Installing plug-in for Windows Media Player

Posted October 20th, 2004, 6:55 pm

How do I install a plugin for Windows Media Player? I already have Windows Media Player 10 installed on my PC, but FireFox does not seem to reconize it. Am I missing something?

Posted October 20th, 2004, 7:45 pm

FF hates wmp! don't except it to work!

Posted October 20th, 2004, 7:49 pm

<a name="TOP"></a>Guide: Plugins/Players/Search Engine & More

Introduction

* What is a Plugin? -- Plugins are programs that allow websites to provide content to you and have it appear in your browser.
* If you have installed Firefox using the window installer and have Adobe Reader, Java, Quicktime, Realplayer or Window Media Player installed on your computer, Firefox will automaticly install the plugins for you.
* Flash and Shockwave players need to be reinstalled each time you install Firefox, -- EVEN IF they are already installed on your computer.

Table of Contents

Warp to <a href="#Adobe">Adobe Reader notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#Flash">Flash Player notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#Java">Sun Java notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#QT">QuickTime/ Player notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#Real">RealPlayer notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#Shock">Shockwave Player notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#WMP">Window Media Player notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#Search">Search Engine notes</a>
Warp to <a href="#About">About:plugins - What plugins is Firefox using?</a>
Warp to <a href="#Change">Change Firefox default plugin scanning settings</a>
Warp to <a href="#Work">Works in IE but not Firefox</a>
Warp to <a href="#PluginDoc">Mozilla PluginDoc notes</a>

<a name="Adobe"></a>Adobe Reader notes
* Firefox works best with Adobe Reader 6.0.3/6.0.4 or 7.0.3
* Using Adobe Reader 6.0/6.01 is a major reason for problems between Firefox and Adobe Reader.
* Firefox default mode is to use the first version of Adobe Reader 5+ that it finds.
* To change: <a href="#Change"> =>READ<= </a>
* If you are upgrading from Adobe Reader 6.0.x to Adobe Reader 7.0, uninstall any updates first, in order of installation, then uninstall Adobe Reader 6.0. This will ensure a clean upgrade to 7.0.
* To get Adobe Reader to display downloaded PDFs inside Firefox: (a) open Adobe Reader; (b) Edit -> Preferences -> Internet -> add check to "Display PDF in browser." -> ok
* PDF Download extension allows you to choose whether you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML) or download it!
Guide: Adobe Reader
Known Issues: PluginDoc-Windows
FAQ: PluginDoc <o> Knowledge Base <o> Adobe Reader
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> Linux <o> MacOSX
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All) <o> Adobe Reader(FTP Site)
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<a name="Flash"></a>Flash Player notes
* Flash player need to be reinstalled each time you install firefox, -- EVEN IF Flash is already installed on your computer.
* Quicktime is trying to be your Flash player: PluginDoc
* Do you have the Adblock extension installed, you must disable OBJ-TABS , otherwise Flash Player 8.0 will not work.
Known Issues: PluginDoc-Windows
FAQ: PluginDoc <o> Knowledge Base <o> Flash
Test Site: Test for Flash Player
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> Linux <o> MacOSX
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All) <o> Flash Player-Windows
Download: Macromedia Web Players Download Site
XPI Installer: PluginDoc-Windows
Uninstall: Flash Player
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<a name="Java"></a>Java notes
* Firefox does not work with Microsoft java VM.
* Firefox requires Sun Java VM 1.3+ to be installed on your computer.
* Firefox default mode is to use the first version of Sun Java 1.3+ that it finds.
* To change: <a href="#Change"> =>READ<= </a>
* Firefox works best by using Java VM 1.5.2 Before installing a new version of java, make sure to uninstall ALL older versions of Java first. This will ensure a clean upgrade to 1.5.2.
FAQ: PluginDoc <o> Knowledge Base
Test Site: Test for Sun Java
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> Linux <o> MacOSX
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All)
XPI Installer: PluginDoc-Windows
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<a name="QT"></a>QuickTime Player notes
* Firefox default mode is to use the first version of QuickTime 5+ that it finds.
* To change: <a href="#Change"> =>READ<= </a>
* Quicktime is trying to be your Flash player: PluginDoc
Guide: Embedded QuickTime/QuickTime Alternative
Guide: Quicktime/Real/Windows Media Player/Adobe Issues (Windows)
FAQ: QuickTime
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> MacOSX
Download: QuickTime Alternative for Windows
Download: QuickTime standalone installer for Windows
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All)
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<a name="Real"></a>Realplayer notes
Guide: Embedded Real Player/Real Alternative
Guide: Quicktime/Real/Windows Media Player/Adobe Issues (Windows)
FAQ: RealPlayer
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> Linux <o> MacOSX
Download: Real Alternative for Windows
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All)
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<a name="Shock"></a>Shockwave Player notes
* Shockwave player need to be reinstalled each time you install firefox, -- EVEN IF Shockwave is already installed on your computer.
Known Issues: PluginDoc-Windows
FAQ: Shockwave
Test Site: Test for Shockwave Player
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> MacOSX
Download: Plugin Doc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All) <o> Shockwave-Windows
Download: Macromedia Web Players Download Site
Uninstall: Shockwave
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<a name="WMP"></a>Window Media Player notes
* Firefox default mode is to use the first version of Window Media Player 7+ that it finds.
* To change: <a href="#Change"> =>READ<= </a>
Guide: Full Step-By-Step Guide: Embedded Windows Media in Firefox
Guide: Quicktime/Real/Windows Media Player/Adobe Issues (Windows)
Known Issues: PluginDoc-Windows
FAQ: Window Media Player
PluginDoc Notes: Windows <o> MacOSX
Download: PluginDoc-Windows <o> Firefox Update-(All)
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<a name="Search"></a>Search Engine notes
Guide: Search Engines: Deleting/Adding/Resizing Search box
FYI: Using the Search Bar
Support: Mycroft
Install: Mycroft - 1200+ Search Plugins
Uninstall: Uninstall Search Plugins
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<a name="About"></a>About:plugins - What plugins is Firefox using

-- Type about:plugins on the address bar and press the enter key.
This will display all Plugins/Players that firefox is using.
Check for a listing for the Plugin/Player - look at the far right (Enable) column and check for all "yes"-- if so, all is fine
If you don't see a listing for the Plugin/Player, then you need to install it.
-- Tools -> Options -> Web Features -> make sure that all boxes have checks EXCEPT for "for the originating web site only".
-- Tools -> Options -> Web Features -> allow javascripts -> advance -> make sure that all boxes have checks.

Notes:

If you have installed firefox using the window installer and have Adobe Reader, Java, Quicktime, Realplayer or Window Media Player installed on your computer, firefox will automaticly install the plugins for you.
PluginDoc: Windows <o> Linux <o> MacOSX
Flash and Shockwave players need to be reinstalled each time you install firefox, -- EVEN IF they are already installed on your computer.
Placing a check in the box for "Allow web sites to install software" ONLY is used by sites that are installling extensions and themes. Firefox will still ask before allowing the site to install a extension or theme. For the site to install, it MUST be in your Allowed Sites list.
Placing a check in the box "Load Images" allows the site to display images UNLESS you have Adblock or another blocking extension to stop loading of image files.
Placing a check in the box "for originating web site only" will ONLY allow images to be display that are on the web site. The site will not be allowed to display images from other web sites
In about:plugins .... the listing for Mozilla Default Plug-in .... the far right (Enable) column "NO" is correct.
There are a few special URLs, which begin with about:, that you can type into the Address/Location Bar. see: About Protocol Links
Test for Flash Player <o> Test for Sun Java <o> Test for Shockwave Player
For more information or to download missing players:
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<a href="#Adobe">Adobe Reader notes</a> <o> <a href="#Flash">Flash Player notes</a> <o> <a href="#Java">Java notes</a> <o> <a href="#QT">QuickTime Player notes</a>
<a href="#Real">RealPlayer notes</a> <o> <a href="#Shock">Shockwave Player notes</a> <o> <a href="#WMP">Window Media Player notes</a>
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<a name="Change"></a>Change Firefox default plugin scanning settings

about:config

For Adobe Acrobat Reader:
-- Preference Name: plugin.scan.Acrobat
-- Default Value: 5.0 <--(Change to version you want to use)
For QuickTime Player:
-- Preference Name: plugin.scan.Quicktime
-- Default Value: 5.0 <--(Change to version you want to use)
For Sun Java Plugin:
-- Preference Name: plugin.scan.SunJRE
-- Default Value: 1.3 <--(Change to version you want to use)
For Window Media Player:
-- Preference Name: plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer
-- Default Value: 7.0 <--(Change to version you want to use)

FYI - PluginDoc - Plugin Locations <o> PluginDoc - Plugin Scanning
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<a name="Work"></a>Works in IE but not Firefox notes

Adobe Reader & Embedded/Streaming Media Guide (Windows)

Missing Plugin Alert
Audio not playing, but no Missing Plugin Alert (BGM Conductor extension)
Letting Firefox Claim it is Internet Explorer (User Agent Switcher extension)
Viewing Launch.com video
Download files instead of opening in browser
View Stream files instead of downloading (DownloadWith extension)
If all else fails... Despite the web standards and all these guides, many sites have embedded media that will only work in Internet Explorer. If a media file has been embedded using too much non-standard html/javascript, then it will not play in Firefox no matter what you do. This is unfortunate, but there is nothing to be done but use Internet Explorer to view the page in question. Of course, convincing the webmaster of the site to start supporting Firefox can't hurt....
(2) -- Websites Look Wrong
(3) -- Use the IEview extension to load the page into IE to display it correctly.
(4) -- Firefox Activex plugin for WMP: Full Step-By-Step Guide: Embedded Windows Media in FIrefox 1.0 - 1.0.x
(5) -- It is amazing at the amount of bad code that IE will overlook and still display the page (as far as IE is concern) ... BUT ... firefox will ONLY display the page correctly if it meets W3C web standards.
To check the web page coding:
Markup Validation Service checks Web documents in formats like HTML and XHTML for conformance to W3C standards.
W3C CSS Validation Service checks Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) in (X)HTML documents or standalone for conformance to W3C standatrds.
To learn about coding to W3C standards:
W3Schools is the largest "FREE" web developers site on the net. Learn with: (a) Full Web Building Tutorials; (b) Full Web Building References; and (c) Thousands of cut-and-paste - Try-It-Yourself On-Line Examples.
W3C Tools (replacements for Front Page, MS Publisher and others):
W3C Amaya Amaya is a complete online web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a WYSIWYG style of interface, similar to that of the most popular commercial browsers. With such an interface, users do not need to know the HTML or CSS languages ..... and its open source and "FREE".
NVU Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") makes managing a web site a snap. Now anyone can create web pages and manage a website with no technical expertise or knowledge of HTML....... and its open source and "FREE".
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<a name="PluginDoc"></a>Mozilla PluginDoc notes

Posted October 30th, 2004, 9:08 pm

Thanks for the "detailed" responses.

My problem(s) are:
1) I reinstalled Win98SE on a "refurbished" Thinkpad I just bought.
2) Turns out, my Win98SE CD is "so old" it contained IE 5.0 !!
3) IBM web site "requires" IE 5.5 or 6.0.
4) Downloaded/installed IE 6.0 and site was accessible, BUT IE browser has so many "security holes" [I need ½ dozen patches] that I don't want to use IE in the first place.

Thanks, again.

Posted November 3rd, 2004, 10:27 am

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<a href="#H4">Extension/Theme Notes</a>
<a href="#H5">More Answers Notes

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Warp to <a href="#Openbook">Openbook (customize "Add Bookmark" box)</a>
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<a name="Search"></a>Search Engine notes
Guide: Search Engines: Deleting/Adding/Resizing Search box
FYI: Using the Search Bar
Support: Mycroft
Install: Mycroft - 1200+ Search Plugins
Uninstall: Uninstall Search Plugins
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<a name="Googlebar"></a>Googlebar Toolbar notes
The current release emulates all of the basic search functionality of the IE toolbar, allowing users to easily access almost all of Google's specialty searches (some of which are not yet supported by the original Google toolbar!) from one convenient toolbar.
FAQ: GoogleBar Help Page
Support: GoogleBar
Install: Firefox Update <o> Googlebar <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="Image"></a>Image Toolbar notes
Image Toolbar is a clone of one of Internet Explorer's features and provides quick and easy access to a handful of image functions in a highly customisable way. The toolbar is activated by hovering your mouse cursor over an image.
Save - You can set this to either prompt you to save or to automatically save to a previously chosen directory.
Copy - Let's you copy the image location or to copy the image (so that you can paste into an editing program).
Print Preview - Opens a new tab (which is automatically closed afterwards) and switches to Print Preview mode. A handy way to directly print images from websites.
Image Folder - Allows you to open your designated image folder quickly or change it to another folder.
Support: Image Toolbar
Install: Firefox Update <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="PreBar"></a>PreBar 3.x Toolbar notes
The Preferences Toolbar is a XUL overlay designed to make your web browsing experience more enjoyable and annoyance free by allowing you to quickly toggle certain navigator preferences and perform certain utility functions. For example, if you happen to find yourself visiting a site who's author thinks that red text on a yellow background constitutes an attractive color scheme, The Preferences Toolbar allows you to quickly turn off the "Custom Colors" pref, and browse that site in browser's default colors (usually white on black). Web developers will also enjoy being able to clear their browser cache with a single click, and just about everyone could use a quick user agent spoof now and then. You can add and remove over 50 items.
FAQ: Prebar Help
Support: Prebar
Install: [url=https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application={ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}]Firefox Update[/url] <o> Prebar <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="Yahoo"></a>Yahoo! Companion Toolbar notes
An unofficial Yahoo! toolbar for Firefox. It provides same functionality as the official toolbar for Internet Explorer, i.e. search, customizable buttons and access to your Yahoo! Bookmarks
FAQ: Yahoo! Companion
Support: Yahoo! Companion
Install: Firefox Update <o> Yahoo! Companion <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="Adblock"></a>Adblock notes
Adblock is a content filtering plug-in for the Mozilla and Firefox browsers. It is both more robust and more precise than the built-in image blocker. Adblock allows the user to specify filters, which remove unwanted content based on the source-address. If this sounds complicated, don't worry: it's not. Just add a few filters. Every time a webpage loads, Adblock will intercept and disable the elements matching your filters.
FAQ: Adblock
Support: Adblock
Install: Firefox Update <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="IEview"></a>IEview notes
The IEview extension which allows the current web page or a selected link to be opened in Internet Explorer. I use Firefox 99.99% of the time, but there are those moments -- particularly when testing new pages, or when viewing that rare IE-only page that's actually interesting -- when I need to see what things look like in IE.
FAQ: IEview
Support: IEview
Install: Firefox Update <o> IEview <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="Openbook"></a>OpenBook notes
This extension allows for customization of the Add Bookmark dialog. The bookmarks tree can be automatically opened and elements can be added or removed. The entire dialog can even be bypassed!
Support: Openbook
Install: Firefox Update <o> Openbook <o> Extension Mirror Site
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<a name="Spellbound"></a>SpellBound notes
SpellBound is a port of the spellchecker code and user interface from the Mozilla Suite's Composer that enables spell checking in web forms such as html textarea / input elements (html input password elements are not checked by SpellBound) and rich text form elements. This allows you to spell check forms (e.g. message board posts, blog entries, wysiwyg, etc.) before submitting them when using your Mozilla Firefox or Mozilla Suite browser.
FAQ: SpellBound FAQ
Support: SpellBound
Install: SpellBound
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FAQ: [url]xxx[/url]
Support: [url]xxx[/url]
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Posted November 3rd, 2004, 10:42 am

nunman62 wrote:How do I install a plugin for Windows Media Player? I already have Windows Media Player 10 installed on my PC, but FireFox does not seem to reconize it. Am I missing something?

Instyall the reg patch from here;
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/important.html#WMP

Posted November 3rd, 2004, 10:51 am

yamal wrote:
nunman62 wrote:How do I install a plugin for Windows Media Player? I already have Windows Media Player 10 installed on my PC, but FireFox does not seem to reconize it. Am I missing something?

Instyall the reg patch from here;
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/important.html#WMP

the patch is for WMP 9 and is only needed if you used the zip version.

later, Richard

Posted November 3rd, 2004, 11:39 am

http://www.mtv.com/movies/maz/1492858/movie.jhtml here is a link, y does not any video(not radio links)

work with FF on wmp 9

even after u downloaded and install it 28 times?

Posted November 4th, 2004, 11:49 pm

Anonymous wrote:http://www.mtv.com/movies/maz/1492858/movie.jhtml here is a link, y does not any video(not radio links)

work with FF on wmp 9

even after u downloaded and install it 28 times?

Site is using activex .... firefox does not work with activex ... only IE does .....
see: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 508#888508

later, Richard

Posted November 5th, 2004, 8:44 am

I can watch the videos with Mozilla , if I click thru the windows.

Posted January 11th, 2006, 2:51 pm

Any reason why shockwave/flash says it is installing to all my previous firefox (1.0, 1.01, 1.05, 1.5 etc) versions and my current one? Any one know how I can gt rid of this inconsistancy?

Posted January 22nd, 2006, 9:10 am

I have accidentally deleted the background plug-in in windows media player 9.0 which was supposed to link it to msn. How can i reinstall the plugin again?

Installing plug-in for Windows Media Player

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