VERY IMPORTANT. IF YOU USE ADBLOCK EXTENSION DO NOT USE THE PLUGIN by MonkeeSage LISTED BELOW (YOUR MACHINE WILL BE EXPOSED TO ALMOST ANY ACTIVEX CONTROL) INSTEAD use options #1 or #2
1. (best option) USE THE file npmozax.dll (104 KB) that ships with Netscape 7.2 (copy the Netscape file to your FireFox plugin folder after installing ActiveX Plugin for Moz 1.7) then follow instructions below for editing/replacing activex.js file.
OR
2. (2nd best option) ActiveX Plugin for Moz 1.7 then follow instructions below for editing/replacing activex.js file. (Please note that the file NPMOZAX.DLL from Plugin for Moz 1.7 is DIFFERENT from the one that ships with Netscape 7.2. Also PLEASE note that while the Plugin for Moz 1.7 works ok too, the NETSCAPE version is PREFERABLE & MORE COMPATIBLE.)
3. (3rd option, not recommended) FF 1.0PR without Adblock can use, as a last resort, MonkeeSage's compile below
FOR FireFox 0.9 & higher Users OR FireFox 1.0PR(without AdBlock installed)
Ok here's the scoop.... the ActiveX Plugin for Moz 1.7 is out but it will not run properly with FF 0.9 (unlike the 1.6 version which will run on FF 0.8 ).
the link for MonkeeSage's alternate ActiveX plugin is
http://gratisdei.com/activex-1.0.0.3.xpi
I have tested these versions on most sites I could find (including Yahoo Launch *see note below) and with out any problems.....
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It it also recommended to replace/rename activex.js with a new activex.js file containing the following text to enable only the WMP (unless u deliberately want to run other activeX controls). Normally, it is located in "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\defaults\pref"
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pref("general.useragent.vendorComment", "ax");
pref("security.xpconnect.activex.global.hosting_flags", 9);
pref("security.classID.allowByDefault", false);
pref("capability.policy.default.ClassID.CID6BF52A52-394A-11D3-B153-00C04F79FAA6", "AllAccess");
pref("capability.policy.default.ClassID.CID22D6F312-B0F6-11D0-94AB-0080C74C7E95", "AllAccess");
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If anyone encounters a problem please post it.
EXTRA INSTRUCTIONS FOR YAHOO LAUNCH (video) USERS
*to access Yahoo Launch u will need to temporarily modify/spoof your User Agent (Netscape 4.x or 7.1 is ok) eg. Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; Localization; rv:1.4) Gecko/20030624 Netscape/7.1 (ax) You can either install an extension or do it manually. Note: Yahoo Radio does NOT work with FF in my experience
edit #1 OOPS , I almost forgot... IF YOU USE ADBLOCK extension make sure the setting for OBJ-TABS is disabled (OR YOUR MACHINE WILL BE EXPOSED TO ALMOST ANY ACTIVEX CONTROL) .....
edit #2
for some reason Flash plugin will not load sometimes unless it was previously loaded.... a work around is to refresh your plugins (type about:plugins in your address bar) when starting FireFox, under those circumstances everything loads normally.
edit #3
For clarity the npdsplay.dll is the official WMP plugin for Netscape (also works with Mozilla/FireFox with any version of WMP) and uses the regular plugin architecture to hand off playing Microsoft media files such as wma wmv asf asx (note while WMP CAN play mp3's au wav the plugin will NOT hand it off to WMP, u will need another plugin such as Real or Quicktime for those extensions)
the activex plugin is actually a generic plugin which allows almost any activeX control to be hosted including WMP, Flash and other stuff (that's why it's recommended to set it to to only host WMP through the activex.js).
edit #4 keywords: ActiveX Active-X plugin Windows Media Player Mediaplayer WMP6.4 WMP7 WMP9 WMP10 WMP stream streaming embed embedded embedding Launch Yahoo Launch.com Launchcast Video mp3 wmv wma asf asx