Windows Media Player Mozilla. Zine Knowledge Base. From Mozilla. Zine Knowledge Base. Some websites require the use of the Windows Media Player WMP plugin for certain content such as embedded audio and video. This article describes how to get the Windows Media Player plugin working on Windows operating systems. Standard WMP plugin In Windows XP and earlier, the WMP plugin file npdsplay. Windows Media Player program folder. The WMP plugin is automatically detected through plugin scanning and will be used by Mozilla applications for embedded media that require the WMP plugin. Important Microsoft Security Bulletin MS0. February 2. 00. 6 reported a vulnerability in the standard Windows Media Player plugin file npdsplay. Windows 2. 00. 0 and Windows XP systems, that could result in remote code execution when using non Microsoft web browsers. The Security Update for Windows Media Player Plug in KB9. Windows Update or from the download links given in the security bulletin, updates the file npdsplay. C Program FilesWindows Media Player folder to version 3. If your system includes the standard WMP plugin, make sure that it is the updated version of this file. New WMP plugin for Windows XP and above Windows 7Vista and some versions of Windows XP do not include the standard WMP plugin. Microsofts Technet division has developed a new Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin file name np mswmp. Windows XP and above. This new plugin can be installed to solve a missing plugin issue see below or to take advantage of its new features e. WMP plugin. Instructions for installing the new WMP plugin in Firefox or another browser are given below. VLC Media Player formerly VideoLAN Client is a highly portable free multimedia player for various audio and video formats, including MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, DivX. VLC Media Player VideoLAN A free video player that can read DVDs, VCDs, MPEG, DivX, more without additional codecs. VLC Media Player 2. 1. 5 32bit Download Full Version Free Download Latest Softwares for Windows. Testing. The WMP plugin test pages Thailand Videos at jeffersonscher. Windows Media test at vdat. Windows Media Player plugin. See the Testing plugins article other WMP plugin test pages. Missing plugin. The WMP plugin is not included in Windows 7Vista 1 and may also be missing in other Windows systems. You may visit a site that includes embedded media requiring the WMP plugin and receive a message such as Unknown plugin applicationx mplayer. WMP program, which is not a solution, since reinstalling or updating Windows Media Player does not add the missing plugins 3. If your system is missing the WMP plugin, use one of these solutions. Installing the new plugin Firefox and Sea. Monkey users on Windows XP and above can install the Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin provided by Microsoft. The plugin installer adds the file np mswmp. Firefox installation directory plugins folder, typically C Program FilesMozilla Firefoxplugins or, on 6. Windows, C Program Files x. Mozilla Firefoxplugins. Since Firefox 4, the plugins folder does not exist by default but will be created as needed. If the Firefox installation directory cannot be located, the plugin file np mswmp. C PFilesPlugins and you will need to copy it to your Firefox or Sea. Monkey installation plugins folder. For Sea. Monkey, the file np mswmp. Sea. Monkeyplugins folder, which you can create if it doesnt exist. Important In current versions since Firefox 2. If you have installed the new WMP plugin and it is not detected, you can set the preference plugins. Another option is to move the plugins folder inside the browser folder, located inside the Firefox installation directory. For example, in current Firefox versions on 6. Windows, the plugin np mswmp. C Program Files x. Mozilla Firefoxbrowserplugins folder. Alternately, you can create a new plugins folder inside the APPDATAMozilla folder e. C Documents and settingslt username Application DataMozilla folder on Windows XP or inside the C Userslt username App. DataRoamingMozilla folder on Windows 7 or Vista and then copy np mswmp. Mozilla applications can find it. Windows 7 users can install the HTML5 Extension for Windows Media Player Firefox Plug in, which adds an extension that allows playback of H. CCleaner is the numberone tool for cleaning your Windows PC. Many more features available in the CCleaner Professional and CCleaner Professional Plus. WMP plugin by creating a C Userslt username App. DataRoamingMozillaplugins folder and placing the file np mswmp. Warning This extension has been reported to cause excessive memory usage in Firefox 5 or above. If you installed the HTML5 extension and are having problems, open the Firefox Add ons Manager Extensions list and remove it the WMP plugin itself will remain installed. Restoring the standard plugin The standard WMP plugin will work on most Windows versions and Mozilla based browsers but it may be missing functionality that the new WMP plugin offers. You can restore the standard WMP plugin files that are normally included on most Windows XP and earlier operating systems. To check for these files, type about plugins into the location bar. There should be an entry for Windows Media Player Plug in Dynamic Link Library File name npdsplay. Microsoft DRM File name npdrmv. File name npwmsdrm. If you do not see these files, follow these steps. If some or all of the files are missing, you can download the individual files from dlldump. Windows Media Player directory usually C Program FilesWindows Media Player. Reopen your browser and see if the WMP plugin is now working. If it isnt, follow these additional steps. A Windows Media Player Plug in for Netscape Navigator installer not supported on Windows Vista can be downloaded here and should resolve the issue 1. After running the installer, copy the more recent versions of npdsplay. Windows Media Player directory, if they were replaced by older versions. If the Windows Media Player plugin still does not work, copy the npdsplay. C Program FilesMozilla Firefoxplugins folder in Firefox. Using an external player. Another option is to install an add on such as the Media. Player. Connectivity Firefox extension also available for Sea. Monkey to launch embedded media on a web page in an external player 2. Troubleshooting. Content does not play when multiple Windows Media plugins are enabled. Some Windows Media may not play if you have more then one plugin enabled that can handle that content you can check your about plugins list for enabled plugins and content handled. Make sure only one Windows Media plugin is enabled in the Add ons Manager Plugins list, preferably the new Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin, and disable the other plugins that handle Windows Media for example, disable the standard Windows Media Player Plug in Dynamic Link Library included with Windows XP or the VLC Media Player Mozilla plugin. Note The new Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin is preferable to the standard Windows Media Player Plug in Dynamic Link Library included with Windows XP because the standard WMP plugin doesnt handle direct media links very well and may open a blank page if the media file e. Video is invisible or disappears when you click a control When the player is active, right click on it and select Options. At the bottom of the window should be a Video Acceleration option. Change it from full to half by moving the slider. Firefox crashes on exit if the WMP plugin has been used Windows 2. 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