Hello, I do not know if any of you experience the problem I have. I am using the new_rewrite to protect the video folder. The images and php scripts in the same folder are all ok. Even the embedded video (wmv) plays well in Internet Explorer. But it can not be played in FireFox and the Windows Media Player error is "the source filter for this file could not be loaded". That's not the case, of course, because it plays in FireFox if I remove the new_rewrite portection. The images and php scripts are fine. Does anyone have similiar problem? I wonder if that is a general problem with FireFox or just the one installed on my computer. Thank you! Jinn
There will be a problem with FireFox and other browsers, because cookies are not passing between browser (where you are logged-in) and the video player (which is going to download file). To avoid this, you may use htpasswd protection - I see no other ways to make it working.
Thank you for your answer. Now I understand the problem. That's why only IE works with Windows Media Player. I guess I will just provide a link for members to download the movie. They will download the whole movie anyway.
Mozilla Firefox will not play windows media files in protected folder even though IE7 works just fine. Firefox worked before I protected the folder (using the recommended method new_rewrite). Whan I use htpasswd method of protection, the videos play BUT they will not shrink down to the size of the embedded player (so I can only see the top left hand corner of the full video). An example of the html programing code that calls the video is as follows: <div style="display:block"> <p align="center"><embed type="application/x-mplayer2" pluginspage="http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/" src="uploads/Cason__Mindset_1.wmv" </div> <div style="display:block"><b>2)Mindset part 2</b><br /><br /></div> <div style="display:block"> Edit/Delete Message