download video in Firefox, open and play
What's the trick for downloading a video from my host server, have it open in a window and have it start playing? FF wants to download the entire video before starting.
http://www.northbayedu.org/images/video/Curriculum_Meeting.mp4
I think what I'm looking for here is having the link on my website, having the user click on the link and have it open in a new window. No sure if this is totally clear but I think you get the idea. Basically have it start streaming on its own.
Thank you, Mark
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That MP4 file is send as "Content-Type: application/octet-stream " and that causes Firefox to display a download dialog unless the file is embedded in an object or embed tag.
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I think it depends on which player the user has installed. On my system, the QuickTime plugin will play MP4 media. In order to stream using QuickTime, you probably need to create a page with an embedded player. You can pass the URL to a script to generate the page, or you can create individual pages, or you can play the media in the same page; you have lots of choices.
You could start your research on embedded video coding on sites like this:
தீர்வு தேர்ந்தெடுக்கப்பட்டது
That MP4 file is send as "Content-Type: application/octet-stream " and that causes Firefox to display a download dialog unless the file is embedded in an object or embed tag.
Thanks!