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How can I embed windows media player in HTML, so that the first frame will not be black?

I don't want the video to autostart, but I don't like that the player shows me black screen untill I press the Play button. Is there a way that the player will show me the first frame in the video as I load the web page?

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It couldn't be worse.

I don't think that this is possible with Windows Media Player.

If you want to convert your video to flash then it could be done in a flash player.

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It looks like the above poster is correct. I had thought the currentPosition option might take care of this, but apparently it just sets what second the video starts on once you hit play or autostart. A black screen still shows at start. There are some other interesting options, though.

Flash video is the current popular format, as seen on YouTube and Google Video. Some users don't like it though, as they may not have Flash installed and it can be a little CPU intensive on low-end systems.

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It makes much more sense now to convert the video anyway to Flash 8, which supports thumbnails that take care of the intro and outro image. Flash 8 is also much more compatible with different platforms than WM is.

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