Martijn wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 9:12 PM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to open an html file with the object tag in it from a local
>> file (file://) in Firefox 3.0
>>
>> The html file is the following:
>>
>> <html>
>> <body>
>>
>> <object  type="audio/mpeg" data="media/where_to_begin.mp3" width="200"
>> height="20">
>>                        <param name="src" value="media/where_to_begin.mp3" />
>>                        <param name="autoplay" value="false" />
>>                        alt : <a 
>> href="media/where_to_begin.mp3">media/where_to_begin.mp3</
>> a>
>> </object>
>> </body>
>> </html>
>>
>> The URL looks something like:
>>
>> file:///C:/Program%20Files/test.html
>>
>> I basically get the quicktime icon but the file does not load.
>>
>> If I launch this very same file through my localhost web server, the
>> mp3 file loads just fine. However, I need to be able to launch this
>> file on computers with no web server (so from the "Open File" option).
>>
>> Does this have something to do with the new security features in
>> firefox 3.0? This worked just fine in firefox 2.
>> Is there a way I can have this media file load correclty when opening
>> if from the local file system?
>>
>> Many thanks for any help,
> 
> I suspect you're encountering the result of
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=230606
> CC-ing Dan, he knows more about this stuff.

That seems unrelated as this is loading a file from a sub directory, 
which should be allowed.

/ Jonas
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