Virtools Web Player

Technical Information for Webmasters

Version: 3.0.0.101

  • Posted on: September 27, 2005


    How to Insert a Virtools Composition (VMO file) into a Web Page Using Akamai Server Technology to Install the Virtools Web Player More Quickly

    Embed the following HTML element into your HTML document, specifying:
  • the VMO's URL (relative or absolute path) and
  • the VMO's window size in pixels.

  • Use this HTML tag to enable Akamai technology in order to install the Virtools Web Player more quickly.

    <OBJECT
        CLASSID="CLSID:C4925E65-7A1E-11D2-8BB4-00A0C9CC72C3"
        ID="Virtools" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240"
        CODEBASE="http://a532.g.akamai.net/f/532/6712/5m/virtools.download.akamai.com/6712/player/install3.0/installer.exe#version=3,0,0,101">
        <PARAM NAME="SRC" VALUE="http://www.yoursite.com/path/yourcomposition.vmo">
        <EMBED
            SRC="http://www.yoursite.com/path/yourcomposition.vmo"
            TYPE="application/x-virtools"
            PLUGINSPAGE="http://player.virtools.com/downloads/playernetscape3.0.asp"
            WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="240"
            NAME="Virtools">
        </EMBED> 
    </OBJECT>
    

    IMPORTANT: HIGHLY RECOMMENDED : For using Akamai Netstorage for installing the Virtools Web Player in Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox browsers, download these two javascript files TestNPVirtools3.0.js and DetectBrowser.js (right-click on each link and choose "Save Link as") to test for the Virtools Web Player on visitors' computers. Using this Javascript in addition to the HTML tag above assures that the Web Player's delivery is 100% Akamaized for your visitors, even if the Virtools server is momentarily inaccessible.
    Look at the comments at the top of each file for instructions on how to implement them in your web pages.