media control bar doesn't show in Firefox

**MJM_RDS** · 03-27-2007, 12:37 PM

I posted in the other topic but am not yielding repsonses. Here's my post again:

Ok, I have an issue. I want valid video, but for whatever reason I cannot seem to have it the way I want.

Code:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

  <head>

    <title>Video test</title>

  </head>

  <body>

    <div id="video">

      <object type="video/x-ms-wmv" data="videofile.wmv" width="320" height="180" >

        <p><a href="videofile.wmv">The video</a></p>

      </object>

    </div>

  </body>

</html>

It works, but not the way I want. In Opera I do get the control bar, in Firefox however, I do not.

I tried adding

Code:

<param name="controller" value="true" />

but that changed nothing.

Any ideas, or is this some kind of Firefox setting? Because once the video is done, the only way I can get to replay in Firefox is to hit reload (AKA a "replay=reload page" button).

Any help is greatly appreciated.

**LadynRed** · 03-27-2007, 04:41 PM

You missed a point in the ALA article, you need the src parameter

<param name="src"
value="http://www.sarahsnotecards.com/catalunyalive/ »
fishstore.wmv" />

It has NOTHING to do with FF vs. IE, I can view the ALA example just
fine in FF.

**MJM_RDS** · 05:28 PM

No, the video plays fine. The control bar is missing to pause/play the video. It autostarts just fine, but once it is finsihed playing the video just disappears.

Also I'm not sure why you wrote this comment:

Quote:

Originally Posted by LadynRed

It has NOTHING to do with FF vs. IE

I don't like IE, yeah it's gotten better, but it's still not as good as Opera.
Also I would like to point this out.

**LadynRed** · 03-27-2007, 06:08 PM

Quote:

Also I would like to point this out.

Oh please... it's abbreviated as FF ALL over the place and everyone knows exactly what it means.

My comment regarding FF vs. IE was because you implied the fault was strictly with the browser. There are no 'firefox settings'.

From the ALA article:

Quote:

But it turns out that IE6 and IE7 and Safari (strange bedfellows if ever there were), all need a little extra push, in the form of an extra param element:
<object type="video/x-ms-wmv"
data="http://www.sarahsnotecards.com/catalunyalive/ »
fishstore.wmv"
width="320" height="260">
<param name="src"
value="http://www.sarahsnotecards.com/catalunyalive/ »
fishstore.wmv" />
<param name="autostart" value="true" />
<param name="controller" value="true" />

</object> And it works.[/quote]
You might also want to read this one:
http://wiki.dreamhost.com/index.php/...mbedding#Video

**MJM_RDS** · 08:00 PM

I'm asking if there is a Fx specific setting because browsers can overwrite settings set in the code, like is there a setting somewhere that makes Fx hide the control bar?
This is what I am after, to have a visible control bar in Fx.
I am using the code from the webpage you posted, and I can see the video in Firefox no problem, but where is the control bar? It's there in Opera, it's even there in IE.
This is one of the few times where I am actually stumped by a problem with Firefox. Usually it's just some line which is not quite right, but this, I have no idea how to fix. It's as if Fx is ignoring these two lines:

Code:

<param name="autostart" value="false" />
<param name="showcontrols" value="true" />

Opera ignores the autostart=false, but that is not as much of an issue as is no controls. If the controls aren't there what happens is that the video just disappears (once it's done playing), which is not a good solution. Watch the video of the link you gave to the end. Where has the video gone? It has vanished and can only be replayed by hitting reload.
In short:

And on a side note: This doesn't actually need to work in IE.