I've tried many tricks found on the web including:
- wmode transparent
- z-index
- WindowlessVideo
But none of them seem to work on Chrome. Works fine on IE and FF.
This version of code is XHTML compliant:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
<title>wmv embed test</title>
<style type="text/css">
#floatingbar { background: thistle; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; width: 500px; height: 60px; border: 1px solid blue; }
#floatingbar2 { background: white; z-index: 9999; position: absolute; width: 500px; height: 60px; border: 1px solid orange; top: 140px; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div id="floatingbar"></div>
<object type="application/x-mplayer2" style="width:260px; height:200px;" data="http://nov-exl.com/test/FactFinders.wmv">
<param name="movie" value="http://nov-exl.com/test/FactFinders.wmv" />
</object>
<div id="floatingbar2"></div>
</body>
</html>