[Zope] Zope and MS Media Server Integration (Video)

[Behrens Matt - Grand Rapids]

Harlow Pinson wrote:

> Does anyone know how to call video on the Microsoft streaming 
> media server from a Zope DTML document.
> 
> I.E. in a document named video.dtml:
> 
> <a href="mms://welcome.asf">Play video.</a>
> 
> works just fine when viewed on the local Zope server machine, but 
> when called from another machine returns this:
> 
> http://<domain_name>/video_test/video.dtml/mms://welcome.asf


This is a browser issue.  The browser you are using does not recognize "mms:" as a valid protocol, and thinks it is part of a relative URL.


IIRC, there is some way you can construct a playlist file (.asx, maybe? 
  my mind is fuzzy on this, it's been a long time) that can contain the 
mms://... URI.  The playlist file is fed via file type associations to 
Media Player regardless of the browser.

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Matt Behrens <matt.behrens@kohler.com>
System Analyst, Baker Furniture