
</embed>
</OBJECT>
MovieGuard will
allow you to stream
video to the end
user's desktop
without them knowing
where the source
video is coming
from. You can then
use ShareGuard to
time limit or lease
the videos.
How To Stream Video
Obtain a camcorder.
You will require
either a digital or
analog camcorder
(video recorder). If
you use an analog
camcorder then you
will require a video
capture card. A
video capture card
will convert the
analog signal into a
digital signal.
Shoot your video.
Transfer your video
to the computer
either through a USB
1.1 port, USB 2.0
port (high speed),
IEEE1394 (generic
name) also known as
Firewire (Apple
name) or iLink (Sony
name). Digital
camcorders use
IEEE1394 for
transferring the
video. This will
then be AVI format
(Audio/Video
Interleave).
Use video editing
software to modify
the AVI clips. Add
your transitions,
effects, watermarks,
modify sequences and
audio clips.
Convert from the
very large AVI
format to ASF
format. ASF
(Microsoft Windows
Advanced Streaming
Format and Sonic
Foundry) is MPEG4 is
the best compression
of video. Use
Windows Media
On-Demand Producer
to obtain the ASF
format. Get it from
here
Create an ASX
redirector file:
<ASX version =
"3.0">
<Entry>
<Ref href = "http://www.zappersoftware.com/video/how-to-stream-video.asf"
/>
</Entry>
</ASX>
Upload your ASX and
ASF files to your
website.
Add the embedded
code for media
player to your HTML
web page (see top of
this page).
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