I am trying to play an mp4 file in the new media module .  I have added mp4 to my allwable file extensions , see below, but when I refresh the page I get a big Quicktime Q with a question mark (?) in)he middle of it.  What am I doing wrong?  Is it an encoding issue????  I have tried several mp4 files with the same result. 

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Thanks

Hello,

The problem is that MP4 files don't play directly in browsers. You see them played routinely, but that's done using a flash wrapper for the MP4 file. You are seeing the quicktime thing because the quicktime plug-in in your browser thinks it can maybe play MP4 files. 

To make the video play on its own, you either need to rely on HTML 5, in which case you'll need to convert the video, or create a flash wrapper. Creating a wrapper can be done by a number of programs - I have had good luck with Camtasia, for example. Alternatively, you can find a flash player - flowplayer, for example, is an open source player. 

Mike