I am trying to display a .mtx file on a site that does not allow the use of javascript, and was wondering if there was a way to access it w/o javascript.

I am able to play the media file using the embed tag, however, I do not know how to access the Broadcast Key, so the watermark still displays.

Is there a attribute tag that I can use w/ the embed tag to display the media file correctly, or is there a tag other then the embed tag that can handle the Broadcast Key correctly?

I believe the embed name would be VET_Bk and the embed value would be your broadcast key value. Let me know if that doesn't work for you.

Avi

I think I understand what you mean, but I think I am creating the tag incorrectly.

say the video code is located at http://mysite.com/video.mtxand the key was located at http://mysite.com/bkey.mtx what would the embed tag look like?

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Spam3234,

Are you having an object tag as well as the embed?

If you are it should be something like this:

<object ...>
...
<param name="VET_Bk" value="http://mysite.com/bkey.mtx">
<embed ... VET_Bk="http://mysite.com/bkey.mtx">
</embed>
</object>

The ...'s are for all the other parameters and name/value pairs.

If this doesn't work for you or you need a solid example, let me know.

Avi

Well, the site seems to be blocking the <object> tag also, so that's not working. Is there another work around I could use?

If the object tag is being blocked and not the embed, use just the embed and see if it works. In that case, just add the following string anywhere in the embed tag:

VET_Bk="http://mysite.com/bkey.mtx"

so it would be

<embed ... VET_Bk="http://mysite.com/bkey.mtx">
</embed>

If that doesn't work, can you post the URL for us to look at?

Avi

Well, that's the thing, it's a MySpace Bulletin, and I'm only on the confirmation page, so it isn't publicly viewable. I'm Going to post the bulletin, and see if it comes out different when its fully posted...

Well, That didn't work.

Here is the code that I used (most of it comes directly from http://one.viewpoint.com/):

 <a href="http://www.one.org"><img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/oneheader.jpg" border="0" width="724" height="146"/></a>

<embed src="http://one.viewpoint.com/oneviewpoint_546x310.mtx" height="310" width="546" VET_Bk="http://one.viewpoint.com/bkey.mtx">

<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/s.gif" border="0" width="1" height="11"/><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/header_take_action.gif" width="178" height="25" vspace="19"/><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/how_you_can_help.gif" width="160" height="16"/><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/s.gif" border="0" width="1" height="10"/><br/>
<a href="http://one.org/ActionSignup.html">
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/sign_the_declaration.gif" border="0" width="174" height="14"/></a><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/act_now~.gif" width="334" height="10" vspace="5"/><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/s.gif" width="1" height="9"/><br/>

<a href="http://one.viewpoint.com/emailafriend.html">
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/email_a_friend.gif" border="0" width="122" height="13"/></a><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/encourage~.gif" width="237" height="10" vspace="6"/><br/>
<img src="http://a7.g.akamai.net/v/7/13346/2d/one.viewpoint.com/images/dotted_line.gif" width="475" height="1" vspace="22"/>

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Spam3234,

A watermark WILL show up the way you currently have it since the broadcast key looks to the hosted site and not to the content url. So the broadcast key will only work on one.org, not any other site (unless it's in the key). I'd use the universal broadcast key which can be found on developer.viewpoint.com. That way, if the user is using the 3.3 plug-in, they wouldn't see the watermark. Older plug-ins unfortunately would and since you can't use javascript.. you can't check and force the 3.3 plug-in.
Hope that helps,

Avi

but if I directed it to the universal broadcast key wouldn't it direct the application to upgrade itself indirectly? If my browser doesn't have the ability to handle a specific MIME type, it would go out and download the appropriate plugin to handle it. So couldn't I just change the MIME-type key in the embed tag to the appropriate MIME-type to direct a user's broswer to download or at least update to the most recent version (if someone has the program, they probably have the latest version already, and if they don't have the most recent one the program would most likely know to update, and if the user didn't have the application at all, they would see a large missing plugin graphic and go download the application manually.

Correct?

Someone can correct me if I'm wrong, but I do not believe that will happen. One, pointing to the universal broadcast key does that have any effect on the upgrade of the plugin. That's why we have MTS3Interface.js -- to find what version, os, browser, etc. the user has and then take the appropriate action. That's why a lot of times if you go to sites that have simply an embed tag without a sniffer using any activex control, it displays the broken plug-in image or something of that effect. When clicked, it may or may not take you to a plug-in download.. that depends on the browser I believe. The best case without javascript would be to use the universal broadcast key so that at least users with 3.3 can see it correctly. For users that experience issues or that do not see any content at all, give them a link to download the Viewpoint player. Obviously, you can test all the scenarios by uninstalling the player and seeing what a user without the plug-in would see.

Avi