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Hi - 2 streaming questions. One deals with wmv files and the other with quicktime.

Question 1
In firefox, whenever I click on a .wmv link to stream, a window pops up and I select to open with windows media player. Then instead of streaming, it starts to download it to a temp folder and once the download is done it will open WMP and play the clip.

How can I set it up so that it just streams it like in Internet Explorer? There is works fine, but I prefer to use firefox.

I found this info about it and tried it. It does work, in terms of streaming, but it won't automatically stream. It will first ask me what I want to do with that file and then I have to select the choice to stream it (even though the check mark is set on "always do this with this kind of file"). Is there a way to do it so it will automatically stream without asking me anything?

Question 2
How can I set it so that .mov or .mpg files (which currently open using quicktime) stream using the external QT player instead of the installed plugin?

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Wow, no responses? I thought avid firefox lovers would jump at explaining this one. Maybe if I "threaten" to go back to IE the responses will flood in. LOL, I'm still sticking with firefox.... I think.... hmm.....

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patrickv

lol..firefox has issues regarding streaming
try this
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213

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cool - a response!
wow, I didn't know it could be that involved to get it to work right. My method right now involves 2 more clicks than I would want, but maybe it's worth sticking with that.

Thanks for the link. I am curious and I'll definitely check it out.

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