Safari 5.0 won't play mp3

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Safari 5.0 won't play mp3

I'm having problems playing the MP3s here in Safari 5.0:

http://georgemauro.yolasite.com/resources/ByeByeBirdie/BAS_Parts/TelephoneHour/S oprano.mp3

They work in Firefox and Chrome.

The files work if you drag them into Safari locally.

Thanks!

G4 17" Aluminum Laptop, Mac OS X (10.4.3)

Posted on Jul 2, 2010 10:31 AM

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Answer 1

Jul 2, 2010 11:37 AM in response to George Mauro

HI,

Try repairing disk permissions.

Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac.

Relaunch Safari. If that didn't make a difference, from the Safari Menu Bar, click Safari / Reset Safari. Select the top 5 buttons and click Reset. This empties the Safari cache also and that may help.

Relaunch Safari...

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

George Mauro Author

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Jul 2, 2010 5:39 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

interesting. i went through the disk utilities permissions and reset safari, restarted and went to the page. the first mp3 played...and then none of the others would. i got the upside down QT ? logo.

i'll just use FireFox or Chrome instead.

thanks

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Answer 3

Jul 2, 2010 5:52 PM in response to George Mauro

HI,

Are you running 10.4.3? See your profile.

🙂

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Answer 4

George Mauro Author

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Jul 2, 2010 6:12 PM in response to George Mauro

sorry, didn't even notice that Carolyn. No, i'm running the latest, greatest... thanks.

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Answer 5

Jul 2, 2010 6:20 PM in response to George Mauro

Try installing the v10.6.4 Combo Update available here. http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1048

See if that helps ...

Also, this may provide a workaround. http://www.kalvster.com/macintosh/save-download-mp3-files-in-macintosh-safari.ht ml

Latest and greatest... so true.

🙂

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Answer 6

George Mauro Author

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Jul 2, 2010 10:47 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I installed the combo and the same thing happened.

first one i clicked on played fine. the second one...didn't

now here's something i didn't try till now. once i got the upside down QT ? icon I hit the refresh button and it played. Well, some of them played. it was hit or miss, no rhythm or reason. some did on the first try, some on the refresh, and some not at all.

i'm done w/ Safari. Firefox and Chrome plays all the files fine first time, every time...

Thanks for trying Carolyn. it was a valiant effort. 🙂

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Answer 7

Jul 2, 2010 10:58 PM in response to George Mauro

🙂

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Answer 8

Klaus1

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Jul 3, 2010 9:36 AM in response to George Mauro

Just so you know, the link in your first post works fine for me.

Remember, in Leopard we use QT 7.6.6 - Snow Leopard may default to QT 10 which possibly doesn't work?

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Answer 9

George Mauro Author

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Jul 3, 2010 9:45 AM in response to Klaus1

Ah, this could be a clue then. I have both 7.6.6 and 10

10 ***** out load, if ya ask me. I keep 7.6.6 so i can edit and export. could this be the problem? I checked the prefs in Safari and i can't find where this hook would be and how to make 7.6.6 be the playa! ?

Thanks Klaus

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