Closed Bug 264645 Opened 20 years ago Closed 20 years ago

windows media player plugin won't play files or is not recognized as being installed

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
General
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
major

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WORKSFORME

People

(Reporter: ghostrecon11, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

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URL
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Details

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1

When I play a windows media player file, the plugin does not actually play the
file. At http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder , it
just sits there, and whenever I click on play, nothing happens. At
http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomery_gentry/artist.jhtml , it says that I
don't even have the plugin installed. I checked to make sure that I had the
plugin enabled. I even reinstalled the plugin from the Windows Media site and
then reinstalled WMP 10. It still doesn't work.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.go to http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder
2.open any of the videos in windows media player format.
3.after you wait a while and realize that it's not going to start, push the
start button a couple of times.
AND
1.go to http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomery_gentry/videos.jhtml
2.select any of the videos
3.it will say that you do not have the plugin installed and gives a link to
install WMP which I reinstalled.
Actual Results:  
failer to play file or error message saying that the plugin was not installed.

Expected Results:  
played the media file.
Summary: windows media player plugin wont play files or is not recognized as being installed → windows media player plugin won't play files or is not recognized as being installed
I have the same problem on Mac. There is no plugin for OS X but atleast Safari
opens windows media player for mac and playes the file properly.
I have the same problem on Mac. There is no plugin for OS X but atleast Safari
opens windows media player for mac and playes the file properly.
(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> 
> When I play a windows media player file, the plugin does not actually play the
> file. At http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder , it
> just sits there, and whenever I click on play, nothing happens. At
> http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomery_gentry/artist.jhtml , it says that I
> don't even have the plugin installed. I checked to make sure that I had the
> plugin enabled. I even reinstalled the plugin from the Windows Media site and
> then reinstalled WMP 10. It still doesn't work.
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1.go to http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder
> 2.open any of the videos in windows media player format.
> 3.after you wait a while and realize that it's not going to start, push the
> start button a couple of times.
> AND
> 1.go to http://www.cmt.com/artists/az/montgomery_gentry/videos.jhtml
> 2.select any of the videos
> 3.it will say that you do not have the plugin installed and gives a link to
> install WMP which I reinstalled.
> Actual Results:  
> failer to play file or error message saying that the plugin was not installed.
> 
> Expected Results:  
> played the media file.


Same problem here.

On really every page which tries to play a *.wmv-file the video is not played
and a image is shown.
Double clicking on the image takes you to the plugin-page at netscape.com and
there appears a message that no plugin could be found for my request...

Hopefully somebody has a solution for this bug?!?


Kindly regards, Martin! :)
Same problem here too. It appears as though the plugin loads because the WMP UI
shows up, but it refuses to play no matter how many times I click the play
button. I'm using Firefox 1.0. Very annoying bug that should be fixed for FF 1.1.
WFM: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050415
Firefox/1.0+

Still an issue with a trunk build?
(In reply to comment #0)
> User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> 
> When I play a windows media player file, the plugin does not actually play the
> file. At http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder , it
> just sits there, and whenever I click on play, nothing happens. 

I was able to use Windows Media Player 10 with Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3, however
since upgrading to Firefox 1.0.4 I too am now experiencing this problem. Since
upgrading to Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 I am unable to view live streaming video from
the site at <http://www.bigbrother.3mobile.com.au/live.asp>. When I click on the
form button that used to open live streaming video on this page, nothing
happens. Firefox 1.0.3 however would open a blank browser window and launch the
Windows Media Player 10 application in which video would begin to play.

I have tried re-installing the entire Windows Media Player 10 application and
this has not fixed the problem. I have tried viewing the same content using MS
IE 6 and the video streaming starts to play in the Windows Media Player 10
application as expected.
*** Bug 290554 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #6)
> (In reply to comment #0)
> > User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
> Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> > Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; rv:1.7.3)
> Gecko/20041001 Firefox/0.10.1
> > 
> > When I play a windows media player file, the plugin does not actually play the
> > file. At http://media.pc.ign.com/media/682/682732/vids_1.html?ui=gamefinder , it
> > just sits there, and whenever I click on play, nothing happens. 
> 
> I was able to use Windows Media Player 10 with Mozilla Firefox 1.0.3, however
> since upgrading to Firefox 1.0.4 I too am now experiencing this problem. Since
> upgrading to Mozilla Firefox 1.0.4 I am unable to view live streaming video from
> the site at <http://www.bigbrother.3mobile.com.au/live.asp>. When I click on the
> form button that used to open live streaming video on this page, nothing
> happens. Firefox 1.0.3 however would open a blank browser window and launch the
> Windows Media Player 10 application in which video would begin to play.
> 
> I have tried re-installing the entire Windows Media Player 10 application and
> this has not fixed the problem. I have tried viewing the same content using MS
> IE 6 and the video streaming starts to play in the Windows Media Player 10
> application as expected.

The both web sites work with Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8b2) Gecko/20050602 Firefox/1.0+.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 20 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
*** Bug 290806 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 268865 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 310501 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 309698 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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