Vista/WMP11 and Firefox

[scriabin]

I've latest versions of windows media player 11 and firefox installed on Vista, but it seems that media player streams work only with IE, firefox says it misses a plugin but if I follow the link I see a microsoft page with XP downloads (wmp11 and other related downloads, but all for xp)

Don't know what's wrong: maybe vista/firefox procotol associations (but in IE all is ok) or some kind of incompatibility with firefox 2, can't say well. Or maybe we need to wait a bit till a firefox plugin will be out...

I'm doing wrong something or is it a general problem?

[oat_con88]

Copy these folowing files npdsplay.dll npwmsdrm.dll from C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player to C:\Program Files\Bon Echo\plugins. It s still a little buggy but it was what i did to make WMP work on Firefox

[scriabin]

Copy these folowing files npdsplay.dll npwmsdrm.dll from C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player to C:\Program Files\Bon Echo\plugins. It s still a little buggy but it was what i did to make WMP work on Firefox

I know that trick, but I think is for older mediaplayer versions, because I can't find that files in my media player 11 directory :(

[DrStrange]

You can get the plugin here:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213

You need three files. The third file not already mentioned is npdrmv2.dll. It works fine in Vista/Firefox.

[scriabin]

You can get the plugin here:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213

You need three files. The third file not already mentioned is npdrmv2.dll. It works fine in Vista/Firefox.

Thanks , now it works, I thought that 3 files were for older version of wmp :whistle:

But now I've a questions: do I need to update the three files later to fully support WMP11?

Have microsoft not included that files and the firefox media player support with the intention of making this kind of troubles or is it a firefox fault?

[DrStrange]

Thanks , now it works, I thought that 3 files were for older version of wmp :whistle:

But now I've a questions: do I need to update the three files later to fully support WMP11?

Have microsoft not included that files and the firefox media player support with the intention of making this kind of troubles or is it a firefox fault?

Yes, WMP9 comes with these files. I don't see them in the WMP10 package. They work fine in Vista which comes with WMP11. Whether they fully support it or not, I don't know. I doubt there will be updates as Microsoft will concentrate support on WMP11 rather than WMP9. They are not in WMP11/Vista because these files are connected with DRM which AFAIK is fully integrated elsewhere into Vista. As for attributing blame:

"Windows Media Player provides a plugin to allow browsers other than IE to display embedded Windows Media. It is this plugin that Firefox uses. Sometimes though, the plugin is missing or refuses to work properly."

because this plugin is missing in Vista, Firefox can't find it. I wouldn't expect Microsoft to support Firefox!

[scriabin]

That's how they're trying to force firefox users back to IE (in particular the new-low experienced ones) because videos won't play in the "non-microsoft" browser...

I don't know if it is legal or not, but why not include the three files needed in the future firefox installers for Vista?

"Windows Media Player provides a plugin to allow browsers other than IE to display embedded Windows Media. It is this plugin that Firefox uses. Sometimes though, the plugin is missing or refuses to work properly."

Sure it's a lack of compatibily in the windows meda player product, they declare a plugin for non-IE browsers is present, but it doesn't work...

if what you say is right, it shold be microsoft to provide a fix for the problem,or not?