Patty Winter <pat...@wintertime.com> wrote:
> I was just trying to play a video that I posted on my website
> some years ago. In Firefox, I got the error message, 'Video
> format or MIME type is not supported.' In Safari, it said,
> 'Missing Plug-in.' When I clicked on that notice, I got a
> new window that said, 'This webpage has content that requires the
> 'QuickTime' plug-in. To view this content you need this plug-in.
> For more information, visit the plug-in's website.' But when I
> clicked 'More Info,' I was taken to the main Safari site. A
> search for 'QuickTime plug-in' on Apple's website turned up no
> results.

The QuickTime plugin is a standard one included with the OS, but it has
been disabled by default in the last few OS versions.
https://support.apple.com/HT205081
In addition, some web browsers are now actively blocking most plugins,
so it might not work in Firefox even if you enable the plugin.

> The video in question is in .mov format. Do I need to convert
> the video (and other .mov videos on my website) to some other
> format in order for them to be viewable nowadays? Or are there
> different variations in the .mov format and it's still usable
> if I use some other form of .mov?

Converting the video to a more modern cross-platform format (e.g.
MPEG-4/H.264) would be a better choice, as many people will be unable to
view QuickTime video from web sites without a lot of mucking around.
--
David Empson
dem...@actrix.gen.nz