Static preview for WMV on load

Hi,

A client wants me to post a video on her site. It is in WMV format. I have it embedded, but it is just a block box with controls until you press play. Is there a way to show the first frame instead of the black box?

The code I'm using:

<object id='mediaPlayer' width="190" height="200" 
   classid='CLSID:22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95' 
   codebase='http://activex.microsoft.com/activex/controls/mplayer/en/nsmp2inf.cab#Version=5,1,52,701'
   standby='Loading Microsoft Windows Media Player components...' type='application/x-oleobject'>
   <param name='fileName' value="files/themovie.wmv">
   <param name='animationatStart' value='true'>
   <param name='transparentatStart' value='false'>
   <param name='controller' value="true">
   <param name='autoStart' value="false">
   <param name='showControls' value="true">
   <param name='loop' value="false">
   <embed type='application/x-mplayer2'
    pluginspage='http://microsoft.com/windows/mediaplayer/en/download/'
    id='mediaPlayer' name='mediaPlayer' displaysize='4' autosize='-1' 
    bgcolor='darkblue' showcontrols="true" width="190" height="200"
    src="files/themovie.wmv" autostart="false" designtimesp='5311' loop="false">
   </embed>
</object>

Static preview for WMV on load

How to avoid black screen before video plays.

Ryan8720

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