Windows Media Player Plugin for FireFox under Vista
Posted by amida168 on March 1, 2007
I recently visited some web sites which needs Windows Media Player for their multimedia contents. FireFox complained about x-mplayer2 plugin not available. I found this page which solves my problem.
The solution is easy. Just download these two files ( npdsplay.dll and npwmsdrm.dll ) . Copy the files to FireFox’s plugins directory (mine is in C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\plugins ). Restart FireFox and you are done.
For those who don’t trust dlldump.com, you can download the plugins directly from Microsoft.com. Here is the link. After installation, the plugins are in “c:\Program Files\Windows Media Player” directory. Just copy the files to the FireFox’s plugins directory.
cougar said
Thanks for posting that. Copied the two dll’s, just in case, so Firefox hasn’t to complain that much
chris said
That’s great, thanks for the post firefox works a treat now!
DOC said
“PERFECT!!” Worked as stated above! “HUGE THANKS!”
bdshipon said
i cannt install media plugins that was writen above.
amida168 said
Bdshipon,
If you have problems installing the plugins, just copy the two files over the FireFox plugin directory manually.
Jason said
How do you install those two .dll files on a Mac computer?
amida168 said
Jason,
The files are for Windows only. You need to download the WMV component from Microsoft for your Mac.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/player/wmcomponents.mspx
Eldon said
Thanks that worked great for my firefox.
Waldo said
Thanks alot works great!!!
Kuri said
Works very well.
Thanks for solving this annoying problem!
Ashok said
http://port25.technet.com/pages/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download.aspx
Try this instead
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Ashok