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.