To do the true streaming, and real control of the streaming, you'll need a
streaming media server. It'll only install on a server OS such as Win 2003
servers but not XP Pro.
You should only need to pass the audio clip url to the control that is
handling the playback. If it's a client-side control, you can always tweak
the parameters through some server-side code when passing it back the
client, create the object code dynamically server-side in other words.
If the file is on another site, you shouldn't need a streaming media server
due to the fact the server doesn't have control over it. Also, a typical
window media file will be in a streaming format and can do some things you
can do with a streaming file such as start/stop/pause, but it cannot do
fast-forwards since it's lacking that level of control on the stream.
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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006
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Thanks for the quick reply.
Is Windows Media Services (WMS) somehing that I can install on my XP SP2
dev
machine or is WMS only for WinServr2003?
Also, is streaming some switch that I configure in WMS or is that
something
I'll need to include in my ASP code?
"Mike Lowery" wrote:
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Using VS 2003, VB.NET and/or ASP.NET 2.0,
BACKGROUND
I have a window forms based application that contains a TreeView
control and
a WebBroswer (AxSHDocVw.AxWebBrowser) control. The TreeView is
populated with
nodes that when clicked play an audio clip from specified local or web
URL
and navigate the browser control to a specified local or web URL. Audio
playback uses as hidden media player object
AxWMPLib.AxWindowsMediaPlayer).
PROBLEM
My client now wants the application moved from a windows based app, to
a web
app. My plan is to use redevelop the app in ASP.NET 2.0.
The biggest question I have is - how do I stream audio and/or video
files
from my ASP server to the client? Will I need special software and/or
configurations on the server to allow streaming media?
Can someone point me to some web resources on this topic or better yet
post
some example code?
Thanks for any thoughts?
If you want to stream media (as opposed to having them download it)
you'll need
to install Windows Media Services. Windows Media Player can easily be
embedded
into web pages.
