Exporting PhotoStory as media file viewable via Web Browser

jackson1964 wrote on 4/20/2013, 9:28 PM

I have exported my Photostory using the media file option for upload to a website, the process creates an .MP4 file, an .XML file, and a .HTML file, and three .SWF fies. Clickng on the .HTML file launches the browser, with an embedded media viewer and play the slideshow video. I have copied all six files unmodified to the root folder of my web site, when the HTML file is referenced from the internet, the browser shows a page with an embedded media player but it does not load/play the slideshow video. Are there references or URLs that need to be made to the exported the files? It looks as though the .MP4 file is not being found once the files are copied to the web.

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johnebaker wrote on 4/21/2013, 3:23 AM

I suspect that absolute file paths have been used. Look in the html and xml files for the current file location (URL) and change it then upload the change files again.

For example if the filepath is c:\Projects\video\video1.mp4 change it to video1.mp4

HTH

John

jackson1964 wrote on 4/21/2013, 5:51 PM

johnebaker, all paths appear to be relative, there is no path information, all files should be relative to the starting file which is the .HTML file, they all reside in the same folder. The only other references are to the external shockwave cab, those are absolute and should be since they are on another site.

jackson1964 wrote on 4/26/2013, 1:54 PM

I found the answer to my problem. MAGIX support basically told me it was an issue on the hosting side (which ended up being true) but they provided no assistance at all in trying to help me determine the cause or even narrow the search. Given the difficulty I had finding a solution I thought that I would follow up with the solution to my original post to aid others who may encounter this issue. Adding this web.config was all that was required to fix my issue.

Scenario: Let's say I want serve up some h264 video and need to add the .mp4 and .m4v file types to IIS7? It's as easy as:
1) create (or edit) the web.config file in your site's home directory
2) edit it as follows:
<configuration>
    <system.webServer>
        <staticContent>
            <mimeMap fileExtension=".mp4" mimeType="video/mp4" />
            <mimeMap fileExtension=".m4v" mimeType="video/m4v" />
     </staticContent>
    </system.webServer>
</configuration>

johnebaker wrote on 4/27/2013, 4:55 PM

Additional to the solution posted :-

If you can manage IIS 7 through the IIS Manager you do not need to add the web.config file to the site, you add the MIME types directly into IIS7 using the MIME types configuration option.

John