Sharing media with Sharepoint web pages!

If you know about Sharepoint, you already know what a great, collaborative tool it can be to enable communication and distance learning opportunities.  If you've never used sharepoint, it is certainly worth looking into - and a version of it is free!  At my school, we've been using it for a couple years for an internal collaboritive web solution, and this year, thanks largely to district support, we have taken it to the internet to further advance this collaboritive web presence!

 Sharepoint can be tricky to get looking just the way you want, and some things aren't as straightforward as you'd hope.  Adding streaming video is one of those things.  Here are some easy steps to help you add streaming video to your sharepoint site!

Requirements:  An place on the internet to host the video and a sharepoint website.

 Step 1 - Upload your video to your hosting location

Step 2 - On your desired web part page, click the Site Actions --> Edit page link, then, in your desired location, click the 'Add a Web Part' link. 

Step 3 - From the list of available web parts, select 'Content Editor Web Part' - then click 'Add'

Step 4 - Click the 'Edit --> Modify shared web part' link on the new content editor web part.  This will open the options for the web part on the right side of your screen.

Step 5 - Here is the meat and potatoes of this post!  Click the 'Source Editor... ' button, and in the box that appears, add the following:

 <script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">
     if( g_bNetscape )
 document.writeln( "<APPLET mayscript code=WMPNS.WMP name=WMP1 width=640 height=480 MAYSCRIPT >" );
  }
</script>

<object classid="clsid:6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6" id="WMP">
 <param name="Name" value="WMP1" />
        <PARAM NAME="AutoStart" VALUE="False">
 <param name="URL" value="Your Video's address here!" />
</object>
   
<script type="text/javascript" language="Javascript">
 if( !g_bNetscape )
 {
 document.writeln( "<input type=\"button\" id=\"cmdStandAlone\" value=\"" + L_LAUNCHSAP_TEXT + "\">" );
        }
</script>

Step 6 - under the 'Appearance' section, give your video an appropriate title.

Step 7 - click OK, exit edit mode, and enjoy streaming video from your sharepoint web parts page!

Does anyone know a better way to do this?  Is there a way to host the video from within sharepoint and stream it this way?  Reply with your comments and suggestions!