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How come videos download instead of playing in FireFox?

by on September 14, 2010

Q: I have Firefox 3.6.9. Whenever I click on a video picture link it is automatically downloaded to my computer by default. I want to view the video first and decide if I want to download it later by right-clinging on the picture link. How can I make Firefox let me view the video by clicking on the picture link?
I am able to do the above in Explorer 8.

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One Response to “How come videos download instead of playing in FireFox?”
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    I’m guessing these videos are in windows media format. You probably need the windows media player plugin for firefox.

    See this page for instructions on how to install it: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Using+the+Windows+Media+Player+plugin+with+Firefox

     

    Mark (Uber Geek) says: on September 14, 2010 at 8:43 am