controlling mediaplayer source through javascript in Firefox

[xhunter]

ok here is my problem,

I am trying to change the source file of the mediplayer using javascript, my script works perfectly in "Internet Explorer", but no matter what I do, it doesn't work in Firefox

here is my player :
[HTML]
<OBJECT classid=CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95
height=276 id=mediaPlayer type=application/x-oleobject width=320
standby="Loading Video...">
<embed
id="mediaPlayer"
type="application/x-mplayer2"
pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/download/"
src="dummy.asx"
name="mediaPlayer"
width="320"
height="276"
autostart="0"
showcontrols="0" >
</embed>
</OBJECT>
[/HTML]

and here is the javascript function called to change the source:

<script language="javascript">  
filename = 'somename.wmv';
movieName = 'mediaPlayer';
if (window.document[movieName]) {window.document[movieName].fileName = filename;}
if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft Internet")==-1){if (document.embeds && document.embeds[movieName]) document.embeds[movieName].fileName = filename; }
else {document.getElementById(movieName).fileName = filename;}
</script>
 

any help is really appreciated.

[acoder]

Firstly, you can't have two elements with the same ID.

Secondly, FileName should be a param object within the object tags.

[xhunter]

Firstly, you can't have two elements with the same ID.

Secondly, FileName should be a param object within the object tags.

thanx.

as I mentioned, it works perfectly in IE and so param FileName is not really needed.

I tried giving a different name for object and embed, but didn't work again.

it just doesn't work, without returning any errors (firebug).

[acoder]

as I mentioned, it works perfectly in IE and so param FileName is not really needed.

Just because it works in IE doesn't necessarily mean it's correct.

I tried giving a different name for object and embed, but didn't work again.

The ID needs to be different. You can have two objects with the same name (if need be).

Does this work without using JavaScript, i.e. can you get this to work with HTML only? If not, check that you have the correct plugins.

[xhunter]

it works perfectly in IE with or without javascript (with a source in param),

it works in FF when a real src has been specified,

the javascript is supposed to change that source (with no source specified at first),

the reason that I said that param is not needed is as i think that part of embedding is for IE and in my case that I am not putting any src for initial load and load movies through js it works fine without it, and FF part is inside <embed> which has a src with a dummy source,

The Player works fine,
the only problem is javascript can't change the source in FF,

if the JS script is wrong, I am expecting some errors in FF (firebug), but no errors are returned, meaning the execution was a accepted but I can't get any effect.

[xhunter]

There is another strange thing,

it doesn't really matter to me, but I thought maybe that is sort of related.

This script of mine, in IE , only works with this classid :
"22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95"
which is for WMP6.4

if set to any other calssids:
WMP7-9-10:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6


it doesn't work, not even in IE (no errors),

I don't know why???

Maybe FF plugin is loading WMP in >7 comptaible mode which causes this problem ???

Then the problem is how to change the source if classid is for WMP > 7.

[xhunter]

Ok,
I managed to fix the classid problem by using "url" instead of "filename" that is

document.mediaPlayer.url = address;


but yet it is not working in FF,

I searched on internet and some suggested to use "src" as embed uses this param name, but no success with that either.

I didn't find any working javascript manipulation of WMP for FireFox.

if anybody knows how to do it, it is really appreciated,
I am starting to bang my head to the wall and thinking maybe you cant use JS with WMP in FF.

[acoder]

Here's a reference for Windows Media Player. Hope it helps.