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MS Releases New Media Player Firefox Plugin

Posted by kdawson on from the windows-only dept.

SilentChris writes "Microsoft today released a new Media Player plugin for Firefox that resolves the problems users of the older version were experiencing. According to the company's Port 25 blog, it's backwards compatible with Windows Media Player 6.4. The plugin is for Windows XP and Vista only, but if you have to watch WMV video at least it's less likely to crash your browser."

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  1. wmv files??? by simp · · Score: 5, Funny

    /me looks around surprised. Everything is in flash players these days, isn't it? And if I want good quality video I download it from the newsgroups.

    Damn, just broke the first rule of newsgroups.

  2. Re:And by Goaway · · Score: 3, Funny

    Remember, if you can't find anything real to criticize Microsoft for, just make something up!

  3. Fly on the Wall by Tom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Damn, that would've been an interesting fight to watch - the we-must-keep-our-media-format-dominance department vs. the we-must-keep-our-browser-dominance department. :-)

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  4. But does it run ON Linux? by sygin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes even the great MS overlords now realise that Firefox has gained enough traction to force their hand. They want WMV to reign supreme and this means Firefox support.

    What would really surprise me is if it supported the Linux version of Firefox.

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  5. WOW! by zappepcs · · Score: 3, Funny

    I've got some servers that your management might be interested in, they're very expensive, but worth every penny, I promise!

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  6. Re:And by marcello_dl · · Score: 2, Funny

    >Remember, if you can't find anything real to criticize Microsoft for... ...you are in the wrong universe.

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  7. Re:Zwha? by dosius · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you." (r: "Spoken like a true paranoid.")

    -uso.

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  8. look at those DLL names by r00t · · Score: 2, Funny

    npdsplay.dll, npdrmv2.dll, and npwmsdrm.dll

    All in 8.3 format. Filesystem problems? I guess Apple's "C:ngrtltns.w95" ad was a bit premature.