gif files open in media player

[exoskeleton]

hi dear experts.. i know you are aware of video once clicked it will open in media player...but how about gif files? im developing a site in php...when gif files were clicked, it will open in media player!

please help me...i dont know what to do!

[tolkienarda]

hmm i don't know if i have an answer but i am an expert at finding non standard ways of doing things. first i have a few questions
first is the gif animated
second are you trying for win-blows media player or for somthing like real
third would it be possible to save one copy of your gif as a .mpeg and have the gif that a person clicks on link to a media player file

eric

[exoskeleton]

hmm i don't know if i have an answer but i am an expert at finding non standard ways of doing things. first i have a few questions
first is the gif animated
second are you trying for win-blows media player or for somthing like real
third would it be possible to save one copy of your gif as a .mpeg and have the gif that a person clicks on link to a media player file

eric

hi sir eric...answers are as follows:

1) yes, the gif is animated
2) just windows media player...not real or others
3) not necessary to save file, just viewing in media player

...hope it will enlighten your mind sir please help ...thank you

[tolkienarda]

hmm from what i know of win-blows media player it can't open a .gif file so getting one to play would be next to impossible. so some other options you can look into are changing the file type of your gif to somthing WMP compatible, if it is mission critical that the file is .gif then you can do one of two things.

first take the first frame of the animated gif and have it just be a still image gif, have an onclick attribute in the <img ... > tag that will change the still gif to the animated gif. this would be done using javascript and i think i have a script that would do it but it will take some modification.

second if it is mission critical for it to be in, or atleast appear to be in a WMP box then you could just take a picture of the WMP box and add it as a background to your animated gif and use html <area> tag. i think that changing the file type would be easier than this though.

eric

[exoskeleton]

hmm from what i know of win-blows media player it can't open a .gif file so getting one to play would be next to impossible. so some other options you can look into are changing the file type of your gif to somthing WMP compatible, if it is mission critical that the file is .gif then you can do one of two things.

first take the first frame of the animated gif and have it just be a still image gif, have an onclick attribute in the <img ... > tag that will change the still gif to the animated gif. this would be done using javascript and i think i have a script that would do it but it will take some modification.

second if it is mission critical for it to be in, or atleast appear to be in a WMP box then you could just take a picture of the WMP box and add it as a background to your animated gif and use html <area> tag. i think that changing the file type would be easier than this though.

eric

what's a winblows media player sir eric? media player that will open and play the file is the microsoft media player...

ahmmm...sorry i know nothing about winblows! :)

[exoskeleton]

i just wanna up up up this topic..dear experts please help anyone! :(
what is the command to open gif files to windows media player in php script?

[srijan2005]

can anyone help me to get relief from my prob?....it was the topic mime type...just before this topic...plz help me frndz...its realy urgent....

[Motoma]

I am sorry, you haven't been entirely clear. Is this happening when you don't want it to, or is it not happening and you want it to?

Rather, is this a feature that you want to disable, or is it a feature you want your site to provide?

[tolkienarda]

what's a winblows media player sir eric? media player that will open and play the file is the microsoft media player...

ahmmm...sorry i know nothing about winblows! :)

um sorry about the winblows it is just a degrotary term for windows or microsoft i also call micorsoft microsloth and explorer exploder sorry about the confusion i just can't stand microsloth products.