wmv file only renders locally

[trolltuning]

I recently created a wmv file as follows:
DV footage cropped and resized in Avisynth,saved avi in VirtualDubMod, sent avi to MGIVideowave4 and produced wmv file
Locally I can open with MediaPlayerClassic but not with WindowsMediaPlayer. I have uploaded it to the web, but when I try to open it there I just get weird text. Tried re-loading it with same result. http://www.progressiveswing/Cindy/almost~1.wmv

[foxyshadis]

Your server doesn't have the proper MIME types. Either contact the admins to have them add "video/x-ms-wmv" to their server config or load it into a wvx (aka asx) playlist like:

<ASX VERSION="3.0">
<ENTRY>
<REF HREF="http://yoursite.net/video.wmv" />
</ENTRY>
</ASX>

and link to that. This still suffers the problem that if th mime type isn't correct the playlist won't open directly in wmp.

One interesting extension is that you can specify in the html something like:

<a href="video.wmv" type="video/x-ms-wmv">Download video</a>
<a href="video.wvx" type="video/x-ms-wvx">Play video</a>

but I have no idea how universally compatible this is.

[trolltuning]

Thanks. I tried your 2nd solution but it gave me the same thing instead of a download dialog box so I just moved the file to another server. I never would have suspected the server configuration at a big provider like Verizon so you saved me going down a lot of blind alleys.