hi ,

   My project is in VS2005. I need to open a .avi file that has been stored in a dir ., and play on click of a link ( Say name of a file) . How can i do this in VS2005. Is their any one to give suggestion. i couldnt find proper codes in .net forums.

Hi,

if ur using Asp.net then u can ue Object or Embed Tag..


<OBJECT
ID="MediaPlayer"
STYLE="POSITION:ABSOLUTE; LEFT:10px; top:100px;"
classid="CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95"
CODEBASE=
"http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,4,5,715"
width=320 height=240
standby="Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components..."
type="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="path.avi">
<PARAM NAME="TransparentAtStart" Value="false">
<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" Value="true">
<PARAM NAME="AnimationatStart" Value="true">
<PARAM NAME="ShowControls" Value="true">
<PARAM NAME="ShowPositionControls" Value="false">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" Value="true">
<PARAM NAME="autoSize" Value="false">
<PARAM NAME="displaySize" Value="0">
<Embed type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=windows&sbp=mediaplayer&ar=Media&sba=Plugin&"
src="path.avi"
Name=MediaPlayer
AutoStart=1
Width=320 Height=240 transparentAtStart=0
animationAtStart=1
ShowControls=1
ShowPositionControls=0
ShowStatusBar=1
autoSize=0
displaySize=0></embed>
</OBJECT>

OR

<embed src="video.avi" />

Or

u can also use simple Link..
<a href="video.avi">Play a video file</a>

for more Information
http://www.w3schools.com/media/media_browservideos.asp

 Hi,

     Your code playing the video for me. But is i make the Object tag as runat="server" ., the respective Id is not recognized in the code behind. I need to give the file name in runtime. how can i change the code?.

Hi,

U may Create a String ..

String strpaler ="<object"
..........
.....

strpaler  = strpaler  + "PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE=""+<value avi file/>+"">"

...Rest of code..

Label.text = strpalyer
or
Response.write(strpaler)