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Problem with MP3 streams in Firefox

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vulcanman

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I have the latest edition of Firefox.

On certain podcast sites it wants to download links that point to a MP3 file ... instead of streaming and playing them using the windows media player.

Here is one such site ...

http://www3.marketwatch.com/podcasts/default.aspx?siteid=mktw

See the 'listen' links all over that page ? If you click on them using IE ... the media player opens and immediately plays the stream.

In Firefox ... it asks to download the file instead of streaming it.

What can I do to make Firefox stream the file ?

Some of these streams are huge and I really don't wish to wait around while its downloading the file.

Any clues ?

Thank you.
 
It streams for me. firefox needs a plugin to stream it, and I found when I installed quicktime it included a plugin apparently because it loads up in firefox what looks like a small edition of quicktime player.
 
Originally posted by: SparkyJJO
It streams for me. firefox needs a plugin to stream it, and I found when I installed quicktime it included a plugin apparently because it loads up in firefox what looks like a small edition of quicktime player.
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Yeah, I just tried this with Quicktime Alternative. I had to select MP3 as a selected streaming format for it work properly.
 
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