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Oct 07.2005

Hello
I have a script which checks for the type of media player the visitor has(real, windows media, flash etc). Then the script should play the video media file for that player – I have 2 videos in wmf and real media.
Can anyone suggest how to go about this?
I can play a single media file, but how to make the script choose the file and play it, based on the player the visitor has?
Thanks

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@konithomimoOct 07.2005 — You could try something like this.

<i>
</i>&lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
var WMPInstalled = detectWindowsMedia();
var numPlugins = navigator.plugins.length;
for (i = 0; i &lt; numPlugins; i++)
{
plugin = navigator.plugins[i];
if (plugin.name.substring(0,10)=="RealPlayer")
{
&lt;a href="realmediafile.rm"&gt;Click here to play file&lt;/a&gt;
//wont appear unless they have the proper plugin installed
}
}

if (WMPInstalled)
{
&lt;a href="windowsmediafile.wmf"&gt;Click here to play file&lt;/a&gt;
//wont appear unless they have the proper plugin installed
}

else
{
You do not have the appropriate plugins to run the file.
Please download either Windows Media Player and/or
RealMedia Player and their plugins and then try again.
}
&lt;/script&gt;
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