Firefox experts- how to configure for WM9 player

**John Kotches** · 08-19-2008 05:15 PM

Originally Posted by Don Landis

Wow! that works great! Thanks. I'll just need to remember to right click on any troubled media or website and then I select IE tab and the wmv file began to play immediately. Works good enough for me and the install was pretty easy.

If you look at the bottom right, you will see a Firefox icon. If you click on the icon, it will render with the IE engine and change to an IE icon. The icon indicates the active rendering engine

If you click again, you'll switch back to firefox.

It might be quicker and easier for you than right clicking then scrolling down to "Open in IE Tab".

Cheers,

**cybok0** · 08-21-2008 11:36 AM

Originally Posted by charper1

I am still confused about what is actual wrong. I don't have any issues handling WMV in Firefox and without needing IE Tab, but I guess if it work then cool, but it would be cool to see what is setup incorrectly or not at all. Do you have a link you used that I can browse to to test it?

I agree, I always have a live streaming video. Look at attached pic.

Don if you are using WMP 11 then check this out. Scroll to the bottom. There is a problem with WMP 11 plugin and Firefox.

PluginDoc: Windows (Most Popular)

**Don Landis** · 08-21-2008 07:01 PM

What some of you may not appreciate is what I'm dealing with on this issue. Try to understand. The concern I have is NOT what I need to do but what the J6P guy has to do to watch these videos before he gets frustrated at not having it come on instantly. If it has to buffer for long, he moves on. I spen lots of time and money a few years ago developing the best case scenario to offer up video on the web. Today, there is nothing remarkable at what I'm doing but for the fact that the way I do this, very few people are complaining when they use IE and windows. I had about .03% of people using Macs who filed incompatibility complaints and since supportiung Flip for Mac those small number of complaints disappeared. Now after 9 months of an increasing popularity of FireFox, the complaints have begun to return.
John K. Thanks for the suggestion. I give that a try and if that works it sure will be easier to offer as a solution. Back in a minute while I test...
Well that was quick. John, you're a genius. That is even easier and it works like a champ.
I tried to play the wmv file as normal and it began the long download. I clicked on that icon and the engine switched with the IE logo and then when I clicked on the link the WMV file began to play immediately. Cool! Now I have two solutions. But this one is the easiest to offer to people who call me up complaining.

**charper1** · 08-21-2008 08:24 PM

Although I have never had any of these issues nor had to do anything "special" do get vids to work in Firefox, it really is not all that hard even for J6P and since this browser solution is more secure (or less attacked) and far less bloated, then I am willing to go an extra step or two when needed.

I would still love to try out a few SPECIFIC links YOU are having trouble with. I want to fresh D/L Firefox onto a test machine and without any add-on or plug-ins; visit those links to see what happens, if anything.

Now, some sites; like Netflix, are well known to use some sort of "sniffer" to detect when you are not using an IE engine and THEY purposely BLOCK you from their video. This should be illegal and is in no way a Firefox issue.

This is exactly when the IE Tab add-on should be used.