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MS Office Forum / Publisher / Web Design / October 2005avi links do not work
Some of my videos work some don't. Yes I did upload the video via FTP then copy the address and created a hyperlink on my website to link to that not to the video on my harddrive. Some work, some don't. Even had them work once and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com All that I tried worked. Did you have some that didn't work and you went back and corrected some of the links? If you did you probably have the old link in cache. To fix reboot or clear the cache.  SignatureDon Vancouver, USA > Some of my videos work some don't. Yes I did upload the video via FTP > then [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my > site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com No, I have not updated or changed a thing. I just tried all those on this page http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_index.htm and everyone of them takes me to a Yahoo! Geocities site (my web hosting) that says "Unable to process request at this tim--error 999" This morning I got that on some and on others media player actually opened, took for ever to load (5 minutes) and then said "Window Media Player cannot play the file. The Player might not support the file type or might not support the codec that was used to compress the file." Whether it has anything to do with it or not in MS Pub I went to tools/internet options/ and unchecked the boxes on the second page about compressing...before I saved and published to the web. Should I be doing that or not? There is also a little tool box that you can click on to compress pictures before publishing....is this a good thing to do or not to do if there are also videos. (avi files) - I did not do this. > All that I tried worked. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my > > site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com Nancy, It appears that you did upload the files and write the links correctly. I suspect part of your problem is with Geocities. I had problems intermittently trying to connect to your files, but eventually made connection. Then the download speed was really slow...about half of what I normally get using this machine with a dial-up connection. I also noticed that some of those files are as much as 5 megs in size. With my normal dial up connection and download speed, it can take 4 to 5 minutes to download one meg, so perhaps you should post the size of the file with the download link to warn people of how long it will take if they aren't using broadband. I did download one of your avi files and tried to play it, and also got the error "ClassFactory Cannot Supply Requested Class". I Googled that and got 440 hits, and perhaps you can find the answer that way. Though I have never produced an avi file, I suspect it has something to do with the way you are doing that, but doubt that this issue or the other issues of making the connections to the files has to do with Publisher. Maybe someone else will have a better answer for you. Sorry. DavidF > Some of my videos work some don't. Yes I did upload the video via FTP then > copy the address and created a hyperlink on my website to link to that not to > the video on my harddrive. Some work, some don't. Even had them work once > and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my > site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com Don't use the avi format. Use mpeg files. avi files are very codec dependent. For online use you need to use either mpeg (wide support) or mov (Quicktime). SignatureDavid Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] http://www.publishermvps.com http://www.davidbartosik.com > Some of my videos work some don't. Yes I did upload the video via FTP then > copy the address and created a hyperlink on my website to link to that not to > the video on my harddrive. Some work, some don't. Even had them work once > and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my > site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com I changed some to mpeg files. That didn't work either. I contacted the web hosting company and they say "they all work just fine"....they won't work for me or the 4 other people that I had try on different servers. try the one on this page: http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page706.htm or all (but the one listed as video #1 - it's still an avi file) on this page: http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page711.htm and for some reason this one "cutting video 1" has always worked on this page: http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page370.htm WHY??? Can you shine any light here? Mine's gettin pretty dull. > Don't use the avi format. Use mpeg files. avi files are very codec dependent. > For online use you need to use either mpeg (wide support) or mov (Quicktime). [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > and not a second time. I use Yahoo geocities as my web hosting. Here's my > > site if you need to look www.wiemannhorses.com Good idea providing specific examples for review. I identified and confirmed your problem within about 3 seconds of loading the page. Your issue and solution is contained in the 6th paragraph of my article - http://www.davidbartosik.com/2004/11/web-site-advice.htm David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com >I changed some to mpeg files. That didn't work either. I contacted the web > hosting company and they say "they all work just fine"....they won't work > for > me or the 4 other people that I had try on different servers. > try the one on this page: > http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page706.htm I don't understand. The 6th paragraph reads: For a professional looking site leave the clip-art for your car wash flyers and only use quality photographs. There are plenty of online sources of professional photos or you can purchase a collection, a good source is www.hemera.com . If you meant the next paragraph that doesn't make sense either because mine are all in lower case without any spaces. Please advise. > Good idea providing specific examples for review. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > try the one on this page: > > http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page706.htm One example on your site that I saw was that the filename in the hyperlink began with upper-case letters, when in fact the file being referenced had a filename that was all lower-case. Which creates the problem you are having and that I am talking about in the article. Unix is case sensitive. Meaning "MYfile.mpg" is one filename while "myfile.mpg" is a different filename. If a hyperlink points to a non-existent file then the hyperlink is a bad link. On Unix if you tell the link to look for BUBBAGUMP.file then that is what it looks for. It won't pay any attention to bubbagump.file David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > If you meant the next paragraph that doesn't make sense either because > mine > are all in lower case without any spaces. > > Please advise. OK I can understand that....but what's the problem with this one. greyandbos.mpeg on this page http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page711.htm > One example on your site that I saw was that the filename in the hyperlink > began with upper-case letters, when in fact the file being referenced had a [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > > > Please advise. That took all of 2 seconds. You really just need to pay attention to details. For example - when I hovor over the link I see it is looking for greyandbos.mpeg when I right click the link and select, save target as, I find the file is actually greyandbos.avi David Bartosik - [MSFT MVP] www.publishermvps.com www.davidbartosik.com > OK I can understand that....but what's the problem with this one. > greyandbos.mpeg [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] >> > >> > Please advise. Nancy, Further to the explanation that David Bartosik provided, if you look at the "cutting video 1" that you said has consistently worked, then you will note the MPG file is named "MOVO1589.MPG", while the "cutting video 2" file is named "MEcuttting.MPG" as per your link. If you Right Click > Save Target As the first video, then the file that is downloaded is "MOVO1589.mpeg". And if you try to download the second video file you get an error. Bottom line is you need consistency on not only how you name your files, but also your links to those files, including the file extensions. In the case of "cutting video 1" the .MPG extension apparently is interchangeable with .mpeg, but I wouldn't assume that this works all the time. If you are using WinXP and don't have your computer set up to show the file extensions, then it might be helpful to go to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Folder Options > View > Under Advanced settings, untick "Hide extensions for known file types" > OK. If you are using Win98 then Start > Settings > Folder Options, etc. Then you will be able to view the extensions in addition to the file names. DavidF > I don't understand. The 6th paragraph reads: > For a professional looking site leave the clip-art for your car wash flyers [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > > try the one on this page: > > > http://www.geocities.com/wiemannqh/index_Page706.htm |
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