Broadband Player options

Overview

The HTML code for the embedded Kasenna Broadband player has the following general structure:

<OBJECT ID="BbPlayer" CLASSID="CLSID:3FABDD48-938F-11D2-8ACE-00C04F991007"
HEIGHT="390" WIDTH="360">
<param name="MediaBaseUrl" value="test.mpg">
<param name="StartPosition" value="0">
<param name="StopPosition" value="0">
<param name="AUTOSTART" value="FALSE">
<param name="SGILOOP" value="FALSE">
<param name="SGIUSETOOLBAR" value="FALSE">
<embed NAME="BbPlayer"
HEIGHT="390" WIDTH="360"
SRC="test.mpg?displaymethod=embed&name=BbPlayer&StartPosition=0&StopPosition=0&AUTOSTART =FALSE&SGILOOP =FALSE&SGITOOLBAR =FALSE">
</embed>
</OBJECT>


This code consists of an <OBJECT> tag and an <EMBED> tag. The <OBJECT> tag is interpreted by Internet Explorer, but is ignored by Netscape. The OBJECT tag handles the embedding of an ActiveX component. Netscape uses the EMBED tag for embedding a Netscape plugin. The combination of both tags ensures a correct replay of the clip in both browsers.

Setting options

The easiest way to set common options is by using the Virtual Cutter. However, you can manually add options that are not included in the generated HTML code. An overview of all options is presented below. Note that you must specify the options for both the OBJECT and the EMBED tag.

OBJECT tag parameters
Add the line below. Replace [parameter name] by the parameter name and [value] by the parameter value.

<param name= '[parameter name]' value ='[value]'>

An example:
In order to set the value of the 'AUTOSTART' parameter to 'true' you add the following line below the other lines (but above the ">"):

<param name='AUTOSTART' value='true'>

EMBED tag parameters

All parameters that can be set for the EMBED tag can be modified using the Virtual Cutter.

Overview of the options


Most of the options below only apply to the <OBJECT> tag, and they only have an effect on playing clips in Internet Explorer. Exceptions are AUTOSTART (which works in both Internet Explorer and Netscape) and SGILOOP and SGIUSETOOLBAR (which only work in Netscape).

AUTOSTART

Indicates whether the file should start playing automatically.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value FALSE

AUTOLOOP

Indicates whether the file should be played continuously.

Values(s) TRUE of FALSE
Default value FALSE

AUTOREWIND

Indicates whether the file should be rewound automatically after playing.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value FALSE

BACKCOLOR

Specifies the background colour of the image window.

Value(s) A 4-byte integer in the range of 0 to 16,777,215 (hexadecimal &HFFFFFF) indicating the RGB-colour.
Default value 0 (black)

BALANCE

Specifies the balance control of the sound.

Value(s) An integer value between -50 (left only) and 50 (right only).
Default value 0

BORDERSTYLE

Specifies the width of the border around the player.

Value(s) An integer value of 0 or more.
Default value 0

BUFFERINGTIME

The time used by the Broadband Player for buffering the file. 

Value(s) An integer value larger than 0 indicating size of the buffer in seconds .
Default value (none)

DISPLAYSIZE

Specifies the relative size of the Broadband Player.

Value(s) A value of 1, 2, 3 or 5

1: 50%
2: 100%
3: 200%
5: full screen 

Default value (none)

ENABLECONTEXTMENU

Specifies whether the context menu (activated by the right mouse button) is available.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value TRUE

ENABLEFASTFORWARD

Indicates whether the fast-forward button is available.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
default value TRUE

ENABLEFASTREWIND

Specifies whether the fast-rewind button is available.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
default value TRUE

ENABLEFULLSCREEN

Specifies whether the user is allowed to play the video full screen.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value TRUE

ENABLEREPOSITION

Specifies whether the user can use the slider to move through the file.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value TRUE

SHOWCONTROLS

Specifies whether the control panel is visible.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value TRUE

SHOWSTATUSBAR

Specifies whether the status bar is visible.

Value(s) TRUE or FALSE
Default value TRUE

VOLUME

Sets the volume level.

Value(s) An integer value between 0 (no sound) and 100
Default value Current setting

SGILOOP

Specifies whether playback of the clip should continue, or loop, indefinitely. When set to true, playback of the clip continues to loop until the user stops playback. NETSCAPE ONLY.

value(s) TRUE or FALSE
default value FALSE

SGITOOLBAR

The Control Panel is displayed if SGIUSETOOLBAR is set to TRUE. NETSCAPE ONLY.

value(s) TRUE or FALSE
default value TRUE