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This looks great! Do you have one for WSSv3.0?

didn't work, but then, what does in sharepoint?

Can you elaborate on the following:  "populate the mediaplayerwebpart"  I would like to know how to do this.  Thanks!

Can you elaborate on the following:  "populate the mediaplayerwebpart"  I would like to know how to do this.  Thanks!

Ok, i guess I should elaborate.

I installed everything as per the instructions. When I refresh my webparts list I do not see the media player web part in the list to add to a page. Any help would be great. I do have a couple other things working in sharepoint but do not have the experience yet to troubleshoot effectively. With a little more experience I will contribute back to this post as I build a couple sites I have planned to build.

Thanks again and sorry for the attitude of the last post.  ;)

How to "populate the mediaplayerwebpart"? For WSS 3.0 and MOSS 2007, you can follow these steps:

Open your browser and go to the SharePoint site you wish to add the webpart to. Under Site Actions, click Site Settings. If you're not at the top-level, "Go to top level site settings" will be shown under Site Collection Administration; click it. Once there, or if you are already at the top-level, the Galleries group will show "Web Parts"; click it (installed webparts will be shown). Click "New" and find "NFWebParts.MediaPlayerWebPart". Check it and click the Populate Gallery button at the top of the screen. A .webpart file will be created and the web part will be added to the Gallery thus making it available to be added to your web part zones in your site and it's sub-sites.

thanks to paulE who has added the comment - i;ve updated the post too

I've added it to my page but it doesn't seem to open.  I see the title bar and the settings drop down but regardless of what link I put to a WMV file I don't get the Windows Media Player interface.  Site is in my Local Intranet zone if that matters.

Second, I see that I have the setting to allow connections.  Will this web part allow me to provide a value to it, for instance from a list view web part?

Thanks,

tk

is there a .dwp file that I need to import for the media player web part?

Hi,

does this only work for one file. I have several avi files which i all want to display in this webpart. Is this possible. When i look at the properties i can only add one video. kind regards, Joost

I can't get it to work, i have the same issue as Todd. Can you help me out. How to reference the avi to be streamed in the site. tnx

thank you for replying. I have done all things you said..i see the media player webpart and i have configured it.

url looks like

/documents/createfaces.avi (is that correct)

i have set the width to 790 and the hight to 390. I have also tried lower values (like you said in your example)

When i click play nothing happens, when i click the avi windows media player fires up (which is the correct behaviour i guess)

do you have any tips where to find?

I followed the instructions and it works fine however I'm now getting errors in my application event log like this:

Error: Failure in loading assembly: Microsoft.SharePointLearningKit, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=abc4ed181d6d6a94

Doesn't appear to hurt anything but curious if there's a tie between the media player web part and the SLK?  I don't have the SLK installed nor do I have a need for it.

Thanks!

No worries.  I should have looked at that.

Thanks!

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Hi

thanks for the webpart, this is really nice, i am able to view the video from my sharepoint site, but when i try to modify the webpart, that menu is hidden by the video, is there any way to view the modify webpart menu in from of the video.

thanks in advance

sri

Mediaplayer Webpart

Hi,

Is it possible to have the code source of the MediaPlayerWebPart web part ?

Thanks

Hi

Great Web Part many thanks!!!

Is there any way to but it on repeat?

Thanks

Great post ... really handy.. works well and is just what i was looking for.....instructions really clear

We just installed this on our farm and it works well for the main portal, but we have had to repeat the process of going through the populate webpart for each of the mysites. While some are able to follow the process, some users are like a deer in the headlights. So, is there an option to push to all mysites?

hi, could you tellme if this component are available on sharepoint 2003?

I have walked through these steps (copied the .dll to the _app_bin folder in netpub\wwwroot directory, and modified the web.config file, performed an IISReset and I don't see the NFWebParts.MediaPlayerWebPart WebPart displayed in the WebPart Gallery.

Can anyone tell me what else needs to be done, so I can get this webpart added to my MOSS 2007 environment?

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I have the same issue than Ryanph. I don't see the webpart in the list.

apearce,

I've put the line you've said within the web.config file (in the place you told to), then i put the .dll in the bin directory, but it doesn't seem to work.

Am i missing something?

Do i have to have something installed?

I mean, like the DirectX 9 SDK, to use the avi playing feature, or i should see the webpart in the list any way.

Alex,

I just saw your post and appreciate that you actually are able to post it back again....I have lost that post when this site goes down :(

I will be moving my blog to www.stevesofian.net.

I am working on a new silverlight media player and still have some minor issues to fix

cheers

Great webpart Mr.A.

Can u share your experience with us, in developing the same

Is this requires windows media player on the client side? if the answer is yes, what version?.

Thanks!

It depends on how the video is encoded.

Alex

I opened the web.config file and there is no </SafeControls> text.

Thoughts????

I have looked at all comments and noticed that everyone is asking how to play multiple files with one web part,  i am going to try and create a playlist and run that on my site to see if it will work.  if it does i will inform you all and even send the information of how to create a playlist(s).

back soon

Bravo,

Did you have it to work yet, I'm looking to integrate this Windows Media webpart to my central site and play from a list of video files instead of single or creating mulitple web parts.

Please share if you have the concept working.

where would the docs (url) referenced.  or do i need to create this..  any help and steps would be welcomed.

Please, how i see video in full screen with double-click ???

Thanks

(sorry by my poor english)

SharePoint and Videos

Rather than going through this heart ache, just add a content editor web part and use the below HTML

<OBJECT id="VIDEO" CLASSID="CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" type="application/x-oleobject">

       <PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="/Docs/[Your Document Library]/[folder]/[your file.wmv]">

       <PARAM NAME="animationatStart" VALUE="true">

       <PARAM NAME="transparentatStart" VALUE="true">

       <PARAM NAME="SendPlayStateChangeEvents" VALUE="True">

       <PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="false">

       <PARAM name="uiMode" value="full">

</OBJECT>

Daniel A-Where in the code do you enter the object code you provided?

im in the process of working out options using the sharepoint document libaries

then i will upload a full how to on my site (link to follow)

OK

if you need WMP to play more than one file can you please contact me @ bravo.computers.nospam@.removethis.btinternet.com

i will then send the template file to you and instructions on how to

this i untill i can get my blog up and running

in the mean time i will find a free sharepoint host and install this web part on with a how to

will post back here with links.

Regards,

Bravo Computers UK Sharepoint Design team

in view of repeating a file you can also use my file which not only let you play multiple files but allow you to repeat the file(s) unlimited or a set number of times.

email me above to get the file

I am receiving a blank screen but still getting the audio ofthe video when I deploy this web part - any ideas on what the problem might be?

No issues with seeing the video footage when playing it directly or when playing it using the Content Editor web part.

Thanks

Is it possible to get a steam from lets say a web camera and play in this web part?

if I'm streaming on different machine(http://ip:port)

Can i get somehow this stream and stream trought this webpart.

Sorry if i have missed if there was any similar questions.

This couldn't have been better explained and thusly could not have worked more flawlessy.  A big thanks to the original poster and to you Alex.

My team and I have been playing with Windows 2008 Server RTM and have been playing with the downloadable

My team and I have been playing with Windows 2008 Server RTM and have been playing with the downloadable

Thanks a lot ...It worked out for me ...I just want to know is there any expirary date for .dll file .

Pavan Raj.

This thing worked great for us to stream!  Thanks!

The content editor approach from  Daniel A  works with IE but fails with Firefox.  Why would that be?

ok the timescale is taking longer than expected however.

to pay multiple files you need to upload the files to an online directory (a free file host or a sharepoint document libary) then you create an ASX file (search the windows technet for how to make a windows media playlist) then upload the playlist file (asx) into a document libary and then modify the  <PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="/Docs/[Your Document Library]/[folder]/[your file.wmv]">

to mach the direct link to the asx file (ie. <PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE="yourwebsite.com/.../playlist.asx"> or <PARAM NAME="URL"VALUE="/Docs/[document libary]/[yourplaylist file.asx]"> as i said before i am in the process of making a HOW TO in playing multiple files using WMP and sharepoint.  but due to very long work hours it is taking longer than expected.

any problems or if you want a basic playlist made in a hurry let me know and i can send a template, address is somewhere above.

Regards,

Bravo Computers UK

Firefox is a toaly different browser.  best thing to do is search how embed windows media player to work in firefox. <a href="forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php here</a>

Hi I can see the window media player, and it shows ready but doesnt show the movie.

can anyone help me to sort out this probelm

The instructions in Daniel A's post @ 18 Jan 2008 work just fine on MOSS 2007.  Here’s how I got them to work (apologies in advance if this comes off as pedantic – I’m just trying to help keep others from pulling their hair out like I did):

1.  Make sure your video is actually encoded in a format that the Windows Media Player (WMP) plays.  If it ends in .wmv you should be fine, unless some dope just changed the three character extension on a format that *won’t* play on WMP (such as MPEG-4).  For a list of supported formats, see support.microsoft.com/.../316992.

2.  If the video is *not* encoded as an .asf or .wmv file, make sure that the appropriate codec is installed on the computer that’s going to access the SharePoint page containing your video (let’s call this the “video page”).  I believe that WMP version 9 and later will try to download missing codecs, but I’m not certain of this.  (Another reason to try to keep everything Microsoft-flavored when your working in SharePoint.)

3.  Post your video to SharePoint FIRST, i.e., BEFORE adding the Content Editor Web Part.  I have found that there are fewer headaches if you upload the video to an “Images” document library instead of somewhere else.

4. Go to the video page.  Change to edit page mode, and click on one of the orange bars on the page that says “Add a Web Part”.  Scroll down and check the box marked “Content Editor Web Part” (on my system, this is the first web part listed under the “Default” heading”).  Click “Add”.  Follow the instructions and click on the link to “open the tool pane”.  

IMPORTANT:  Do *not* open the Rich Text Editor.  Instead, open the Source Editor (the button right below the Rich Text Editor button).  If you put the code in the Rich Text Editor, it will likely be ignored, and you’ll get nothing but blank content.  (Honestly, this only happened to me once, so if Microsoft has fixed this, I wouldn’t know.  I’m too busy to try.  You’re posting HTML code anyway, so why not post it where it’s intended to go?  But I digress...)  ALSO IMPORTANT:  Be sure you are actually adding this code to the "Content Editor Web Part", and not trying to stick it into something that *looks* like it takes code.  For example, some templates pre-populate the page with an editable area called “Page Content” or “Page Image”.  Don’t try to paste your code in these, or you’ll get the same result as using the Rich Text Editor: nothing.  Only use a web part that you’ve added to the page.

5.  Now, go to Daniel A's post above, select and copy the code, and then paste it into the now-open Source Editor.  Click Save.  DO NOT PANIC.  The WMP should appear on the screen in the web part, but IT WILL NOT WORK YET.  You need to add one more piece of information.

6.  Go to the Images document library where you uploaded your video.  It should appear as a listing on the library’s default view (which is the fancy way of saying it’s what you’re staring at when you visit the Image library for the very first time).  Locate the link with the name of your video, right click on the link and select “Copy Shortcut.”

7. Go back to the video page.  If you’re still in editing mode, click on the “edit” drop-down box for the Content Editor Web Part you added and select “Modify Shared Web Part.”  The tool pane will open on the right margin as before.  Click the “Source Editor” button.  The “Text Entry – Web Page Dialog” box will re-open, showing Daniel A’s fine code that you pasted in there a few moments ago. Locate the second line of code (it starts with a left angle bracket followed by PARAM NAME=”URL” and the rest of Daniel A’s code on that line).  Carefully place your mouse cursor to the right of the third double quote mark (i.e., immediately to the left of  /Docs) and delete everything up to (but not including) the next double quote mark.  You will now paste the shortcut (i.e., the path to your video on SharePoint) between these double quote marks by right clicking your mouse and selecting “Paste”.  The full line should now look something like this:

<PARAM NAME="URL" VALUE=”servername/.../YourVideo.wmv”>

Click Save, and Close.  Be sure to “Publish” your page by clicking the button at the top.

Microsoft still requires you to “activate” the WMP to make it work, but this just means you need to click anywhere on the surface (as you’ll be instructed to do).  Press play and your video should play.

Where can you store the videos to play in the wp?

I see how the location is added, but i cannot put the files anywhere as i dont think it supports the storing of the file type (wmv)

Is it applicable for WSS 3.0?

I was applied this in WSS 3.0 but I'm getting a  "Server error" message.

Thanks

I am getting a runtime error when I try to open my WSS 3.0 site.

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As per Daniel A's post @ 18 Jan 2008, I have a question....

Is there a way to change the size of the video player once this code is posted?? Thanks.

Use the reflector tool to get the entire source code...

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Awsome web part. It works great. It took me a minute to edit the part and configure it to work with a video. I do have one question - Is there any permissions I have to get to use this control on a public web site?

sab0900 said:

I am getting a runtime error when I try to open my WSS 3.0 site.

Check the permissions on the web.config file if you made a copy. go to the permissions tab and advanced and make sure its inheriting permissions - that got me as I made a copy to desktop which stripped the correct permissions from the file.

can we see the code ?

Can you pass a source file parameter from a link?

Thank, excelent webpart.

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Alex - Question. I've tried all of the above and still can not see the media web part. Any other ideas?

Thanks

Debbie

thanks alot;

can i play more than one movie on wep part ?

can i link this web part to a list, where i click the media that i want to play and not a fixed one.

can i pass the movie link to this web part by a code ??

Thanks, i was looking for something like that.

How do i provide the URL of the file dynamically i.e if i upload all the video files to a library and whenever some one click the video it should start playing in the media player. i donot want to specify a particular file. ohw can i play multiple files in this.

Any help would be appreciated

Thanks..

This article was really helpful

does it also work on a 64bit server?

Embed a Video into a SharePoint Page

Thank you I will tried this webpart.

Hi all,

I don't understand how to add it in my site.

I thought that we need a .dwp file to add a webpart, and we just have a .dll ...

It don't see your webpart in my gallery and I verifyed  my web.config so if you can help me...

(my site is in French...)

How to allow .flv files to be played usign your webpart? Or it cannot be done?

Gracias aunque no entendi nada

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Fantastic post.. configured and working perfectly in under 5 minutes.

Is there anyway of adding a document list to this web part so users can select which video they would like to view?

Thanks

Hi guys,

thank you for this fantastic post! This is exactly the webpart i am looking for.

One more question from my side, is it ok when i translate this “guide” into german and post it on my (new) blog? I think it will be very useful for the german sharepoint users.

Thanks,

Mea

Hi apearce,

thanks for your fast reply and for the permission!

In my blog i want to link this page and on the end i write the credits for "California geek", "Daniel A", "Steve Sofian" and your person :-).

Thanks again,

Mea

Where can I send email to to request file that will allow me to set repeat(s) and video size?

Where the heck is the dll??? There's nothing here to download.

Thanks for your Webpart. I have already added it to my Sharepoint. It works great. But several weeks later, media cannot play. I have already create a new site and add it to the new site, it didn't work either. I will appreciate your help.

Is there a link somewhere on the page that I can download this? I don't see it. :(

Question,

I've got the Web Part up and running perfectly. My Initial AVI file works fine (It was a screen capture video of various sharepoint tasks)

thing is the initial file was 60MB is size, I've compressed this file using XviD, this new AVI file I can play in windows media player, but it now won't play through the Medai player, I have a black rectangluar screen of the correct size, but with nothing happening...

please help coz I love this web part

This seems to be useful posting on the Media Player Webpart for MOSS. Thanks for sharing the information with details.   :-)

i went trough all the steps and i can see the new webPart called MediaPlayerPart in the web Part Gallery but when i click it to configure it i get this error "an error occured when previewing the web part". anyone would have an idea on how to fix that?

thank you very much

i went trough all the steps and i can see the MediaPlayerWebPart in the webPart gallery but when i click it i get this error "an error occured when previewing the webPart". anyone has an idea on how to fix that?

thank you

TEKGKj

Does the fact that the .dll file type is blocked on the app and site prevent it from being seen in the gallery new wp selection list?

You may try www.dotnetideas.com/.../EnterpriseProducts.aspx

It is an extensible framework

You may also try this media player web part that runs on WSS 3.0 or MOSS 2007: www.wundurful.com/.../Default.aspx

Hey! Tks for the web part!

Is possible to add a command that plays the video in loop?

- Alex