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    I am using the code below to play a wmv file that is stored in the public folder on the server.  For some reason my page visitors can reach the page but all the see is a black page (that is the color of the background) and not the player that is started by user interaction.  I can view the page on my network but I am not sure why noone from the outside can view it.

     

    <OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
    STANDBY="Loading Windows Media Player components..." TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
    < PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="videofilename.wmv">
    < PARAM name="ShowControls" VALUE="true">
    < param name="ShowStatusBar" value="false">
    < PARAM name="ShowDisplay" VALUE="false">
    < PARAM name="autostart" VALUE="false">
    < EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2" SRC="videofilename.wmv" NAME="MediaPlayer"
    WIDTH="192" HEIGHT="190" ShowControls="1" ShowStatusBar="0" ShowDisplay="0" autostart="0"> </EMBED>
    < /OBJECT>

    Sunday, June 26, 2011 2:51 AM

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    It's going to wind up being a permissions issue, I think. Your prospective viewers aren't logged in, so they don't have permission to access the file.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Marked as answer by JSHollis Monday, June 27, 2011 3:55 PM
    Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:00 AM
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    Is there no way to share certain files without loggin in?

    In a word: No.

    Fireplay works because everything touching the file is on the server, and already authenticated. All fileplay does is suck up bits and send them out. What you want to do doesn't work because, when you connect from an anonymous web page, you're connecting to your server as a user who doesn't already have permission to access the file. No permission = no access.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Marked as answer by JSHollis Monday, June 27, 2011 3:55 PM
    Sunday, June 26, 2011 8:26 PM
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    It's going to wind up being a permissions issue, I think. Your prospective viewers aren't logged in, so they don't have permission to access the file.
    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Marked as answer by JSHollis Monday, June 27, 2011 3:55 PM
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    Do you know how to get around this? I have an mp3 stored in the music folder and visitors can access it via Fireplay without being logged on to the server.  I want to be able to share certain files without the login process.

    Is there no way to share certain files without loggin in?

    Sunday, June 26, 2011 7:09 PM
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    Is there no way to share certain files without loggin in?

    In a word: No.

    Fireplay works because everything touching the file is on the server, and already authenticated. All fileplay does is suck up bits and send them out. What you want to do doesn't work because, when you connect from an anonymous web page, you're connecting to your server as a user who doesn't already have permission to access the file. No permission = no access.

    I'm not on the WHS team, I just post a lot. :)
    • Marked as answer by JSHollis Monday, June 27, 2011 3:55 PM
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    Is there anything unsupported that someone has tried and works? I read somewhere that installing xmoovestream was a possibility and streams well.  Sort of like a server within a server. It requires PHP which I have installed. I'd be interested in at least some suggestions of unsupported but tested options.

     

    Thanks.


    Monday, June 27, 2011 5:50 PM
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    If you are talking WHS1, I used Twonky very successfully for many years.

     

    Phil P.S. If you find my comment helpful or if it answers your question, please mark it as such.
    Monday, June 27, 2011 6:37 PM
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    I have the HP EX485 unit. It does have Twonky Media on it. I am not sure how this works around the restrictions that seem to be in place discussed above.  Elaborate please.

    Monday, June 27, 2011 7:13 PM