Video in the Browser
I have been doing a lot of research lately and have come across a multitude of sites that offer training videos. A lot of the videos are created to be viewed on quicktime, which is great because the videos open right on the page. Other sites provide videos in wmv and mpeg format.
The problem is that videos other than quicktime usually prompt me with a save dialog or open this video with dialog box. I decided to look into this deeper as I remembered in a previous pc where all videos where open directly in the browser thanks to the Quicktime plug in.
After a few minutes of Googling, I came across the mozillaZine site which provided a quick an easy way to streamline the process so that all videos now open within the browser thereby saving me a little bit of time and temporary file clean up.
Here are the quick tidbits:
Quicktime browser settings
This is where you enable the Quicktime browser plugins for different types of media. (These settings do not determine which Windows file types are associated with Quicktime Player. That's done under "File Types".)
Open the Quicktime Settings window from within the Quicktime Player ("Edit -> Preferences -> Quicktime Preferences") or by double-clicking "Quicktime" in the Windows Control Panel.
Go to the Browser tab and click the MIME Settings button.
Under each category, select the media types you wish Quicktime to handle in your browser. Do not enable Flash.
Click OK.
Audio
- AIFF audio
- uLaw/AU audio
- MIDI
- WAVE audio
MPEG
- MPEG media
- MPEG audio
- MPEG-4 media
MP3
- MP3 audio
Images
- QuickTime image
Close and reopen the browser so that the changes can take effect.
Important: When selecting the media types you want Quicktime to handle under "MIME Settings", do not select "FlashPix" (under "Images") or "Flash media" (under "Miscellaneous"), as doing so will cause a conflict with the Flash plugin (a Quicktime symbol with a question mark will appear on web pages containing Flash).
The problem is that videos other than quicktime usually prompt me with a save dialog or open this video with dialog box. I decided to look into this deeper as I remembered in a previous pc where all videos where open directly in the browser thanks to the Quicktime plug in.
After a few minutes of Googling, I came across the mozillaZine site which provided a quick an easy way to streamline the process so that all videos now open within the browser thereby saving me a little bit of time and temporary file clean up.
Here are the quick tidbits:
Quicktime browser settings
This is where you enable the Quicktime browser plugins for different types of media. (These settings do not determine which Windows file types are associated with Quicktime Player. That's done under "File Types".)
Open the Quicktime Settings window from within the Quicktime Player ("Edit -> Preferences -> Quicktime Preferences") or by double-clicking "Quicktime" in the Windows Control Panel.
Go to the Browser tab and click the MIME Settings button.
Under each category, select the media types you wish Quicktime to handle in your browser. Do not enable Flash.
Click OK.
- Audio
- AIFF audio
- uLaw/AU audio
- MIDI
- WAVE audio
- MPEG
- MPEG media
- MPEG audio
- MPEG-4 media
- MP3
- MP3 audio
- Images
- QuickTime image
Close and reopen the browser so that the changes can take effect.
Important: When selecting the media types you want Quicktime to handle under "MIME Settings", do not select "FlashPix" (under "Images") or "Flash media" (under "Miscellaneous"), as doing so will cause a conflict with the Flash plugin (a Quicktime symbol with a question mark will appear on web pages containing Flash).
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