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An astute developer on the vlc-devel list suggested that I specify the demuxer on the command line (or in advanced options): vlc --demux=avformat <filename> HOWEVER, the unfortunate part is that the demuxer option cannot be passed to the mozilla plugin as the demux option is considered unsafe. nor d...

I have just sent the information to the vlc-devel list, and thankyou for taking the time to investigate this issue.

Mp4 - failed
mkv (matroska) - played without fault.

If you have a second, please do try to play the mp4 i posted as proof of concept.

VLC community, We use the Mozilla firefox plug-in to provide an interface to a custom database of language learning material. We are having trouble playing mp4 media files accessed via HTTP using any VLC older than 0.9.9 (in both QT GUI and Mozilla plug-in). When downloaded and played locally, the m...