Using Easy Link for Windows Media Content

Once you have uploaded your Windows Media file to your PlayStream account, create a text file (Windows users can do this with Notepad or TextPad; MAC users with Simple Text) with the following text entered (in upper, left corner):

<ASX Version="3.0">
<ENTRY>
<REF href = "mms://win.playstream.com/yourservicename/yourfilename.(wma or wmv) " />
</ENTRY>
</ASX>

Save this text file by any name (no spaces) with the extension ".asx" after it (i.e: movie.asx). Upload this "ASX" file to your Web site (NOT your PlayStream Account). Create a link on your Web page to this file. For example:

http://www.YOURWEBSITE.com/movie.asx

Now test your movie by launching your browser. Go to your Web site and click on the link that you have created on your Web page. That link should launch the "movie.asx" file, which is a simple instruction that tells Windows Media Player to launch and play the Windows Media file you referenced inside the movie.asx file.

PlayStream EasyLink technology makes it easy to embed Windows Media into a Web page. Just use the following OBJECT/EMBED tag in your Web page:

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="http://easylink.playstream.com/servicename/filename.wvx">
<PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="showcontrols" VALUE="0">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="http://easylink.playstream.com/servicename/filename.wvx"
WIDTH="320"
HEIGHT="240"
AUTOSTART="1"
SHOWCONTROLS="0">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

NOTE: Please replace the highlighted text above with your stream link.

The "type" attribute lets the browser know which plug-in to use to play the media. The "src" attribute tells the plug-in what media to play and where it resides. The "src" attribute can be the PlayStream Easylink path to your media, an ".asx" reference file, or the mms path to the media. The "height" and "width" attributes are the dimensions of your media. With attributes whose value can be “true” or "false" a "1" is used for "true" and a "0" for "false". The "autostart" attribute determines whether the clip starts playing automatically or not. The "showcontrols" attribute determines if the media controls are available to the viewer.

The reason for the use of both the OBJECT and EMBED tag is to insure functionality in all browsers.

Tip: If you set the "showcontrols" attribute to "1", be sure to add 44 to the "height" attribute. This will prevent to distortion of your video.

PlayStream EasyLink technology makes it easy to embed Windows Media into a Web page. Just use the following OBJECT/EMBED tag in your Web page:

<OBJECT ID="MediaPlayer" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="50" CLASSID="CLSID:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" TYPE="application/x-oleobject">
<PARAM NAME="FileName" VALUE="http://easylink.playstream.com/servicename/filename.wax">
<PARAM NAME="autostart" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="showcontrols" VALUE="1">
<PARAM NAME="ShowStatusBar" VALUE="1">
<EMBED TYPE="application/x-mplayer2"
SRC="http://easylink.playstream.com/servicename/filename.wax"
WIDTH="200"
HEIGHT="50"
AUTOSTART="1"
SHOWCONTROLS="1"
SHOWSTATUSBAR="1">
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>

NOTE: Please replace the highlighted text above with your stream link.

The "type" attribute lets the browser know which plug-in to use to play the media. The "src" attribute tells the plug-in what media to play and where it resides. The "src" attribute can be the PlayStream Easylink path to your media, an ".asx" reference file, or the mms path to the media. With attributes whose value can be “true” or "false" a "1" is used for "true" and a "0" for "false". The "autostart" attribute determines whether the audio starts playing automatically or not. The "showcontrols" attribute determines if the media controls are available to the viewer.

The reason for the use of both the OBJECT and EMBED tag is to insure functionality in all browsers.

Tip: If you set the "ShowStatusBar" attribute to "0", be sure to set the "height" to "42".