mpg file not working for Macs?

[jimbobp]

Hi there,

We are getting mixed messages on whether or not this mpg file can be played on a Mac:

http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/shows/Riverdance.htm (View Film Clip).

Could some of you try to play it and let us know if it does/doesn't work?

Thank you.

 

[ora]

Well, the "View film clip' icon isn't a link, on either my mac or PC, so I can't tell.

 

[jimbobp]

Are you using Firefox? Anyway I've added the link to the text beneath the image.

 

[ora]

On there being no link, same thing happened in Firefox on PC and Safari on mac (i'm IE phobic ).

Now it opens a small window with a Windows Media Player object in it, but the film doesn't load, the status bar just says ;ready'. Are you sure its mpg? As i would expect an MPG file to play in quicktime not WMP.

 

[jimbobp]

Taking the link out of the picture, here is the page that will load -

http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/playVideo.htm

and here is the video that should run -

http://www.gaietytheatre.ie/riverdance1.mpg

 

[ora]

First link loads the thing i described, a page with a wmp object but it doesn't play.

Second link loads as a video using embedded quicktime and plays just fine.

 

[Mikuro]

Works for me in Firefox, and also in Safari. (Edit #2: Now it works even if I have my filters turned on.)

It launches QuickTime Player, and then the video opens and plays with no issues. This is on Tiger, but I imagine it would work on any version of OS X, since it's just an MPEG.

Edit: Actually, it opens a new empty window before loading QuickTime Player, in both Safari and Firefox. Did you intend for the movie to play in the browser itself rather than an external program?

 

[fryke]

So it's the embedding-code at fault.

 

[jimbobp]

No I wanted (and it does in most cases) play in the window immediately.

 

[barhar]

'Could some of you try to play it and let us know if it does/doesn't work?' - yes, it works.

 

[Satcomer]

It plays for me now (from the very first link) using QuickTime with the Flip4Mac plugin. This was not working Tuesday morning EST.

Now the second set of links have two different links, the first streams to the Flip4Mac plugin (WMP codec) and the second streams directly to QuickTime. I can see both links and the play fine.