=== WP Silverlight Media Player ===
Contributors: ruslany
Tags: silverlight, mediaplayer
Requires at least: 2.5
Tested up to: 2.7.1
Stable tag: 0.3

A Silverlight-based Media Player for WordPress.

== Description ==
This plugin allows addition of Silverlight-based media players to WordPress blog posts and pages. The players can be used to play Windows Media Video (WMV) encoded video content.

The plugin has the following features:

* Default player configuration settings, such as size, thumbnail, auto load and auto play.
* Per-instance player configuration settings that can be used to customize each individual player within or across blog posts.
* Unlimited number of players within the same blog post or page.
* Option to not load players on the home page of the blog. This helps to reduce the amount of content to download for visitors who do not want to watch a video.
* 6 player styles

Bug fixes in this version:

* Added support for preserving plugin settings during deactivation
* Correct handling of single and double quotes for parameter values
* Removed unnecessary function calls in JS files
* Fixed the text for error message when media fails to load
* Changed to use explode instead of split as split will be depricated in PHP 5.3

For more information, demos and usage instructions refer [here](http://ruslany.net/2009/01/silverlight-media-player-plugin-for-wordpress/).

== Installation ==
1. Upload wp-media-player directory (including all files and directories within) to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory. Make sure that the path to the main plugin php file is /wp-content/plugins/wp-media-player/wp-media-player.php. If path does not look like this then plugin may not show up in the WordPress plugins page.
2. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Visit the plugin settings at Settings, WP Media Player and read the usage instructions

**Important:**
Prior to version 0.3 the plugin did not preserve its settings during deactivation. If you upgrade from plugin version 0.1 or 0.2 then make sure to visit the Setting, WP Media Player page and re-configure the setting in accordance to your preferences.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==
= How do I encode video to use with this plugin ? =
Since the player is silverlight-based, it requires that the video file is encoded by using silverlight-friendly parameters. It is recommended to encode the WMV by following instructions [here](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb851602.aspx)

= Can I use this plugin with Windows Media Services 9? =
Yes. Just specify the url to the video file: [mediaplayer src=mms://somesite.com/somefile.wmv]

== Screenshots ==
1. Default player style
2. Plugin Settings page