Problem accessing streamed QT video through plug-in

[MacEachaidh]

This may be a Firefox issue — I'm not sure where to start — but I'm having trouble streaming embedded Quicktime files through the VLC plug-in, so any help would be appreciated.

An example is this site: http://www.hosokinema.com/atthedeathhousedoor.html

The site is asking me to install a plug-in, which turns out to be a full installation of Quicktime. No thanks, especially when VLC can handle Quicktime files.

So I tried to configure how Firefox (version 28.0) handles the Quicktime format. If I go to Tools/Options/Applications, I can configure how different content types are handled. For instance, MPEG and MP4 files are set to "Use VLC Web plug-in", but the plug-in doesn't offer that option for Quicktime content — the only option is to choose "Use VLC media player (default)", which doesn't work with embedded video. It seems the plug-in isn't providing that option, but I can't find how to configure it.

As I said, this might be a Firefox issue, but does anyone here know how to resolve this, please?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

This works for me on Firefox, using the VLC web plugin.

[MacEachaidh]

Thanks for that, but it doesn't really help.

If, as you seem to be implying, it's something to do with my system or configuration, how do I try to resolve it?

For starters, the info on the VLC plugin doesn't include QuickTime in the MIME types that plugin version 2.1.3 supports. As far as i can see, that's the most recent release version. Are you using a more recent version? Could that be the reason it works for you? If you're not, how did you get it to work?

Can you help me please with any suggestions??