I need your help please.

[FungiJohn]

Oh the joys ... or woes of codecs!

John:

Can you play a wmv from any other website? ... probably!
Can you play one from your local pc? .... more than likely!

wmv is a File format based in ASF (Advanced Systems Format) that wraps a video bit stream ... This itself is quite technical! To make matters worse there are several subsets of wmv. So much depends on how the original file was produced i.e. by which program / codec. Furthermore, a file may use several codecs during compression i.e. one for audio and another for video!

I'm assuming you have XP SP2, media player 10 (not 11) and ie > v6

Without sitting at your pc! it may be worthwhile looking here:

Using codecs

I do suspect that the problems lie within the website and how they have embedded the wmv file.

As for the best video format …. Well, none are 100% but for maximum compatibility in a single format I would recommend flash.

A good guide can be found at:

Choosing the best video format for your web site

Good luck - John

[John]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I'm not really in a position to advise on that john - i dont knoe a great deal more about it than you - i've just googled a lot in the last 24 hrs and sadly it doesnt follow automatically that understand everything i read or know what i'm talking about - i would sugest that stu or fj, or lewisa if hes out there might be your best sources of advice on such things

Cheers Pete

I have noticed lewisa hasn't been on for a while. Thankfully I have his phone number (unless he has changed it). It might pay me to ask his advice if Stu or FJ can't help.

John

[John]

Hi John

This is where my lack of technical ability lets me down. I haven't a clue about any of this. It looks like I will have to do more or less what I did to get my web site up and running and that is to get someone knowledgeable to drop by my house and help set up the correct way of setting these video's up. Either that or completely forget about putting videos on my web site. That's a shame as I have a few very rare birds that I would like to add to that Gallery.

John

Originally Posted by FungiJohn

Oh the joys ... or woes of codecs!

John:

Can you play a wmv from any other website? ... probably!
Can you play one from your local pc? .... more than likely!

wmv is a File format based in ASF (Advanced Systems Format) that wraps a video bit stream ... This itself is quite technical! To make matters worse there are several subsets of wmv. So much depends on how the original file was produced i.e. by which program / codec. Furthermore, a file may use several codecs during compression i.e. one for audio and another for video!

I'm assuming you have XP SP2, media player 10 (not 11) and ie > v6

Without sitting at your pc! it may be worthwhile looking here:

Using codecs

I do suspect that the problems lie within the website and how they have embedded the wmv file.

As for the best video format …. Well, none are 100% but for maximum compatibility in a single format I would recommend flash.

A good guide can be found at:

Choosing the best video format for your web site

Good luck - John

[eeyore]

I supose in the short term you could host them on utube , or bird forum for that matter (or here once stu has that facility up and running) and just link them from your website - not ideal but better than nuffin

[John]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I supose in the short term you could host them on utube , or bird forum for that matter (or here once stu has that facility up and running) and just link them from your website - not ideal but better than nuffin

Stu has had a disc of mine containing quite a few videos for ages now. I hope he hasn't lost it but I agree that could be the way forward.

John