When I open a website with a wmv. movie and I try to launch the movie, I get the movie tab (for example, 06.wmv.) appearing in rapid fire duplication moving from right to left and the movie does not open. I have to close out of the browser completely. This occurs in Firefox, Opera and Camino, but not in Safari. This only started when I upgraded from Leopard to Snow Leopard. Amy ideas?
Problem opening wmv. movies on Snow Leopard
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Already have Flip4Mac and VLC. Maybe I am not being clear. When I go to a site with wmv. movies and click on one to open it, I get this rapid fire duplication of the tab, and all I can do is a force quit of the website. Flip4Mac and VLC can bu used to open movie files that have already been downloaded. I cannot open, nor download, the wmv. movies. Make better sense?
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I'n not sure what you mean by "rapid fire duplication of the tab" but I'm assuming you mean a pop up of some sort, that you can't close and need to force quit browser.
Rather than asking if this is a questionable website, is this happening on all websites with .WMVs
Rather than asking if this is a questionable website, is this happening on all websites with .WMVs
Same problem here
This problem got nothing to do with the website. It looks like the browser asks the system which app to use for "application/wmv" and the system says: use the active browser. Hence the browser opens a new tab after which the browser asks the same question again to the system.
In the old days (pre osx) I could point manually an application which should by used by different MIME types, but that option seems to be automated or moved to a dark place.
Things that didn't help
- Reinstalled flip4mac
- Tell system through flip4mac it should reclaim file types
- Change "open in quicktime" settings in flip4mac
- Use a different (any) browser
This problem was introduced after upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6.
Anybody got a solution other then a clean system install?
Thanks.
Frans-Jan Wind
the Netherlands
This problem got nothing to do with the website. It looks like the browser asks the system which app to use for "application/wmv" and the system says: use the active browser. Hence the browser opens a new tab after which the browser asks the same question again to the system.
In the old days (pre osx) I could point manually an application which should by used by different MIME types, but that option seems to be automated or moved to a dark place.
Things that didn't help
- Reinstalled flip4mac
- Tell system through flip4mac it should reclaim file types
- Change "open in quicktime" settings in flip4mac
- Use a different (any) browser
This problem was introduced after upgrading from 10.5 to 10.6.
Anybody got a solution other then a clean system install?
Thanks.
Frans-Jan Wind
the Netherlands
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