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From: Ho Ro
Date: Jul 11, 2004 8:00PM

Hello
Does anyone know what is needed on the web server to get captioning to
function properly? I have followed the tutorial on the webaim site
(http://www.webaim.org/techniques/captions/windows/) however I am unable
to get it work consistently. The web server is Apache running on Linux.
I have set the proper mime types for the asx/asf file as well as for the
sami/smil file types. However the captioning doesn't seem to be working
consistently. The video plays fine. To view it you can go to:

http://www.se-jin.com/library/sawmo/docs/SAW_Journey_of_One.asx

For some reason if I go to the smil file first
(http://www.se-jin.com/library/sawmo/docs/SAW_Journey_of_One.smi) then
go to the video link it seems to work. Do I need to have this on a
streaming server for it to work properly? Also does anyone know if
captions were supported in older versions of Microsoft Media Player?



Thanks