Re: iceweasel "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt"

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Saturday 15 November 2014 20:38:42 Brad Rogers wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 22:15:05 +0000
> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello Lisi,
>
> >Sorry, Brad.  You are assuming too much functioning brain power.  H264
> >has only always and never.  Flash has all three, but once I have set it
>
> You're right; I'd not noticed that before.  Sorry.
>
> >to ask to activate, where is the .mp4 link to which you refer?
>
> Songbird has the right idea;  The .mp4 that Pierre couldn't play.

Thanks, Brad.

This went to Songbird off-list this morning in error.  Sorry Songbird.

On Saturday 15 November 2014 03:25:41 songbird wrote:
> Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > On Friday 14 November 2014 21:04:26 Brad Rogers wrote:
> >> On Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:48:48 +0000
> >> Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hello Lisi,
> >>
> >> >I have two plugins there.  Open H264 video codec and Shockwave Flash.
> >> >The first says: "Play back web video and use video chats."
> >>
> >> You should see a drop list next to them with three options;  Always,
> >> Never & Ask to Activate.  Set them to ask, then go to the link for
> >> the .mp4, and you'll be asked if it's okay to play it with XXX.  Where
> >> XXX represents whatever Iceweasel calls to play the mp4.
> >
> > Sorry, Brad.  You are assuming too much functioning brain power.  H264
> > has only always and never.  Flash has all three, but once I have set it
> > to ask to activate, where is the .mp4 link to which you refer?
>
>   i suspect he means the link of the .mp4 file that
> you are trying to play.

Thanks, Songbird.

As I said, I could only alter Flash, and that made no difference.  
Still: "Video can't be played because the file is corrupt".

Lisi