With media components, you can create Web pages that play various
kinds of media files.
Depending on the media you want to use, you can choose from among
the following Faces media components:
- Generic A/V Player - creates a media player on the Web page and plays
a file.
- Macromedia Flash Player - creates an instance of the Macromedia Flash
Player in order to plays Flash files on the Web page.
- Microsoft® Windows® Media
Player - creates an instance of the Microsoft Windows Media Player in order to play
media files on the Web page.
- Macromedia Shockwave Player - plays Macromedia Shockwave Player files
on the Web page.
- Real Network RealOne Player - plays Real Network RealOne Player files
on the Web page. These files can be either audio or video files.
Not all of these media components might be visible in the Faces Components
drawer on the palette. To display a media component in the Faces Components
drawer, right-click within the palette and choose Customize.
The Customize Palette dialog opens. In the left window of the dialog, select
a media component in the Faces Components drawer. In the right window of the
dialog, clear the Hide field and click OK.
To
create a media component on a Faces JSP file:
- Drag a Media Player component from the Faces Components drawer
on the palette to the Faces JSP file. The Select Type dialog
opens. (Note that if you drag another type of media component to the Faces
JSP file, this dialog does not open.)
- Select a media component in the dialog (in this case, select Generic
Player) and click OK.
- In the Properties view for the Media Player:
- You can enter a file name in the File field
or you can click the icon next to the File field. If
you click the icon, you can then browse for a local file to play in the media
player, you can import a file to play in the media player, or you can bind
a file to the media player component.
- Set other attributes for the media player, such as type, height,
width, alignment, and style.
- You may also want to click the All Attributes icon, located to
the right of the Properties view title bar. The All Attributes view contains
additional attributes not listed in the Properties view for the media component.
For example, you can turn on autostart for RealPlayer in the All Attributes
view.
Note that these steps will vary, depending on the media component
you are creating.