Re: wmv and htaccess

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WMP has to recreate the HTTP connection in order to get progressive download
to work, which is why you see this. If you wanted to avoid this, you would
need to use Content-Disposition to have them download the file instead of
playing it back directly, or (as Neil suggested) have them play it in an
embedded player.

-Zach
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See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info.
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<RichardEDaley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1156950359.854126.110440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Neil,

I added this line to my htaccess file:

AddType video/x-ms-wmv wmv

But WMP still asks for the htaccess username and password a second
time..

Rich



Neil Smith [MVP Digital Media] wrote:
When you "added the MIME type" do you mean you used AddType on the
htaccess for that directory ? Which types did you add fot the WMV
content type ?

Cheers - Neil

On 29 Aug 2006 05:19:54 -0700, RichardEDaley@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Thanks for the reply Gary.

I had thought of building another page with the embedded wmv but to be
honest, I'm not sure it is worth the time. This directory does not
have that many users and it isn't that big of a deal to have them
retype their information (the users are employees). I was just
wondering why this wasn't working in case I run into it on an external
directory.

I also tried adding the mime type to the htaccess file but it didn't
make a difference.

Thanks!
Rich


Gary Hasler wrote:
Whoops, meant to say...
"Maybe if you made a web page with a browser feature AND EMBEDDED
PLAYER, so
that the request is..."

Gary Hasler wrote:

So I assume your htacces file permits directory browsing, and the
users are
picking their files using their web browser in that mode?
Typically, clicking a filename in this mode results in Media Player
opening
and trying to download the file itself, correct?
I'm no expert but I think this is because of the way the web server
sends
(or doesn't send) the "mime" type header for the file to the web
browser,
which then says "oh, this type is for Media Player", and hands it
off.
Maybe if you made a web page with a browser feature, so that the
request is
coming from the web browser rather than Media Player?
I don't know...just a suggestion.
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