skins, containers and trailers... greenr 5/18/2007 4:43:01 PM ok, so i'm a semi newbie. we are developing a broadband vod site and the films are going to be using WMP as the player for the films. I am considering also using WMP for the trailers as well. Is their such thing as a "container" that we can build that will hold the WMP that will carry our branding and other bells/whistles (email this video etc). I understand the skin concept and that anyone can apply a skin, but can our custom "container" remain constant? thanks for any advice...

Re: skins, containers and trailers... "Alessandro Angeli" <nobody[ at ]nowhere.in.the.net> 5/18/2007 5:02:07 PM From: "greenr" [Quoted Text] > ok, so i'm a semi newbie. we are developing a broadband > vod site and the films are going to be using WMP as the > player for the films. I am considering also using WMP > for the trailers as well. Is their such thing as a > "container" that we can build that will hold the WMP that > will carry our branding and other bells/whistles (email > this video etc). I understand the skin concept and that > anyone can apply a skin, but can our custom "container" > remain constant? thanks for any advice... If by container you mean a custom application that uses WMP just for playback then the answer is yes, otherwise you need to clarify. WMP provides a fully functional and fully customizable ActiveX control you can embed in a DHTML page or in any other ActiveX GUI container, including a custom application written in C++, whether using MFC or not, or ..NET or VB6 or almost anything else on Windows. -- // Alessandro Angeli // MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation // mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com // http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm

Re: skins, containers and trailers... greenr 5/22/2007 9:14:01 PM Thank you, If we create the custom application to hold the WMP and if we wanted to build in a "Bookmark" type feature, which would allow the user to mark a spot in the film and come back another time to watch at that moment, is this something that could be done with the current version of the SDK? And also, let's say we build that custom application in a beautiful gray, green, could a user load their custom hot pink skin? Thanks in advace!! rg "Alessandro Angeli" wrote: [Quoted Text] > From: "greenr" > > > ok, so i'm a semi newbie. we are developing a broadband > > vod site and the films are going to be using WMP as the > > player for the films. I am considering also using WMP > > for the trailers as well. Is their such thing as a > > "container" that we can build that will hold the WMP that > > will carry our branding and other bells/whistles (email > > this video etc). I understand the skin concept and that > > anyone can apply a skin, but can our custom "container" > > remain constant? thanks for any advice... > > If by container you mean a custom application that uses WMP > just for playback then the answer is yes, otherwise you need > to clarify. WMP provides a fully functional and fully > customizable ActiveX control you can embed in a DHTML page > or in any other ActiveX GUI container, including a custom > application written in C++, whether using MFC or not, or > ..NET or VB6 or almost anything else on Windows. > > -- > // Alessandro Angeli > // MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation > // mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com > // http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm > > >

Re: skins, containers and trailers... "Alessandro Angeli" <nobody[ at ]nowhere.in.the.net> 5/22/2007 9:38:32 PM From: "greenr" [Quoted Text] > If we create the custom application to hold the WMP and > if we wanted to build in a "Bookmark" type feature, > which would allow the user to mark a spot in the film and > come back another time to watch at that moment, is this > something that could be done with the current version of > the SDK? And also, let's say we build that custom > application in a beautiful gray, green, could a user load > their custom hot pink skin? If you application supports those functionalities, then yes. The ActiveX control provides methods to control it and retrieve/set information on it, but the UI is (almost) all your problem. You should really start reading the docs in the WMP SDK to see what you can do and how. -- // Alessandro Angeli // MVP :: DirectShow / MediaFoundation // mvpnews at riseoftheants dot com // http://www.riseoftheants.com/mmx/faq.htm