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Previewing mp4 files instead of saving them to PC.

ZinD replied
ZinD

I want to make it so when I go to a direct link of an mp4 I don't save them I instead just preview them in the browser I have tried changing wmf settings but can't do it.

I want to make it so when I go to a direct link of an mp4 I don't save them I instead just preview them in the browser I have tried changing wmf settings but can't do it.
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Chosen Solution

Looked further into the "content-disposition" thing and found this addon which pretty much achieves what I wanted if anyone else was wondering.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rewrite-content-disposition/

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what is the site and the link used? How the sites configures will determine how the browser works.

It was a mediafire link directly to an mp4 file but surely there must be a way to force it to not download as browsers that don't support saving files work this way.

So no one else can view this site?

Couldn't figure anything out with that extension. Link in particular however...

http://www.mediafire.com/file/67mcus42e3uk4ee/__SUP_YALL_2_%2528Music_Video%2529__.mp4/file

This file is send as: Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="samplevideo.mp4"


You can paste this code in the location bar to view the video in Firefox

data:text/html,<video src="http://download1321.mediafire.com/uv88ybkiz8bg/67mcus42e3uk4ee/samplevideo.mp4" controls>

Modified by cor-el

Chosen Solution

Looked further into the "content-disposition" thing and found this addon which pretty much achieves what I wanted if anyone else was wondering.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/rewrite-content-disposition/