WMV not working in Firefox, it shows strange characters in stead...What todo?

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  • justsexxx
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Aug 2001
    • 13723
    #1

    WMV not working in Firefox, it shows strange characters in stead...What todo?

    Some wmv's don't work in Firefox...They do work in IE tho...

    When Firefox loads the wmv it shows a white page, with all kind of code...

    %^%^hs etc

    However, when I download the file, and try to load it into FF it DOES work...

    Any idea what is wrong? (and yeah I did upload it correctly, and in IE it does work)

    Andre
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    • 3M TA3
      Confirmed User
      • Aug 2005
      • 2972
      #2
      paste the code you are using to embed it in html

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        • justsexxx
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Aug 2001
          • 13723
          #3
          Originally posted by 3M TA3
          paste the code you are using to embed it in html

          I'm not embedding, just a link to the WMV...
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            • 3M TA3
              Confirmed User
              • Aug 2005
              • 2972
              #4
              Originally posted by justsexxx
              I'm not embedding, just a link to the WMV...
              aahhh ok, sounds like a plugin issue then

              if you send me a link i can check it in IE and firefox for you

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                • justsexxx
                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                  • Aug 2001
                  • 13723
                  #5
                  Thanks for helping me out...FOund the problem....


                  copy/paste mode


                  ITS NOT A PROBLEM WITH FIREFOX!!!!!

                  Ok now I have that off my chest it actually lies with the default configuration in most webservers and is __VERY__ easily fixed. You just need to add a MIME type. You may need to ask your websever provider but they should have no problems in adding this:

                  The solution to this problem is to add the following line into the httpd.conf file for apache (i.e. server admin must do this):

                  AddType Windows Media Audio/Video file .wmv

                  [/copy paste]



                  And indeed, on another server the file DID work
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                    • extreme
                      Confirmed User
                      • Oct 2002
                      • 2120
                      #6
                      fix your mime types on the server.

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