- ActiveMovie
ActiveMovie is a
streaming media technology now known asDirectShow , developed byMicrosoft to replaceVideo for Windows . ActiveMovie allows users to view media streams, whether distributed via theInternet , anintranet andCD-ROM s.Originally announced in March 1996, [cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/mar96/actmovpr.mspx | title=Microsoft Announces ActiveMovie | author=Microsoft | date=1996-03-05 | work=Microsoft PressPass | accessdate=2006-12-31] the first version was released in May 1996 bundled with the beta version of Internet Explorer 3.0. [cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1996/may96/ie3btapr.mspx | title=Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 Beta Now Available | author=Microsoft | date=1996-05-29 | work=Microsoft PressPass | accessdate=2006-12-31]
When ActiveMovie was installed an option was added to the Start Menu to launch the "ActiveMovie Control". This allowed users to play multimedia files and thus was a rudimentary media player.
In March 1997, Microsoft announced that ActiveMovie was going to become part of the
DirectX set of technologies, [cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/mar97/dxapipr.mspx | title=Microsoft Evolves DirectX Multimedia API Services | author=Microsoft | date=1997-03-31 | work=Microsoft PressPass | accessdate=2006-12-31] and by July it was being referred to as DirectShow. [cite web | url=http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/1997/Jul97/pronetpr3_95.mspx | title=Microsoft and Progressive Networks Collaborate on Streaming Media | author=Microsoft | date=1997-07-21 | work=Microsoft PressPass | accessdate=2006-12-31]Version 5.2 of
Windows Media Player would remove the "ActiveMovie Control" icon from the Start Menu upon installation. Microsoft provided instructions for reinstating the icon on its website. [cite web | url=http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191531 | title=How to Add Start Menu Shortcut for ActiveMovie and Media Player | author=Microsoft | date=2007-01-23 | work=Microsoft KnowledgeBase | accessdate=2007-06-28]References
ee also
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ChromEffects
*Windows Media Player External links
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