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Sarge
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I mean when I visit a web page and I click on a link to download a short video clip. It should open up with the chosen media player, QuickTime, but instead it opens within the web page.
Funnily enough, it was working properly to begin with but since I downloaded Flip4Mac™ (an add-on that lets you play.wma and.wmv files directly in QuickTime player) any video files format mpeg, wmv, even quick time files now opens in the same webpage. I checked QT, Firefox & Safari preferences and even in Mac OS X System Preferences to make sure that there wasn't any boxes (ticked or un-ticked) to instruct QT how to handle the downloaded video.
I'll get there in the end, no worries
Sarge
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Posted on: 5:22 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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DaffyDuck
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Go into your Flip4Mac System Preference (very bottom of Sys Prefs).
Tick on the 'Plug-In' tab, on th etab bar.
The 4th check box from the top (first from the bottom) should be 'Launch QuickTime Player' (Movies will be played in QT player, instead of the plugin)
That ought to set you up.
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Posted on: 5:35 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Sarge
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nope, still no working. In the Plug-In settings menu there 4 choices:
[] Use Flip4Mac WMV Internet plug-in
The Flip4Mac WMV Internet plug-in will be used to play all Windows Media player content within your web browser.
[] Always show movie controller
Displays the QuickTime movie controller even when the Web page tries to hide it.
[] Maintain aspect ratio
Movies will be scaled to fit the embedded box while maintaining the original aspect ratio.
[] Launch QuickTime Player
Movies will be played in QuickTime Player instead of the plug-in.
Admittedly the last box was un-ticked but I tried any combination of the above and still not working, restarted browser and even logged off and back on. Nope....
I'm now checking Quicksilver for any installed plug-ins and go from there.
Sarge
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Posted on: 6:06 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Skip
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Sarge- I'm sure you know the Mac equivalent of a right mouse click is Ctrl + left mouse click. But I'm not so sure you noticed the Open With option, in the contextual menu popup. Navigate into that and the mostly likely choices [infered by OS X] present themselves first, but you can also follow that path right into your Applications folder if you want to via > Other...
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Bangkok Girls : Meet Sexy Bangkok Girls
Posted on: 6:13 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Sarge
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I should also add that WMV file download ask me to save it and then open it up from there, in the QT player. It's a tedious process, I just play them straight in chosen player. Whilst MPEG files just open up in the web page using QT format.
Sarge
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Posted on: 6:13 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Sarge
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Skippy, I've done that and any WMV files now open with QT. It's just the MPEG files, very common format in the net, that are stubbornly refusing to play ball. I've actually right-clicked on an image containing the link to straight a MPEG download, then selected Properties and the opened windows says:
Link Properties:
Address: http: ww.anylinkwhatever.........
Will open in: Same window
I'm gonna kick Firefox's arse in the Mac OS X System Preferences now.
Sarge
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Posted on: 6:28 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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DaffyDuck
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Well, part of the problem is that you insist on using Firefox, instead of Safari. Firefox, as it stands, was not written to take advantage of the hooks OS X offers applications, which is why I shun it.
If you prefer a non-Safari browser, I would suggest Camino, which uses the Firefox engine, but was designed by a Mac developer, for OS X - though it still lacks many of the nifties that Safari provides -- but I can understand, as many Windows users are drawn to Firefox like flies to the light.
Try this:
First of all, in the Flip4Mac plugin, make sure 'Use Plugin' is checked, along with 'Always Show Movie Controller'. The remainder do not matter.
MPEG files are opened by QT straight, and not by Flip4Mac, so that won't even matter.
Go into Safari, open a familiar page, then when the page has stopped loading, do a 'cmd'-i (cmd = apple key).
It will now automatically paste that page into your Apple Mail email program. Neither of the firefox or derivatives do that. There's a t deal of other goodies that make Safari a better choice, albeit there are some recalcitrant websites, in which case you can keep Camino handy.
...and you really should give Adium a try.
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Posted on: 6:57 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Sarge
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I use Firefox partly because it's fast, handles web pages correctly, it's secure and partly because I can synchronize my all too important bookmarks. Basically I can use any computer or OS in the world and can download, from the Firefox server: FOXMARKS, my saved favourites. Incidentally I'm having same problem with Safari, the Mac browser opens any MPEG inside the webpage, the unsatisfactory work-around I'm temporarily using (on both browsers) is to save the download link file, anywhere in the computer and then open it with QT player. It is proving to be a resilient nut to crack, but crack it I will.
On a side note, I've used a common hack on Firefox, (steady Daffy, steady.... I only did it in my Sony Vaio) widely circulated among the online geek community. It actually speeds up page loading a bit, so experienced PC users may want to give it a try (if you haven't already) :
1. Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:
* network.http.pipelining
* network.http.proxy.pipelining
* network.http.pipelining.maxrequests
Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.
2. Alter the entries as follows:
* Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true".
* Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true".
* Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.
3. Lastly right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer.
Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0".
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you're using a broadband connection you'll load pages faster now. You have to double click on the line to change values.
Sarge
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Posted on: 7:50 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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Sarge
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Found an Applescript to pass embedded movie URLs from Safari to QT Player. Not installed it yet, here it is:
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tell application "Safari"
set BaseUrl to URL of document 1
if (source of document 1) as string is "" then
set objecturl to BaseUrl
else
set embeds to (do JavaScript "n= '';for (var i=0; i<document.getElementsByTagName ('embed').length;i++)
{n = n + (document.getElementsByTagName ('embed').item (i).src) + \"\\r\"; if (document.getElementsByTagName ('embed').item (i).href)
{n=n+ (document.getElementsByTagName ('embed').item (i).href) + \"\\r\"]" in document 1)
if (count paragraphs of embeds) > 1 then
set embeds to items 1 thru -2 of (paragraphs of embeds)
else
set embeds to {}
end if
set objecturl to ""
if (count embeds) is 1 then
set objecturl to item 1 of embeds
else if (count embeds) > 0 then
set embedsShow to {}
repeat with thisEmbed in embeds
tell me to set embedsShow to embedsShow & first item of split (last item of (split (thisEmbed, "/" ) ), "?" )
end repeat
set choice to (choose from list embedsShow with prompt "Play in QuickTime Player:" default items {last item of embedsShow})
if choice is not false then
set counter to 1
repeat with thisEmbed in embedsShow
if (thisEmbed as string) is (item 1 of choice) then
set objecturl to (item counter of embeds)
exit repeat
end if
set counter to counter + 1
end repeat
end if
end if
end if
end tell
if objecturl is not "" then
if objecturl does not contain "://" then
if objecturl begins with "/" then
set BaseUrl to join (items 1 thru 3 of split (BaseUrl, "/" ), "/" )
else
set BaseUrl to join (items 1 thru -2 of split (BaseUrl, "/" ), "/" ) & "/"
end if
set objecturl to BaseUrl & objecturl
end if
ignoring application responses
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
getURL objecturl
end tell
end ignoring
end if
on split (theString, splitAt)
set olddelim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to splitAt
set theString to every text item of theString
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to olddelim
return theString
end split
on join (theString, joinWith)
set olddelim to AppleScript's text item delimiters
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to joinWith
set theString to (theString as string)
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to olddelim
return theString
end join
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Sarge
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Posted on: 11:01 pm on Feb. 10, 2007
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