> I first get an error that ActiveX is not installed (although I know it
is)
ActiveX Xtra is not shockwave-safe. That means that while you CAN stream
your video from the web into your Director .exe, you can't do it from
shockwave.
But if you just want to play the video on a webpage, I'd suggest you
bypass shockwave, and embed the Windows Media Player ActiveX control
into your HTML page instead of your .dir.
Explanation: ActiveX Xtra allows you to embed ActiveX controls of any
sort into your Director application, including ones that are not safe
for shockwave. That's why the Xtra is not marked as safe. However, the
WMP ActiveX control itself _is_ safe for web security standards. So you
can embed it into your webpage, without the added overhead of shockwave,
and it works in Mac browsers too.
If you need interaction between your .dcr and the video, you may be able
to facilitate that communication through the webpage.
HTH
Rob
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