How to play wmv files in html5 video player

Question

Is there any way to play .wmv files using html5 video player?

Answer 1

There is no way. No browser (currently, if ever) supports playing wmv files. You will have to convert it into a format that browsers know how to play.

Answer 2

That's not true. Wmv files CAN play in IE with the windows media player object.

Example:

<object classid="clsid:22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95" width="480"         height="360" codebase="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/">    <param name="Filename" value="http://walkernewsdownload.googlepages.com/HP-iPaq-614.wmv">    <param name="AutoStart" value="true">    <param name="ShowControls" value="true">    <param name="BufferingTime" value="2">    <param name="ShowStatusBar" value="true">    <param name="AutoSize" value="true">    <param name="InvokeURLs" value="false">    <embed src="http://walkernewsdownload.googlepages.com/HP-iPaq-614.wmv"           type="application/x-mplayer2" autostart="1" enabled="1" showstatusbar="1"           showdisplay="1" showcontrols="1"            pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/"            CODEBASE="http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=6,0,0,0" width="480" height="360"></embed> </object> 

You might need to install the Windows Media Player plug-in for your browser (if it is still available for your browser)

Credit: See http://www.walkernews.net/2008/08/17/windows-media-player-how-to-embed-wmv-file-in-html-code/ for a more thorough explanation.