<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 1, 2006, at 5:03 AM, Mark Trumpold wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">The BBC has video files that are linked. When you click on the link<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>from</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">their web page it opens a new window with the real player or Windows media</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">player. If I copy the same link onto my wiki and then you click ... it opens</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">a page up with an error message ... No media player or the bbcs media player</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Comic Sans MS">page</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>they may have protected their video player from external linking like you're trying to do. For example, they may require an active session.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>To test this, go to the video through their site -- copy the link, and use a new browser window, see if it works.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Open a different browser and try the same link.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Browser A has an active session with the BBC site.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Browser B does not.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>There are probably a dozen or more other ways they can do this. Checking the referring page when they get a hit on the link is another way.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>In other words, it may not be PmWiki's fault.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Crisses</DIV></BODY></HTML>