The ongoing FireFox media playback issues

  •  11-29-2006, 2:33 PM

    The ongoing FireFox media playback issues

    OK, I'm back. This problem has not been resolved (it has enjoyed two other unresolved threads here). I'm just now gearing up for a "podcasting" assault (we don't support RSS, hence the quotes), so I need this to get bumped up again.

    I'm using CuteEditor 5.3. I'm entering MP3's and WMA's as sound files using CuteEditor's media upload and insert rountines. Here's the URL of an example...

    https://edtech.fcps.net/blog/blogs.aspx?blogid=2265

    As mentioned above, using CuteEditor, I have entered MP3's and WMA's both using FireFox 1.5.0.8 and IE 7.0.5730.11 into a CuteEditor window, and the results are saved into a database. That is simply displayed as-is in the browser after saving. The results are

    <embed name=MediaPlayer1 pluginspage=http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer src=/uploads/media/67/StoryCornerIntro-Episode1.mp3 width=200 height=40 type=application/x-mplayer2 autostart="0" showcontrols="1"></embed>

    ...which is exactly the same when you view "Source" code from either FireFox or IE.
        However, IE plays the sound file, and FireFox does not. When I right-click and select "Properties," IE shows the full URL (in this case, https://edtech.fcps.net/uploads/media/67/StoryCornerIntro-Episode1.mp3). But FireFox shows "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\.\uploads\media\67\StoryCornerIntro-Episode1.mp3", which I'm assuming is why it won't play.
        Oddly, FireFox does fine with media I've found elsewhere on the Web. For instance, this test for WMP plugin status (http://members.aol.com/jrzycrim01/mozilla/wmp/vidtest-HS.html) plays fine, though I note that the full URL (not the relative one mine show) appears in the source code for the site.
         What settings should I use for CuteEditor to insure that embedded media play in both browser? I'm assuming that means I'm asking, how can I insure that CuteEditor inserts the entire URL to any inserted media file?
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