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Milo Waye · Jul 20, 2002, 10:25 AM

Color me

It's driving me

I installed 6, paid the 30 bucks, and now can't download movies because the plugin icon's broken. IE, Mozilla, and Netscape 4.79, the result's the same-broken plugin icon. I'm running OS 9.1 on a PB 2400. Argh! Shaved head or I'd be pulling me hair out. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!

T Allen · Jul 20, 2002, 07:20 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Milo Waye:
Color me

It's driving me

I installed 6, paid the 30 bucks, and now can't download movies because the plugin icon's broken. IE, Mozilla, and Netscape 4.79, the result's the same-broken plugin icon. I'm running OS 9.1 on a PB 2400. Argh! Shaved head or I'd be pulling me hair out. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!<hr /></blockquote>Do you get a broken icon when you watch a QT movie trailer?
<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/trailers/</a>

Betcha the problem is one of those hope-less .avi files.

Milo Waye · Jul 20, 2002, 09:30 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by T Allen:
 <blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by Milo Waye:
Color me

It's driving me

I installed 6, paid the 30 bucks, and now can't download movies because the plugin icon's broken. IE, Mozilla, and Netscape 4.79, the result's the same-broken plugin icon. I'm running OS 9.1 on a PB 2400. Argh! Shaved head or I'd be pulling me hair out. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks!<hr /></blockquote>Do you get a broken icon when you watch a QT movie trailer?
<a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/" target="_blank">http://www.apple.com/trailers/</a>

Betcha the problem is one of those hope-less .avi files.<hr /></blockquote>T,
yes,the broken icon appears on those apple.com/trailers also.

But previously downloaded .mov's and those often pesky avi's play just fine.

[ 07-20-2002, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Milo Waye ]

T Allen · Jul 20, 2002, 11:43 PM

So then the problem really is with the QT plugin - if the QT player works with previously downloaded movies.

What kind of install did you do?

Is there a QT plugin in your browser plugin folder?

If you open IE's preferences > Receiving Files > File Helpers, is the QT plugin set to play .mov files?

Milo Waye · Jul 21, 2002, 12:03 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by T Allen:
So then the problem really is with the QT plugin - if the QT player works with previously downloaded movies.

What kind of install did you do?

Is there a QT plugin in your browser plugin folder?

If you open IE's preferences > Receiving Files > File Helpers, is the QT plugin set to play .mov files?<hr /></blockquote>T,
did the the live install, then the stand-alone when i got the broken icon after the first install. there were two plugins, one with no extension and another with a .class extension IIRC (not at home right now). put them both in the respective plugin folders.

I'll check the IE File Helper preferences tonight and post the findings. Thanks for helping!

T Allen · Jul 21, 2002, 12:20 AM

You might also want to take a look at the QT MIME Settings (open QT Player > Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences > Browser Plugin > MIME Settings). Perhaps it's gotten mucked up.

Milo Waye · Jul 21, 2002, 10:02 AM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by T Allen:
You might also want to take a look at the QT MIME Settings (open QT Player > Edit > Preferences > QuickTime Preferences > Browser Plugin > MIME Settings). Perhaps it's gotten mucked up.<hr /></blockquote>Thanks T. I deleted QT and QT Preferences, downloaded the active installer and reinstalled it. Third time's the charm. It's working now in IE. Haven't tried Mozilla or NS but it should work there too now