Quicktime video files won't play in firefox

david71 · #1 (**permalink**) 16-Sep-2009, 08:32

Hi all,

I can download and play the underlying .mov files in mplayer but I can't stream and play them from within the Apple website in firefox.

I have Edit>Preferences>Applications in firefox set to use the "QuickTime plug-in 7.4.5" for quicktime video.

Any ideas?

Thanks

marcoant · #2 (**permalink**) 16-Sep-2009, 08:52

Try this post.

david71 · #3 (**permalink**) 16-Sep-2009, 09:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by marcoant

Try this post.

Thanks, I tried the user agent switcher but I can't get it to work though.

I also installed the gecko media player from this post Unable to play apple site trailers - Page 7 - openSUSE Forums and still no go.

I may play around with this later, but I think I'll just avoid their site and also re-think the idea of buying a macbook for uni, which is why I was on their site in the first place.

#4 (**permalink**) 09-Oct-2009, 08:39

On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:56:03 GMT, david71
<david71@no-mx.forums.opensuse.org> wrote:

>
>marcoant;2040759 Wrote:
>> Try this 'post' (http://tinyurl.com/lnns8w).
>
>Thanks, I tried the user agent switcher but I can't get it to work
>though.
>
>I also installed the gecko media player from this post 'Unable to play
>apple site trailers - Page 7 - openSUSE Forums'
>(http://tinyurl.com/nloshu) and still no go.
>
>I may play around with this later, but I think I'll just avoid their
>site and also re-think the idea of buying a macbook for uni, which is
>why I was on their site in the first place.

Be sure to email them about the loss of sales.

caf4926 · #5 (**permalink**) 09-Oct-2009, 09:37

Use the gecko-mediaplayer combined with gnome-mplayer - both from packman
Or RedDwarf has a gecko-mediaplayer

Index of /repositories/home:/RedDwarf/openSUSE_11.1

david71 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-Oct-2009, 03:19

Hi Caf4926,

I have them both installed and up to date from packman but video's still don't play directly on Apple's website.
If I download the video's, I can play them.

Anyhow, I'm not really bothered by it anymore as everything else seems to work.

oldcpu · #7 (**permalink**) 10-Oct-2009, 03:51

I have mplayerplug-in installed, but I thought the same was also true for gecko-mediaplayer, where one needs the firefox addon "user agent" installed in order to fool the quicktime site into streaming the video.

User agent site here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/59

and my custom user agent settings for this are here:

Then prior to visiting the specific trailer, select the user agent one has created (in my case I called the agent quicktime and I would select that, but I could have given it another name instead).

david71 · #8 (**permalink**) 10-Oct-2009, 15:46

Hi oldcpu,

I just tried the user agent switcher with your settings and it still doesn't work. Thanks anyway.

I don't know if others can play the videos on apples site Apple (United Kingdom) - Find Out How - Mac Basics but nothing I've tried works.

Ultimately it doesn't matter as I can easily download and play them if I really need to.

oldcpu · #9 (**permalink**) 10-Oct-2009, 16:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by david71

Hi oldcpu,

I just tried the user agent switcher with your settings and it still doesn't work. Thanks anyway.

I don't know if others can play the videos on apples site Apple (United Kingdom) - Find Out How - Mac Basics but nothing I've tried works.

Ultimately it doesn't matter as I can easily download and play them if I really need to.

Yes, I just tested that URL, and it works with the settings I noted above in my post. That is using the mplayerplug-in and firefox (I'm using version 3.5.3 of firefox).

BEFORE visiting the site, I select my "quicktime" user agent setting (which basically tells the Apple (UK) web site to stream video as if my PC is a WindowsNT-5.1 Service Pack 3 PC running netscape). Then I go to the site and it "just works".

I also have libquicktime0-1.1.3-100.pm.102.23 installed from Packman, but I don't know if that is relevant. mplayerplug-in and mplayer (from Packman) likely do all the work together with firefox (and user agent to ensure the apple site streams the video).

RedDwarf · #10 (**permalink**) 10-Oct-2009, 16:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by oldcpu

I have mplayerplug-in installed, but I thought the same was also true for gecko-mediaplayer, where one needs the firefox addon "user agent" installed in order to fool the quicktime site into streaming the video.

Since version 0.9.8 gecko-mediaplayer automatically changes the user-agent for the apple website.

Quote:

Originally Posted by david71

I don't know if others can play the videos on apples site Apple (United Kingdom) - Find Out How - Mac Basics

Yes, it works with both Firefox 3.5.3 and Konqueror 4.3.2.