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mjmc
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Dec-12-04, 08:26 PM (EST) |
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"What plug-in do I need?"
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I'm using Mozilla, and wherever a movie screen is located on this site, that movie screen is blank save for a small green puzzle-piece sitting along the top edge of the movie screen. I click on it, and the new pop-up window tells me that it is looking for the appropriate plug-in, and that it cannot find it. Does anyone know what plug-in is required, and where I can find it? Thank you all! Sincerely,
Michael
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alexb
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Dec-12-04, 08:33 PM (EST) |
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1. "RE: What plug-in do I need?"
In response to message #0
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When I click on a link a RealOne player is activated and the movie runs. This was not always so. I do not quite remember but before I installed the RealOne player, there was some other program. The movies themselves are avi files in a pretty standard Microsoft's format. So I believe they should be played by a variety of plug-ins. You can download a RealOne player at https://www.real.com |
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rewboss
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Dec-13-04, 08:51 AM (EST) |
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2. "RE: What plug-in do I need?"
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.avi files should be playable in the Windows Media Player, IrfanView, Winamp and many others. However, browsers need to know this; if they have never been told how to handle .avi files, they just give up. Mozilla isn't as smart as Internet Explorer when it comes to plug-ins. If you know the file extension and MIME type, you can specify which plugin Mozilla should use (go to Edit > Preferences... Navigator > Helper applications). Web designers can help out by specifying the pluginspage attribute for the file: the value is a URL from where the user can download the appropriate plug-in. It's also a good idea to include a normal link on the page ("To see this movie, download the XYZ plug-in here"). Another approach is to link not to a page with the video file embedded in a web page, but to the .avi file directly. Internet Explorer users are usually presented with a dialogue asking if they want to download and save the file, or open it in the default application; Mozilla users can right-click on the link, choose "Save Link Target As..." and save it to the hard disk. They can then use whichever media player they prefer to open the file. |
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