Windows Media Player SAMI/ASX Activity - Assemble Files

  1. Use the files in the "activities" folder that you've dragged from your CD to your desktop. This activity will take place in the "mediaplayer" folder.
  2. To use the SAMI file you created in MAGpie, copy the SAMI ("ahg2007.smi") from the "magpie" folder to the "mediaplayer" folder. If a file by that name already exists, you can overwrite the file.
  3. Open the ASX file called "ahg2007.asx.txt" by double clicking on it. It should open in Notepad.
  4. You will be typing the red, bolded text as shown below:


    <asx version="3.0" previewmode="No" >
     
    <title>Accessing Higher Ground 2007 Captioning Demo</title>
    <author>Your name here</author>
     
       <entry>
          <title>Captioning Demo Clip - Accessing Higher Ground 2007</title>
          <copyright>2007</copyright>
          <ref href="ahg2007.wmv?sami=ahg2007.smi"/>
       </entry>
     
    </asx>

  5. Add metadata to the meta tags.
    1. Add an event or playlist title ("Accessing Higher Ground 2007 Captioning Demo") inside the first set of <title> tags as shown above.
    2. Add an event or playlist author ("Your name here") inside the <author> tags as shown above.
    3. Add the clip title ("Captioning Demo Clip - Accessing Higher Ground 2007") inside the second set of <title> tags as shown above.
    4. Add copyright information ("2007") inside the <copyright> tags as shown above.
  6. Replace "myvideofile.wmv" with "ahg2007.wmv".
  7. Replace "mysamifile.smi" with "ahg2007.smi" or the name you used to export the SAMI file from MAGpie.
  8. Save the file, using File->Save As, removing the .txt extension, so the file name should be "ahg2007.asx". Note: All three files ("ahg2007.asx," "ahg2007.smi," "ahg2007.wmv") should be in the same folder. Confirm the name change dialog box by clicking OK. Close the ASX file.
  9. Now try it out. Double click the saved ASX file, and Windows Media Player should play the video, but you will probably need to upload the files to a server to see the captions. You may also need to turn on captioning, which are off by default.
  10. Try experimenting with different values for the metadata you edited above. Save and see how they appear in Media Player.

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