4.9 How do I play DVD video in HTML, PowerPoint, Director, VB, etc.?
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This article is from the DVD Formats FAQ, by jtfrog@usa.net (Jim Taylor) with numerous contributions by others.
4.9 How do I play DVD video in HTML, PowerPoint, Director, VB, etc.?
A variety of multimedia development/authoring programs can be extended to
play video from a DVD, either as titles and chapters from a DVD-Video
volume, or as MPEG-2 files. In Windows, this is usually done with ActiveX
controls. On the Mac, until DVD-Video support is added to QuickTime, the
options are limited.
DVD-Video and MPEG-2 video can be played back in an HTML page in Microsoft
Internet Explorer using Windows Media Player (docs on DVD scripting are in
the Windows Media SDK), InterActual PC Friendly, or SpinWare PortaLink.
Netscape Navigator doesn't work, since it doesn't support ActiveX objects.
MPEG-2 video can be played in PowerPoint, Visual Basic, or other ActiveX
hosts using Windows Media Player. Because of an annoying reliance on IE,
WMP must be embedded into an HTML page, then controlled with the Browser
ActiveX control in order to play DVD-Video. Zuma Digital's ActiveDVD (using
the PC Friendly engine), Daikin's Enhanced DVD Kit (also using the PC
Friendly engine), and Visible Lights' OnStage DVD ActiveX provide
ActiveX-based DVD playback.
A number of Xtras are (or will soon be) available for DVD playback in
Director. Tabuleiro's DirectMediaXtra plays MPEG-2 files (the older
MpegXtra uses MCI, which doesn't work well for MPEG-2 and DVD). LBO's Xtra
DVD and Visible Light's OnStage DVD Xtra plays DVD-Video volumes.
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