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King · Jul 4th, 2007, 7:10 PM

I am trying to play media files client-side on my ASP.Net website. I am using C# for the pages, so in my aspx.cs file, on certain button click event handlers I want to play music. So included the Windows Media Player dll and it worked to play music:

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WindowsMediaPlayer wmp = new WindowsMediaPlayer();
wmp.URL = soundFile;
wmp.controls.play();

When I tested this page running everything locally everything seemed to be working buetifly. But once I moved the pages to a server and viewed them on another machine, the sound was playing on the server, not the client browser (as you might have guessed). So is there an easy way I can just tell this to play on the client? If not, can anyone give me some direction to script it in the client and still get things to play on the events I want it to?

Thanks in advance.

King · Jul 5th, 2007, 11:25 PM

No one knows how to play media files client-side?

lectricpharaoh · Jul 6th, 2007, 2:05 AM

The reason they play on the server is because, uhm, that's where the code's running. To play them client-side, you'd need to use something like Javascript or VBscript, assuming those even have such functionality. Barring that, you'd need to embed a multimedia object in the HTML output, or use a technology that's designed for interactive multimedia over HTTP, like Flash.

xavier · Jul 6th, 2007, 11:47 AM

You could just use this: http://www.xspf.org/quickstart/ and http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/
I really liked the idea.

Jul 4th, 2007, 7:10 PM	#1
King Professional Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 376 Rep Power: 0	Playing Sound Client-Side I am trying to play media files client-side on my ASP.Net website. I am using C# for the pages, so in my aspx.cs file, on certain button click event handlers I want to play music. So included the Windows Media Player dll and it worked to play music: (Toggle Plain Text) WindowsMediaPlayer wmp = new WindowsMediaPlayer(); wmp.URL = soundFile; wmp.controls.play(); WindowsMediaPlayer wmp = new WindowsMediaPlayer(); wmp.URL = soundFile; wmp.controls.play(); When I tested this page running everything locally everything seemed to be working buetifly. But once I moved the pages to a server and viewed them on another machine, the sound was playing on the server, not the client browser (as you might have guessed). So is there an easy way I can just tell this to play on the client? If not, can anyone give me some direction to script it in the client and still get things to play on the events I want it to? Thanks in advance. __________________ I am Addicted to Linux!

Jul 5th, 2007, 11:25 PM	#2
King Professional Programmer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 376 Rep Power: 0	No one knows how to play media files client-side? __________________ I am Addicted to Linux!

Jul 6th, 2007, 2:05 AM	#3
lectricpharaoh Caffeinated Neural Net Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dry west coast of Canada Posts: 1,033 Rep Power: 5	The reason they play on the server is because, uhm, that's where the code's running. To play them client-side, you'd need to use something like Javascript or VBscript, assuming those even have such functionality. Barring that, you'd need to embed a multimedia object in the HTML output, or use a technology that's designed for interactive multimedia over HTTP, like Flash. __________________ And once again, Probability proves itself willing to sneak into a back alley and service Drama as would a copper-piece harlot. - Vaarsuvius, Order of the Stick

Jul 6th, 2007, 11:47 AM	#4
xavier Professional Programmer Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: .ro Posts: 383 Rep Power: 4	You could just use this: http://www.xspf.org/quickstart/ and http://musicplayer.sourceforge.net/ I really liked the idea. __________________ Don't take life too seriously, it's not permanent !

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Playing Sound Client-Side