Re: [Eclass-users] Windows Media Player

[Kevin O. <ke...@tu...>]

Hi BJ,

I tried and am experiencing the same problem. It is not unique to=20
EClass; this happens in IE as well. Looked it up on the discussion=20
forums and according to Microsoft, this is a "feature" and not a "bug".=20=

(Aren't they all? =3D) In order to make the media player "more secure",=20=

they have disallowed the use of ".." in the filename path. In other=20
words, no relative links, at least not ones that could possibly go=20
outside the "root" of the web site. I fail to see the logic in this,=20
but the more immediate problem is that I'm not sure what to do about=20
it. Using absolute URLs is really out of the question, but the only=20
other 'fix' I see at this point is totally re-doing the file structure=20=

of EClass by putting all media files within the 'pub' folder, which is=20=

confusing and kinda defeats the point of EClass. The other=20
possibilities I see are:

1. We could only support MPEG or RealMedia/QuickTime and include an=20
open source/freeware player (and hopefully converter).

2. No longer directly embed video into EClass (maybe use a screenshot=20
and a "Play" button that links to the video instead?), something I've=20
been thinking about anyways. However, this may still cause a relative=20
link problem with WMP.

I'll scout out what the current state of Java MPEG (1/2/4) players is=20
and see where Real is at with their open source efforts. In the=20
meantime, any thoughts or suggestions on this would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Kevin

On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 03:55  AM, BJ Cameron wrote:

> Hi,
> =A0
> I've recently upgraded to Windows Media Player 9. Now,=A0the media =
that=20
> uses=A0windows media player=A0(avi, wav, Mpeg) no longer plays in the=20=

> preview window or the browser.
> =A0
> I am=A0on a=A0win2000 machine running IE6.
> =A0
> Ideas?
> =A0
> Thanks,
> =A0
> BJ
> =A0
> William 'BJ' Cameron
> Payson Center
> Tulane University