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Firefox's blocking of Flash - Recourse?

I currently use the Premium version of JWPlayer along with my own Wowza Streaming Engine server for HLS streaming of VOD content. Since only Mac Safari, Android and iOS support HLS streaming in an HTML5 player, all my Windows users must have Flash installed. I'm also using the Publish Wizard on the JW Player site to generate my code.

With Firefox slated to block Flash video without the ability to enable the plugin, what is my recourse for Firefox users given my setup? I'd prefer not to have to offer progressive downloads as these videos are 40+ minutes long by their nature (and cannot be shortened) and prefer not to tell people to avoid Firefox all together.

Is there something I can do or add coding wise to what the Publish Wizard produces to get Firefox to work?

It'd be great if the major browsers all took MP4 over HLS with the need for Flash.

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hawleyr

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*without the need for Flash

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Cooper Reid

JW Player Support Agent  
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I’m afraid there is nothing that can be done at this time to workaround this issue — other than using progressive mp4s
Cooper

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hawleyr

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That's what I was afraid of. Thanks!

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hawleyr

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Actually, one last question, when I use your hosted video option and the cloud publish option for the player code, how are those videos being delivered from your CDN to Firefox. I uploaded a test mp4 to my account, disabled Flash in Firefox and the video worked on my test page.

It didn't look like progressive download, but perhaps it's just the way the player makes it appear. Is that being delivered as progressive download from your CDN?

Thanks.

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Cooper Reid

JW Player Support Agent  
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Firefox supports mp4 playback now!

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