Compare Revisions

The QuickTime application from Apple, Inc. includes a browser plugin lets you play many types of online media through your Firefox browser. QuickTime is part of the Mac operating system and is available for downloaded on Windows. This article explains how to check that QuickTime plugin is working.

[[Image:quicktime_logo.png|]] The QuickTime application from Apple, Inc. includes a browser plugin lets you play many types of online media through your Firefox browser. QuickTime is part of the Mac operating system and is available for download on Windows. This article explains how to check that the QuickTime plugin is {for win}installed and{/for} working. {for linux} {note}'''Note: QuickTime is not available for the Linux platform, but '''Mplayer''' is a popular Linux media player that can play back QuickTime media. In order to use Mplayer to play QuickTime stream in Firefox, you must install two programs named [http://code.google.com/p/gnome-mplayer gnome-mplayer] and [http://code.google.com/p/gecko-mediaplayer gecko-mediaplayer]. Your Linux distribution may have these packages readily available to install.{/note} {/for} {for win,mac} __TOC__ = Checking for QuickTime = {for win}To see if QuickTime is installed and working,{/for}{for mac}To see if the QuickTime browser plugin is working,{/for} visit one of these pages and try to play one of the QuickTime videos: *[http://www.apple.com/apple-events/ Apple Events page] *[http://trailers.apple.com/ Apple's Movie Trailers page] If the QuickTime video plays, the QuickTime plugin is{for win} installed and{/for} enabled. {for win}{note}Note: To complete the test on a Windows system, you may need to enable some features of Firefox to communicate through your Windows Firewall. To enable these features, click {button Unblock} when prompted by Firefox.{/note}{/for} = Installing QuickTime = {for win} To install QuickTime (or to update to the latest version): # Go to the [http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/ Apple QuickTime download] webpage. # Download the QuickTime installer file to your computer. # When the download completes, close Firefox. # Find the file you downloaded and double-click it to start the QuickTime installation. {/for} {for mac} QuickTime comes pre-installed on Mac. {/for} =Enabling and disabling the browser plugin= {for win}When QuickTime is installed, {/for}QuickTime's browser plugin is enabled by default and should work in Firefox. You can disable and enable the browser plugin in the Firefox Add-ons Manager. {note}'''If the browser plugin is disabled, embedded QuickTime content such as the QuickTime videos on the pages linked above will not play{for win}, even though QuickTime is installed{/for}.'''{/note} #[[T:Open Add-ons|type=Plugins]] #In the list of plugins, select '''QuickTime Plug-in'''. #*If you want to disable the plugin, click the {button Disable} button. #*If you want to re-enable the plugin, click the {button Enable} button. = Troubleshooting= ==Links to media files== When you have QuickTime installed, many types of media files that you download in Firefox will open automatically in the QuickTime plugin. If you want to change this behavior, you can select a different download action in your Firefox settings, such as saving the file or opening it in another application. For more information, see [[Managing file types]]. ==Embedded media== {for win}{note}'''Note: On Windows 7 and Windows Vista, you can only change the file types that are associated with QuickTime Player. The MIME types that are handled by the browser plugin are enabled by default for all supported types and cannot be reconfigured.'''{/note} On Windows XP and below, you can select the types of content you want the QuickTime plugin to handle, since some MIME types are not enabled by default. If you are having problems with embedded content in a webpage, you can configure the QuickTime browser plugin for specific types of embedded content. # Open the QuickTime Player. # At the top of the QuickTime window, select the {menu Edit} menu, select {menu Preferences}, and then select {menu QuickTime Preferences...}. The QuickTime Preferences window appears. # In the QuickTime Preferences window, select the Browser tab, and then click {button MIME Settings...}. The MIME Types window opens. # In the MIME Types window, you can specify the media formats you want QuickTime to play in Firefox. These settings apply only to online files; they do not apply to files opened through your operating system. <br/>[[Image:win-quicktimemimesettings.png]] <br/> === Suggested MIME Types === {for win}On Windows XP and below, you can configure the QuickTime browser plugin to change the MIME types that are associated with the QuickTime browser plugin. It is suggested that you select the following content types in your QuickTime MIME settings: '''Audio''' * AIFF audio * uLaw/AU audio * MIDI * WAVE audio <br> '''MPEG''' * MPEG media * MPEG audio * MPEG-4 media <br> '''MP3''' * MP3 audio {/for} {for mac} ;:{note}'''Note: The following does not apply to Mac OS 10.6 "Snow Leopard", which does not include any configurable QuickTime Player MIME settings.'''{/note}<br> # From the Apple menu, click {menu System Preferences...}. The System Preferences window appears. # In the System Preferences window, click {menu QuickTime }, select the Advanced tab, and then click {button MIME Settings...}. The MIME Types window opens. <br/> <br/>[[Image:mac-quicktimemimesettings.png]] <br/> # In the MIME Types window, you can specify the media formats you want QuickTime to play in Firefox. {/for} {for win} = Uninstalling QuickTime = For information about uninstalling QuickTime from your Windows PC, see [http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93698 the Apple support site]. {/for} <!-- MZ credit --> <br/> <br/> '''''Based on information from [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Quicktime Quicktime (mozillaZine KB)]'''''