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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:28:27 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/28/2014 11:13 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:07:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. I think I've got the Flash player settings 'opened' up as much as possible. And, the problem affects only certain videos, not all. Here's an example of one that plays well in Chrome, but will not play in IE or Firefox. http://www.velocityspeedmethod.com/dkls-special-aos/dk-4-apo/?inf_contact_key=084fded2875b47cc054c4ef17869c6daa 45e3281b4bcb334b069370c5c45631f The Adobe Flash Player settings, which I get to by right-clicking the video, are identical for both Chrome and Firefox, and the versions are the same. This is true for both the local and global settings. It's just weird. But I don't think it's Bush's fault. I know you are tired of hearing this but that video played fine on my laptop using Firefox. Forget about those "global settings" that you see when you right click on the video. They are meaningless in terms of simply viewing the video. Somehow "Flash" is not enabled in IE or Firefox on your computer. I don't know why not and I know you've installed it. I guess you'll just have to settle for Chrome. I've deleted Firefox and Internet Explorer (I thought). When I tried to remove IE8, it left IE7, and I could not find it on the program list to remove. (Which I think, now, may have been because I didn't 'repopulate' the list. I then reloaded IE8, without Firefox being present. Still no luck with that video. Screw it. I'm going with Chrome, like Hank or some other smart guy suggested. I'm starting to like it pretty well. |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:24:19 -0500, Hank wrote:
On 1/28/2014 10:07 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. Maybe He is not downloading the right flash version for his system and windows version. I'm downloading the most current version - which is supposed to work in XP also. |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:43:32 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/28/2014 11:24 AM, Hank wrote: On 1/28/2014 10:07 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. Maybe He is not downloading the right flash version for his system and windows version. Could be. I just went to the Adobe Flash Player download site and it automatically detected that I was using a Windows 64 bit system and was viewing in Firefox. John might want to take a look at the detailed "system requirements" as well. I don't know what he has for a computer (other than it's an XP machine). Maybe it is lacking the minimum requirements in terms of CPU speed, RAM and video memory. Nah, I've got plenty of all that stuff. Flash loads and runs fine in Chrome. |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:09:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 1/28/2014 11:56 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 11:54 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:28:14 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/28/14, 11:02 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:47:05 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. Which makes it not a Windows issue, so why call MS for Windows support. Besides, I could just look online if I needed Windows support. It's been a lot of years since I had to call for help with Windows. John...since we don't know what the problem is, we don't know what the solution is. We don't know that it is NOT a Windows problem. It could be. I would think that if it were a Windows problem, Chrome would also be having the problem. Why? There's no reason to believe all the major browsers handle *everything* they encounter the same way. The video that John cannot view in IE and Firefox but *can* view in Chrome is played in all three browsers using Adobe Flash Player. That would tend to indicate to me that it's not a Windows problem but may be a problem with the Flash Player installation, settings, version or something in IE and Firefox. I am just guessing though, because I don't know what I am talking about. ....and it doesn't make a **** anyway. I'm done trying to figure it out. Maybe it *is* Bush's fault after all. |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:10:48 -0500, KC wrote:
On 1/28/2014 11:13 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:07:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. I think I've got the Flash player settings 'opened' up as much as possible. And, the problem affects only certain videos, not all. Here's an example of one that plays well in Chrome, but will not play in IE or Firefox. http://www.velocityspeedmethod.com/dkls-special-aos/dk-4-apo/?inf_contact_key=084fded2875b47cc054c4ef17869c6daa 45e3281b4bcb334b069370c5c45631f The Adobe Flash Player settings, which I get to by right-clicking the video, are identical for both Chrome and Firefox, and the versions are the same. This is true for both the local and global settings. It's just weird. But I don't think it's Bush's fault. Playing on Firefox says Flash 11.9.009.something, something, something.... There's a newer one, but I wouldn't mess with it if yours is working well. Or, establish a restore point before messing with it. Mine is 12.0.0.41 |
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On 1/28/2014 2:14 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:24:19 -0500, Hank wrote: On 1/28/2014 10:07 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. Maybe He is not downloading the right flash version for his system and windows version. I'm downloading the most current version - which is supposed to work in XP also. Go to control panel/system and security/flash player/advanced. You should have plug in version 12.0.0.43 and active x version 11.0.1.152 |
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On 1/28/2014 2:27 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:10:48 -0500, KC wrote: On 1/28/2014 11:13 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:07:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. I think I've got the Flash player settings 'opened' up as much as possible. And, the problem affects only certain videos, not all. Here's an example of one that plays well in Chrome, but will not play in IE or Firefox. http://www.velocityspeedmethod.com/dkls-special-aos/dk-4-apo/?inf_contact_key=084fded2875b47cc054c4ef17869c6daa 45e3281b4bcb334b069370c5c45631f The Adobe Flash Player settings, which I get to by right-clicking the video, are identical for both Chrome and Firefox, and the versions are the same. This is true for both the local and global settings. It's just weird. But I don't think it's Bush's fault. Playing on Firefox says Flash 11.9.009.something, something, something.... There's a newer one, but I wouldn't mess with it if yours is working well. Or, establish a restore point before messing with it. Mine is 12.0.0.41 If that's what you have and you think you recently updated it, you missed some steps in the install process. You should have 12.0.0.43. Try updating again. What you have may be corrupted. |
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On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 15:20:45 -0500, Hank wrote:
On 1/28/2014 2:27 PM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 13:10:48 -0500, KC wrote: On 1/28/2014 11:13 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 10:07:54 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. I think I've got the Flash player settings 'opened' up as much as possible. And, the problem affects only certain videos, not all. Here's an example of one that plays well in Chrome, but will not play in IE or Firefox. http://www.velocityspeedmethod.com/dkls-special-aos/dk-4-apo/?inf_contact_key=084fded2875b47cc054c4ef17869c6daa 45e3281b4bcb334b069370c5c45631f The Adobe Flash Player settings, which I get to by right-clicking the video, are identical for both Chrome and Firefox, and the versions are the same. This is true for both the local and global settings. It's just weird. But I don't think it's Bush's fault. Playing on Firefox says Flash 11.9.009.something, something, something.... There's a newer one, but I wouldn't mess with it if yours is working well. Or, establish a restore point before messing with it. Mine is 12.0.0.41 If that's what you have and you think you recently updated it, you missed some steps in the install process. You should have 12.0.0.43. Try updating again. What you have may be corrupted. Well, it has been a week now. But, that was also what's in my brandspankingnew Chrome! And, it works, and I ain't f'ing with it! |
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On 1/28/2014 3:12 PM, Hank wrote:
On 1/28/2014 2:14 PM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:24:19 -0500, Hank wrote: On 1/28/2014 10:07 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:53 AM, Mr. Luddite wrote: On 1/28/2014 9:47 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 1/28/14, 9:41 AM, Boating All Out wrote: In article , says... Have you tried Windows tech support? IE, after all, is a Microsoft product. The techies there should be able to fix you up. It not an IE problem. I have IE10 and have no issues. Probaby Firefox is causing the problem. My wife uses Firefox because she likes big icons on her screen for shortcuts to shopping sites. That *you* have no issues with IE doesn't mean that others have no issues, too. What is it with these universal pronouncements? Herring said he had issues -the same issues, in this case- with Firefox and IE. I've become really curious as to what John's problem is. Obviously there is a common denominator somewhere that affects both IE and Firefox but not Chrome. I've had issues with Firefox not playing a video in the past but IE *would*. It was always because Firefox was missing some plug-in and installing it fixed the problem. But why his computer won't play them in IE as well is a mystery to me. Was just thinking about this. Many videos today are in .mp4 format because it supports high definition files. Windows XP or Vista can not naturally play .mp4 files. You have to use something like Quicktime to view them. Maybe you can add the proper codec to allow it, but I've never researched that. XP and Vista can play mpeg, avi and wmv video files naturally but not .mp4 Windows 7 added .mp4 viewing capability. On a browser an .mp4 is typically played in Adobe's Flash player which makes them viewable, even though XP and Vista won't play a natural .mp4. Given that, and since both IE and Firefox won't play videos (and I think John said he has an XP machine) I suspect the problem is the Flash player settings in IE and Firefox. Somehow when he installed Chrome, the Flash player settings were incorporated. Maybe He is not downloading the right flash version for his system and windows version. I'm downloading the most current version - which is supposed to work in XP also. Go to control panel/system and security/flash player/advanced. You should have plug in version 12.0.0.43 and active x version 11.0.1.152 active x. You may be onto something. |
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