Hyperlink in WMV file?

rs170a wrote on 8/23/2006, 10:13 AM

I'm finishing up a video (that will be on our work intranet site) and I'd like to have a hyperlink at the end of it. Is this possible? I did a forum search as well as the manuals for Vegas & DVDA but couldn't find anything. Maybe I'm using the wrong search term? Any help/suggestions greatly appreciated.

Mike

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ScottW wrote on 8/23/2006, 10:30 AM

Invoke the Vegas help and specify on the index tab the word 'metadata' - metadata only works with WM player if the option is enabled in the player, and by default, it's not.

--Scott

rs170a wrote on 8/23/2006, 10:48 AM

Thanks very much for that Scott.
Since I have to rely on others (potentially thousands!!) to make sure the option is turned on, I think I'll forget about doing this.

Mike

Jim H wrote on 8/23/2006, 5:09 PM

I can remember the first time a video launched a website on me. I thought for sure I had caught a virus or something. Until that point I didn't realize such a thing was possible. Is it also possible to launch an embedded exe file? Why would MS allow such a feature? I like my videos to be strictly a one way affair.

Chienworks wrote on 8/23/2006, 5:42 PM

I'm with Jim. I think you'll find that having a video file do other things with the user's computer than just playing will turn people off way more than it will attract them.

fldave wrote on 8/23/2006, 8:51 PM

"Is it also possible to launch an embedded exe file?"

Not sure, but embedded script code on the target website can do the same thing. I equate this "feature" with a hijacking of my computer, and cringe when it happens.

Not a good customer experience.