Embedded Videos not playing in Firefox

[Michael_J 3]

Earlier I was able to embed a video using the code shown below. Suddenly it stopped working. The page in question is http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/smartcal3-the-thumb-planner-video/ It works in Chrome and Safari but not in Firefox4. Is there a setting in Firefox that I should inform my users about?

	<embed width="http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/iOS-Simulator017.mov"></embed>

[cmunns 16]

I get a permission requirement on Chrome as well. Is that different than what happens on FF..I'm assuming FF might just deny the connection if it asks in the first place?

[Michael_J 3]

Thanks, Adam. I'm really confused. I'm using exactly the same code on two different posts; one works in FF, the other does not. Here are the two posts: http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/smartcal3-the-thumb-planner-video/ (does not work - it's just a blank space) http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/integrating-your-calendar/ (works fine)

[catrina 103]

Have you tried using an alternative embed code to see if it works that way?

[Michael_J 3]

I'm open to suggestions - i thought the code I was using was pretty much plain vanilla.

[Kate 3]

Hi Joseph, Please check out this link: http://reference.sitepoint.com/html/embed Instead of putting the link inside of the "width" attribute, please use the "src" attribute.

[Michael_J 3]

Thanks for the tip. Actually the code is not inside the 'width' attribute:

<embed width="590" height="558" src="http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/thumbPlanner590.mov"></embed>

Anyhow, neither code is working for me in FF - that is, the videos do not show up. This is the code I used based on the article:

<embed src="http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/thumbPlanner590.mov"></embed>

You can see on the page, I labeled the first video clip "1" and the second clip "2". http://www.leftcoastlogic.com/blog/smartcal3-the-thumb-planner-video/ Both do show in Chrome, but #2 only shows it in thumbnail size because there is no width/height definition. Bottom line: There appears to be some issue with different browsers - particularly FF4. Unfortunately, I really need a solution that works for most browsers if I want to appear to be professional. Any suggestions? I realize this is not a Pagelines issue but if any of you can help, that would be great.

[cmunns 16]

You need to also add the object paramater with values. Check out this article: http://www.jakeludington.com/project_studio/20050911_embedding_quicktime_mov.html Or just upload it to youtube and use their embed code.

[Michael_J 3]

Thanks Adam, that seems to work fine...