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To: bushwon
Was there a video? Sometimes my Firefox omits them if they require Flash.

There is a video, and it doesn't use Flash.

Here is a direct link: http://videos.tout.com/dry/mp4/310c91f4d4e390d2.mp4

For some reason, it just works in Chrome, but needs Flash in Firefox. (I have Flash blocked in Chrome and Firefox.) Mozilla has declined since Brendan Eich's forced departure.

You can resort to the command line, and just play the download with whatever you've got:

$ wget -O pence.mp4 http://videos.tout.com/dry/mp4/310c91f4d4e390d2.mp4
--2016-08-04 04:16:34--  http://videos.tout.com/dry/mp4/310c91f4d4e390d2.mp4
Resolving videos.tout.com... 23.67.244.137, 23.67.244.136
Connecting to videos.tout.com|23.67.244.137|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 16114406 (15M) [video/mp4]
Saving to: ‘pence.mp4’

100%[==============================================================================>] 16,114,406  5.91MB/s   in 2.6s   

2016-08-04 04:16:36 (5.91 MB/s) - ‘pence.mp4’ saved [16114406/16114406]
$ open -a VLC pence.mp4

The download plays just fine in VLC or QuickTime, no Flash needed.

9 posted on 08/04/2016 1:27:49 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

The odd thing is, if I try to play the direct URL in Firefox, it fails. But if I play the download of the direct URL, it works just fine.

Chalk it up to webmaster incompetence. Probably a wrong Content-Type header.


10 posted on 08/04/2016 1:41:41 AM PDT by cynwoody
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