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Jimbo

2004-07-29, 7:16 pm

Another issue has popped up.

The WMP videos we just added (still unzipped) are now requiring a
username/password
to open. Please note that our family website does not allow anonymous
access - so users of our "domain" are required to log in before the site
loads. We did this due to our ISP not allowing anonymous access to servers
on the network. Therfore, the user is already logged in and authenticated.

We run SBS2003 and this HTML website is NOT a Sharepoint site - but is the
default HTTP site now on the server. This should NOT matter, because all
photo galleries (some new today also) and new web pages load and operate
perfectly. This is ONLY happening with the videos.

What must I change?

Thanks


Jim Buyens

2004-07-29, 7:16 pm

It's possible that Windows Media Player is starting a new
session to the Web server: in other words, that Media
Player looks to the Web server like a different visitor.

How are you linking to these video files? You may want to
try another of the methods described in:

Displaying Video Files
http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/ti...how.aspx?tip=38

Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
Author of:
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>-----Original Message-----
>Another issue has popped up.
>
>The WMP videos we just added (still unzipped) are now

requiring a
>username/password
>to open. Please note that our family website does not

allow anonymous
>access - so users of our "domain" are required to log in

before the site
>loads. We did this due to our ISP not allowing anonymous

access to servers
>on the network. Therfore, the user is already logged in

and authenticated.
>
>We run SBS2003 and this HTML website is NOT a Sharepoint

site - but is the
>default HTTP site now on the server. This should NOT

matter, because all
>photo galleries (some new today also) and new web pages

load and operate
>perfectly. This is ONLY happening with the videos.
>
>What must I change?
>
>Thanks
>
>
>.
>

Jimbo

2004-07-29, 7:16 pm

Hi Jim,

Thanks for your reply. That sounds like a reasonable assumption.

These are simply hyperlinks pointing to the wmv files. When clicked, WMP
opens and before it plays - a login window pops up. Type in your
username/password and all is well.

I will check your link in the interim!

JS


"Jim Buyens" <news@interlacken.com> wrote in message
news:6e6801c475b3$7ab3b550$a501280a@phx.gbl...[color=darkred]
> It's possible that Windows Media Player is starting a new
> session to the Web server: in other words, that Media
> Player looks to the Web server like a different visitor.
>
> How are you linking to these video files? You may want to
> try another of the methods described in:
>
> Displaying Video Files
> http://www.interlacken.com/winnt/ti...how.aspx?tip=38
>
> Jim Buyens
> Microsoft FrontPage MVP
> http://www.interlacken.com
> Author of:
> *----------------------------------------------------
> |\---------------------------------------------------
> || Microsoft Office FrontPage 2003 Inside Out
> ||---------------------------------------------------
> || Web Database Development Step by Step .NET Edition
> || Microsoft FrontPage Version 2002 Inside Out
> || Faster Smarter Beginning Programming
> || (All from Microsoft Press)
> |/---------------------------------------------------
> *----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> requiring a
> allow anonymous
> before the site
> access to servers
> and authenticated.
> site - but is the
> matter, because all
> load and operate


Thomas A. Rowe

2004-07-29, 11:15 pm

The issue is that Media Player is being launched and is creating it own connection to the web site.
You need look at playing the video from within the page in Media Player (embedded)

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"Jimbo" <sorry@nospam.com> wrote in message news:OajaIVbdEHA.2384@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> Hi Jim,
>
> Thanks for your reply. That sounds like a reasonable assumption.
>
> These are simply hyperlinks pointing to the wmv files. When clicked, WMP
> opens and before it plays - a login window pops up. Type in your
> username/password and all is well.
>
> I will check your link in the interim!
>
> JS
>
>
> "Jim Buyens" <news@interlacken.com> wrote in message
> news:6e6801c475b3$7ab3b550$a501280a@phx.gbl...
>
>



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