On 5/8/2014 8:11 AM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 5/8/2014 6:09 AM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> Robert Gault wrote: >>> Tom Pamin wrote: >>>> <snip> >>>> So, do you know if it's possible to play these using SM? >>> >>> There appears to be considerable differences among Seamonkey users on >>> whether the video can be played. It will not work for me and I have >>> tested for Helpers both Windows Media Player and Quicktime 7.7.3. >>> Seamonkey shows that video/mp4 points to these helpers. >>> >>> If I look at the page source with Seamonkey, the entry for mp4 says >>> <video controls> >>> <source src="" type="video/mp4"> >>> Your browser does not support playing HTML5 videos. >>> </video> >>> >>> This may be the problem although I thought that Seamonkey would handle >>> HTML5 sites. >> >> But the file in question is >> <http://wqdatalive.com/uploads/video/TREC/NOAA_RSC_A_2014_05_07_12_02_00.mp4>, >> >> so no HTML5 support is needed. >> >> As a test, I switched my pref from VLC to WMP and the vid still played fine. >> > > If I click that .mp4 link, I get the video in VLC. But if I clock the > <http://wqdatalive.com/public/55> link and then navigate to Near Shore > Bout and Latest Video, I get the original poster's problem. > Furthermore, if I enable FlashBlock before starting the navigation to > Latest Video, I get an indication that the video is Flash (f in a circle > with the f changing to a right-pointing triangle if I move my cursor > into the area). >
By the way, my Helper Applications show "VLC media player 2.1.3" for "MPEG-4 File Format (video/mp4)". -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> On occasion, I filter and ignore all newsgroup messages posted through GoogleGroups via Google's G2/1.0 user agent because of spam, flames, and trolling from that source. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
