Diary of a Techie

I always wondered how other people were able to add windows media player and embed them into their spaces.msn.com blogs. Here is how:

Play audio or video on your space
The Microsoft Windows Media Player PowerToy enables your viewers to watch or listen to authorized personal media files you have linked to. You can customize the experience by adjusting Windows Media Player settings, such as auto start, times to play, and player mode.

To play authorized audio or videos on your space, you must first download the Windows Media Player PowerToy onto your space. Then you must add the URL of the authorized personal content you want to play to the player on your space. You cannot add or store your personal audio or video clips on your space, you can only play authorized personal content that exists on the Web.

To play authorized content on your space, you have these choices:

Create a website that includes links to your authorized audio or video clips.
Use an audio or video hosting website to upload your own audio or video clips. See the instructions at that website for determining the URL of your clips.
Add the Windows Media Player PowerToy to your space

Make sure that you have signed into your space and are in edit mode (One of the two views available to the author of a space in MSN Spaces. Edit mode allows you to customize your space and post new content to it.)

In the address bar of your web browser, add &powertoy=musicvideo to the end of the displayed URL.

In the web browser, click the Go button next to the address line, and then wait for your space to reload.

In your space, click Customize.

Click Modules, and then click Add next to Power Toy: Windows Media Player.
Click Save.

Add the URL of the authorized audio or video clip you want to play to the Windows Media Player

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