a quick and dirty workaround could be. upload video to you-tube. let youtube handle the encoding and streaming, and you just post a you-tube link or host the youtube player on your website.
also for bandwidth consider amazon's file hosting services. -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Shawn Wildermuth Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:19 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Can a .wmv file be placed on a website and played without user having to download the file? Any reason you cross posted it? I think you really want to ask if there is an easy way to stream it. Obviously without downloading any data, the user couldn't see the data...unfortunately there is no easy way to stream video unless your ISP has a streaming server. Typically .wmv's will progressively download so that's how I would handle it in easy case. You also have to be careful about bandwidth. If you're showing a video on your website you can run out of bandwidth pretty fast if a lot of people watch it. Have you considered re-encoding it to a smaller bandwidth option? (lower quality == faster download) Thanks, Shawn Wildermuth http://adoguy.com http://wildermuthconsulting.com Microsoft MVP (C#), MCSD.NET, Author and Speaker The Silverlight Tour is coming to a city near you! -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hevel, Shawn Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 9:17 AM To: ADVANCED-DOTNET@DISCUSS.DEVELOP.COM Subject: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Can a .wmv file be placed on a website and played without user having to download the file? I've got a friend who is looking to place a 30 - 45 minute presentation that is stored in a windows media player file extenstion (.WMV). He would like this placed on a website for users to click and play. Can this be down without having to download the file? He would like it to just play from inside the website without downloading the file. Any ideas? Is this possible? Also, if the file has to be converted to a different format, does anyone know some good software to accomplish this? Thanks, Our vision is to develop an environment that will stimulate the transformation of data and information into knowledge and wisdom. Our mission is to stay focused on the plans and goals with a sense of urgency necessary to improve the company's profitability and market share. Shawn Hevel, API, AIT Lead Programmer Analyst Information Technology Department South Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Companies Phone: (803) 936-4331 Fax: (803) 936-4629 Work Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
