How to download mp4 instead of playing it

I would like to view the movie before it downloads. Details: OS--Vista. I can't figure out what version WMP I have. I think it's version Thanks, John. Thank you for posting in the Microsoft Answers Forum.

In order for video to play on your machine it has to either be downloaded or streamed, however, even streamed video must first download, or buffer, onto your machine to be able to play. PS: This will work if you have a single video.

In case you have more than one video. Create a Resource menu on Slidemaster and then add the list of videos in that menu.

Make Chrome play video instead of downloading it By Kate Petersen. I have a SL presentation with buttons to open videos in a new window. Thanks, K Petersen. Hi Kate, It sounds like a Chrome specific setting - so that would be specific to each user as well.

This works fine for Firefox. What would I gain by inserting the video as web objects? Thanks for your help. Hi Kate, You can check out the difference in this documentation. Connect and share knowledge within a single location that is structured and easy to search. I have uploaded a. Now i am downloading it with download link.

It is downloading properly on a windows system in safari browser. But on mac system the video file is playing with quicktime pro player. While i just want to download it. It is the issue only on safari browser. Is there any way to change this. That's probably because you're just linking to the file so if the user's computer has software to handle it, it will choose to run it by default assuming the user has their computer set up that way.

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