Firefox download vs play mp4

 · Last week Firefox auto updated from x to on my Win 7 PC. Now when I click on an MP4 podcast it starts playing in the browser window instead of asking me to save the MP4 file. I've looked at Applications and "MP4 video file" is set to "always ask".  · Using Firefox 65, I'm trying to get back a basic functionality I've had for years (prior to Quantum). I have a link to an.m4v video file that I need to download (I don't ever want links directly to m4v, mp4, mov, etc playing in the browser, I need to download these files to my computer).  · For instance, in Firefox, there is a setting (under Preferences) General Applications to specify default action for certain content types. A similar question has been asked in Mozilla support, although the question pertains to Windows the solution is applicable to Ubuntu as bltadwin.rus: 9.

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