Double click it, and the FLV file would automatically be downloaded. This also works for MP4 files, at least it used to before the last Safari update a few months back. Now, whenever I try to do the same operation on an MP4 file, it opens and plays the file within Safari. Last week Firefox auto updated from x to on my Win 7 PC. Answer 1 of 3 : You simply uninstall it, it's really annoying how it forces audio file association down our throats. Here's how you do it. Some file types can include more than one Internet Media type.
Warning: Do not choose Firefox as a helper application to always open the file type, as this can cause a problem where Firefox repeatedly opens empty tabs or windows after you click on a link. Is Do this automatically for files like this from now on disabled? This can happen if the website's server incorrectly specifies the Internet Media type of the file.
It also can happen if the server assigns "Content-Disposition: attachment" to the file. This will remove all customized content type actions. You will have to make those changes over again after you take the following steps. Note: If you are unable to open or use Firefox, follow the instructions in Finding your profile without opening Firefox. Was this article helpful?
MP4 files, and it ignores that setting and plays the video anyway. Yes, those are exactly the links I referenced in my original post. I want to be able to click normal click, not right-click on any one of those links, and immediately have Firefox ask what to do with the file.
That way I can chose 'save file' and just download it directly to my computer. Right now, even though I have. MP4 files set to 'Always Ask', Firefox ignores that setting and just starts playing the video I'm curious if anyone has or can find a setting to fix that. Is this a specific behavior solely for Firefox to perform or do you want it to be the same across all browsers for the user experience?
Browsers in general are producing a seamless experience by enabling video display direct in the View so that there is less downloading and swapping of technology to render the video. With so many video playing apps in the market, it just makes the experience more fluid and easier to manager by having the web browser handle it.
If you are wanting to force the download of the files you can do this from the server side by adding something like for e. Well, I only use Firefox, so I'd be fine if it's specific to Firefox I'm trying to download from someone else's server, so have no access to the settings on it. In this case, I am the user And, in many cases, I can just do the right-click thing, but sometimes I forget, and on one server I don't have that option, so it's actually more 'seamless' for me to never have the browser try to play video from direct links.
I understand the dumbing-down of browsers for the average masses, but then why have a setting that I can manually change, specifically for files with an. That's the reason I have direct links to the files themselves, vs embedded player links or something.
So, where's a link to one of these sites you've noted? Also, it may that some of these sites may not want downloading available. The downloading process will start up, but the downloaded files always end to be of zero bytes. To solve this problem close the YouTube page and try to reload it and if the problem persists uninstall the current downloader and re-install it.
Downloader doesn't work quite correctly with your up to date Firefox version, and when you try to download videos, it closes abruptly and no file appears in the downloader window. This is a result of incompatibility of the browser version with your downloader, and, therefore, it recommends you overwrite your current version of Firefox with an older version.
Also, you can still retain the current version but disable the auto-addon-update on your browser. Firefox MP4 Downloader is not working in other browsers other than Firefox. This can be resolved by looking for an alternative add-on since the Firefox MP4 Downloader is an add-on specifically built in for Firefox and this means it is not available or compatible with any other browser of your choice such as Google Chrome, Safari e. Other general tips to fix your Firefox MP4 Downloader if it's not working are by restarting your Firefox or computer.
To fix all these problems once and for all, you need an installed software program that can download multiple video formats and files.
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