Hi!

Just testing out something on Joomla 1.0.15 based test site and I posted a video using the AllVideos plugin on my site. I can see a flash video, but when I put in a WMV, video 2 strange things happen when I try to view:
1.) I get asked to download Microsoft Silverlight (never heard of that before for WMV!)
2.) The video does not play

The video is about 16mb, so not so big. I emailed tech at my hoster and they said this:

It is not something related to the server - but, it is depending on the browser and the system that is accessing. If the system is compatible with the video format and if there is a player it will work normally. The current video is instructing me to install "Microsoft Silverlight" when accessing through firefox (I am sorry, I am on Linux).

The link to test the video is here:
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Any ideas why this won't play for me?

Silverlight is a new technology by Microsoft, similar in concept to Flash.

Users are prompted to download the plugin from within their browser, so they can see WMV/WMA media.

Using Silverlight for Windows Media playback is far more smoother than using the old way (=loading Windows Media Player within the browser).

So go ahead and download the Silverlight browser plugin. ;)

Hi Fotis!

I did download Silverlight, and my WMV video will still not play. Is there a reason this happened? Flash plays fine with the Plugin, WMV does not play at all.

Thanks!

Hi Fotis! I sorted it out and all is working now. I had changed the filename, but not noted that in the code on my page! LOL Blurry head!

When I tried using wmv files I was asked to download Silverlight and then told by MS that my browser was not compatible (FF). It would be good to find a workaround and not have to rely on outside sources to run a web site.

Is it possible to play .WMV format video in Allvidoes Plugin without Silverlight, I mean, in the old way?

Some visitors may hate to be asked to download Silerlight.

I checked the parameters of Allvideos Plugin, but there is no option to switch to non-silverlight player for .WMV videos.

Could you please add this option?

Thanks.

A lot of visitors ask me to change de plugin because they don´t want to install new software to see the videos.
The silverLight install should not be a mandatory rule to see the videos. We need another option.
How to change this to the old version, without SilverLight?

Please...

Was this ever sorted?

If this Silverlight thing keeps being mandatory, I'll switch to another video player.
Sadly I must say because it was easy to use......

Well it is now March 2010 and the Silverlight is still a problem as far as I can see.

I Just intalled the latest version V3.3 and well...

I found that even after I installed Siverlight  on my computer I could still not run the WMV video as the article with the plugin installed keeps requesting me to install Siverlight.. but it is already installed

Kind Regards