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Windows Forum / Windows Media / General Topics / August 2006wmv and htaccess
Hi, I have a page that is in a directory with an htaccess file. As you'd expect, when the user tries to get to that page, they are prompted for a username and password. Once they are in, they can freely look at all of the pages and other documents within the directory and subdirectories. We have two wmv files that are in a subdirectory below the main directory and for some reason, media player asks again for the htaccess username and password when it opens. I assume it has something to do with the browser that is contained in media player but I don't know how to make it open without reentering the username and password. Any help anyone can give me would be appreciated. Thanks! Rich So I assume your htacces file permits directory browsing, and the users are picking their files using their web browser in that mode? Typically, clicking a filename in this mode results in Media Player opening and trying to download the file itself, correct? I'm no expert but I think this is because of the way the web server sends (or doesn't send) the "mime" type header for the file to the web browser, which then says "oh, this type is for Media Player", and hands it off. Maybe if you made a web page with a browser feature, so that the request is coming from the web browser rather than Media Player? I don't know...just a suggestion. > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Thanks! > Rich Whoops, meant to say... "Maybe if you made a web page with a browser feature AND EMBEDDED PLAYER, so that the request is..." > So I assume your htacces file permits directory browsing, and the users are > picking their files using their web browser in that mode? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > coming from the web browser rather than Media Player? > I don't know...just a suggestion. Thanks for the reply Gary. I had thought of building another page with the embedded wmv but to be honest, I'm not sure it is worth the time. This directory does not have that many users and it isn't that big of a deal to have them retype their information (the users are employees). I was just wondering why this wasn't working in case I run into it on an external directory. I also tried adding the mime type to the htaccess file but it didn't make a difference. Thanks! Rich > Whoops, meant to say... > "Maybe if you made a web page with a browser feature AND EMBEDDED PLAYER, so [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > coming from the web browser rather than Media Player? > > I don't know...just a suggestion. When you "added the MIME type" do you mean you used AddType on the htaccess for that directory ? Which types did you add fot the WMV content type ? Cheers - Neil >Thanks for the reply Gary. > [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] >> > coming from the web browser rather than Media Player? >> > I don't know...just a suggestion. ------------------------------------------------ Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006 http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs Hi Neil, I added this line to my htaccess file: AddType video/x-ms-wmv wmv But WMP still asks for the htaccess username and password a second time.. Rich > When you "added the MIME type" do you mean you used AddType on the > htaccess for that directory ? Which types did you add fot the WMV [quoted text clipped - 34 lines] > Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006 > http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs WMP has to recreate the HTTP connection in order to get progressive download to work, which is why you see this. If you wanted to avoid this, you would need to use Content-Disposition to have them download the file instead of playing it back directly, or (as Neil suggested) have them play it in an embedded player. -Zach  SignatureWindows Media Development Team (speaking for myself only) See http://zachd.com/pss/pss.html for some helpful WMP info. This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. -- > Hi Neil, > [quoted text clipped - 52 lines] >> Digital Media MVP : 2004-2006 >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/mvpfaqs |
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