From: Pat McKeague <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Playing SMIL files locally (CD-ROM)
Try embedding the smil file in a small browser window.
Use a relative reference and a .rpm file:
file: folder/yourfile.smi
here are both the embed and activeX control for a 320
by 240 embedded smil file with no controls and
autostart on. Note the .rpm file in the same directory
as the .html file
<OBJECT ID="media"
CLASSID="CLSID:CFCDAA03-8BE4-11CF-B84B-0020AFBBCCFA"
WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240">
<PARAM NAME="src" VALUE="yourfile.rpm">
<PARAM NAME="console" VALUE="Clip1">
<PARAM NAME="controls" VALUE="ImageWindow">
<PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="true">
<EMBED CONTROLS="ImageWindow" CONSOLE="Clip1"
TYPE="audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin" SRC="yourfile.rpm"
WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" AUTOSTART="true">
</embed>
</object>
Good luck.
Note I have had no luck playing this on a mac:~(
Pat McKeague
--- RealForum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> From: Steve McMillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Playing SMIL files locally (CD-ROM)
>
> I beleive the problem is that the player gets its
> working directory set
> to the local machine's temp directory by Netscape.
> One way to avoid
> this problem is to apply the following method. It
> is not the most
> elegant method but it should get you out of your
> jam.
>
> ------------------------
> A script can get the full path of the current HTML
> document using
> "document.location". It should be possible to take
> the first letter of
> that and choose the appropriate RAM file from a set
> named something like
> c_foo.ram, d_foo.ram, e_foo.ram, etc. Something
> like:
>
> function openRAM(ramPart)
> {
> docURL = window.location;
> ramName = docURL.pathname[1] + "_" + ramPart;
> window.open (ramName);
> }
>
> You then create a bunch of files like d_foo.ram that
> contain:
>
> file://d|/demos/foo.smi
>
>
> This seemed to work on my machine. Of course, it
> wouldn't work on a
> Mac.
> You'd probably want to check the
> window.clientInformation and only do
> this for Navigator on PC.
> ----------------------------------------
>
>
> RealForum wrote:
> >
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Damon Betlow)
> > Subject: Playing SMIL files locally (CD-ROM)
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I need help desperately.
> >
> > I can't seem to play a SMIL file from a cd-rom or
> locally in Netscape 4.7.
> >
> > Works fine with IE 5.0.
> >
> > I've tried linking directly to the SMIL file,
> using a .ram file to link to
> > the SMIL file with:
> > file://test.smi
> > and
> > file:test.smi
> >
> > How do I do this? I need to burn ASAP.
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