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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: QuickTime plug-in?
Date: 21 Mar 2017 20:08:38 GMT
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On 2017-03-21, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>
> In article <ejd4ktF6tukU1@mid.individual.net>,
> Jolly Roger  <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote:
>>On 2017-03-21, Patty Winter <patty1@wintertime.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> When I put the direct URL to the m4v file, Firefox wants to download
>>> it. I even tried changing the prefs in FF for m4v files, but opening
>>> them in FF wasn't an option.
>>
>>Does it play in Safari?
>
> Nope, neither on the computer where I installed the QT plug-in nor on
> the one where I didn't. In both cases, when I provide the direct URL
> for the video, Safari wants to download it, not play it.

Does it play if you simply place the actual MOV file into any web
directory, then just go to the MOV file directly (like:
http://my.host/path/to/MyMovie.mov)?

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