Help! with mp4 file loading in Safari!

[iapple]

I made several mpeg-4 exports, asked my school web server to host the files, and now, they don't load in Safari or IE properly.

On the little status bar it says 'Loading text', which obviously it is not since it is a

http://....../abc.mp4
file.

My friend on winxp with qt6 says it plays fine, but why not on my own machine?!?

When I use QT player and connect manually it works. (Open URL menu)

Any help with configs, etc. would be great.

I'm running Panther.

 

[4409723]

Re: Help! with mp4 file loading in Safari!

I had the same problem with my mp4 files. This question inspired me to try to fix it, and I have. The problem is the MIME type. All I had to do was logon to my server and tell it this:

video/quicktime
mp4

Try talking to the Webserver Admin.

So now Safari realises it's a movie:

http://webspacegurus.com/~wesley/Stage.mp4

 

[crazzyeddie]

Yep, Wes has the right answer. The server isn't sending the info to your computer to tell it what kind of file it is.

 

[iapple]

thanks

hey guys, thanks a lot.
I'll try that tomorrow when I go back to school.
It's great to get quick and useful answers here!

 

[iapple]

um... ok

now, although I pretended I understood fully, how do you work with Windows to change MIME file settings?

Some expertise would be real appreciated.

where exactly do I type in, or choose quicktime/mp4?

 

[4409723]

I changed it server-side, the admins MUST know how to do that .