Embed a looping playlist of local media

[mb2k01]

Hi All,

Does anyone have an example of code that I could insert into a HTML document which would allow me to embed a playlist / selection of LOCAL media that would then loop the playlist when it reaches the end?

I managed to get this kind of thing working with a YouTube playlist using the following code, but unfortunately our Internet connection makes it impossible to progress with as the playlist videos are continually buffering or crashing out:

<div id="Layer1" style="position:absolute; margin: 0px; left:24px; top:57px; width:626px; height:456px; z-index:1">
<object width="623" height="451">
<param name="movie" value="http://uk.youtube.com/p/*MYPLAYLISTKEY*&autoplay=1&loop=1"/><param name="autoplay" value="true" /><param name="loop" value="true" /><embed src="http://uk.youtube.com/p/*MYPLAYLISTKEY*&&autoplay=1&loop=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" autoplay="true" loop="true" width="623" height="451"></embed></object>
</div>

If anyone is able to help turn the above in to something which replaces the YouTube playlist with local media on a continual loop I'll be very grateful!

[mb2k01]

A shameless bump, in the hope someone can solve my headache!

(If it helps, I can create a playlist that autoloads by using Microsoft Expression Encoder - this would be perfect if I could get it to loop, but can't see where/how to do it either in the program itself, or the HTML / PHP that it outputs?!)

[mossj]

<object width="300" height="42">
<param name="src" value="localpath to playlist">
<param name="autoplay" value="true">
<param name="controller" value="true">
<param name="bgcolor" value="#FF9900">
<embed src="localpath to playlist" autostart="true" loop="true" width="300" height="42" controller="true" bgcolor="#FF9900"></embed>
</object>

Would this not work? or will an embedded windows media player not play playlists?

i know it's possible as i did it on my first year at uni... but the laptop that holds that program is now defunkt... even went as far as having clickable album covers, which then turned into clickable song pictures from that album. and depending on what you clicked it would change what was playing.

[mb2k01]

Hi Mossj,

Your code pretty much got me there - massive thanks!
The code I eventually used was only tweaked slightly:

<object id="media1" style="width: 621px; height: 452px" type="video/x-ms-wmv">
		<param name="filename" value="test1.wpl">
		<param name="windowlessVideo" value="0">
		<param name="enabled" value="0">
		<param name="loop" value="true">
	</object>

This code has enabled me to move forward with a web-based digital signage solution for the school which can be completely local.

Many thanks

[mossj]

Hi Mossj,

Your code pretty much got me there - massive thanks!
The code I eventually used was only tweaked slightly:

<object id="media1" style="width: 621px; height: 452px" type="video/x-ms-wmv">
		<param name="filename" value="test1.wpl">
		<param name="windowlessVideo" value="0">
		<param name="enabled" value="0">
		<param name="loop" value="true">
	</object>

This code has enabled me to move forward with a web-based digital signage solution for the school which can be completely local.

Many thanks

Just so you know the code you removed (embed tag) was actually to ensure cross-browser campatibility so it doesn't really matter, if you know what system/browser will be using it.