Re: Windows Media Player / Cookie Handling

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From: Iain (idownsXXXX_at_dircon.co.uk)
Date: 07/08/04 

Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 11:50:24 +0100

There is a windowsmedia newsgoup fairly close to this who will be better
equipped to deal with this question

microsoft.public.windowsmedia.sdk or
microsoft.public.windowsmedia.player[.web] would be good guesses.

There is also a mailing list WMTALK which has a number of helpful and expert
participants. it is in or near discuss.microsoft.com

Iain

"Danny Watkins" <DannyWatkins@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E1A7526E-5298-4E95-BED9-6759293E9F6C@microsoft.com...
> I hope this is an appropriate place to post this question.
>
> We're using cookies to authorise access to video clips streamed from a cgi
file. Media Player usually sends cookies but for certain file types and
browsers appears erratic, eg WMV with Netscape. I'm also unsure of the
interaction between browser and player that sometimes results in two or even
three GETs of the same document.
>
> Could someone point me at some technical documentation that covers this
type of issue please? Or suggest a more appropriate newsgroup that I can ask
specific questions in?
>
> Many thanks
>
> Danny.

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