How to Play QuickTime on Firefox

Apple's QuickTime media player includes a plug-in for Web browsers such as Firefox. The plug-in plays QuickTime-format media files embedded on Web pages. Apple's events and movie trailers Web pages use QuickTime-format videos. To play QuickTime files in Firefox, you have to install the QuickTime plug-in from Apple. Verify it's enabled in Firefox after it's been installed, QuickTime videos won't play if the plug-in is disabled in Firefox.

Instructions

1. Download and install QuickTime from apple.com if you don't already have it installed. Close Firefox before running the downloaded installer file.

2. Update QuickTime if it's already installed. Click "Start," "All Programs" and then "Apple Software Update" to start the updater. Click the check box next to a QuickTime update, if it appears in the list of updates, and click "Install." Close Firefox while installing any QuickTime updates.

3. Click the "Firefox" menu button at the top-left corner of the Firefox window, and click "Add-ons."

4. Click the "Plug-ins" link at the left side of the add-ons page to view your installed plug-ins.

5. Click the "QuickTime Plug-in" in the list of installed plug-ins, and click "Enable" if it's disabled.

Tips & Warnings

• Visit Apple's events or movie trailers Web page in Firefox, and click a video on the page to test the QuickTime plug-in.

• Click the "Tools" menu at the top of the Firefox window if you don't see the "Firefox" menu button.

References

• Mozilla: Using the QuickTime Plugin with Firefox

Resources

• Apple: QuickTime
• Apple: Apple Events
• Apple: iTunes Movie Trailers