On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:12 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to open an html file with the object tag in it from a local
> file (file://) in Firefox 3.0
>
> The html file is the following:
>
> <html>
> <body>
>
> <object  type="audio/mpeg" data="media/where_to_begin.mp3" width="200"
> height="20">
>                        <param name="src" value="media/where_to_begin.mp3" />
>                        <param name="autoplay" value="false" />
>                        alt : <a 
> href="media/where_to_begin.mp3">media/where_to_begin.mp3</
> a>
> </object>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> The URL looks something like:
>
> file:///C:/Program%20Files/test.html
>
> I basically get the quicktime icon but the file does not load.
>
> If I launch this very same file through my localhost web server, the
> mp3 file loads just fine. However, I need to be able to launch this
> file on computers with no web server (so from the "Open File" option).
>
> Does this have something to do with the new security features in
> firefox 3.0? This worked just fine in firefox 2.
> Is there a way I can have this media file load correclty when opening
> if from the local file system?
>
> Many thanks for any help,

I suspect you're encountering the result of
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230606
CC-ing Dan, he knows more about this stuff.

Regards,
Martijn

> Ben
>
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