Cannot play videos on websites

I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc but
firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides on
websites.Here is one site that does not play videos http://www.thesun.co.uk/

ian Whyte

ian Whyte wrote:
> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc but
> firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides on
> websites.Here is one site that does not play videos http://www.thesun.co.uk/

Works for me....

Other sites like songpeople don't work very well.

On 6 Dec 2006 12:19:52 GMT, ian Whyte <> wrote:

>I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc but
>firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides on
>websites.Here is one site that does not play videos http://www.thesun.co.uk/


Plays fine here as an .asf file... but the quality (excuse language)
is bloody **** awful.

Seems to be a vdeo filed from what you Brits call a "Mobile"... i.e.
cell phone, and is a vid in "miniature".

This is the info the clip generates in props:

Windows Media Video V9
294 x 240, 11.45 fps, 372 kbps (CBR)

On 6 Dec 2006 12:19:52 GMT, ian Whyte wrote:

> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc but
> firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides on
> websites.Here is one site that does not play videos http://www.thesun.co.uk/

I wonder if Gweyneth Paltrow saw this Web site before she said "The British
are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans"?

Karl S <karlsch@-no-spam-ak.net> wrote in
news:8fayy432xh5i.1ro5nwpvdwfne$.:

> On 6 Dec 2006 12:19:52 GMT, ian Whyte wrote:
>
>> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc
>> but firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides
>> on websites.Here is one site that does not play videos
>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/
>
> I wonder if Gweyneth Paltrow saw this Web site before she said "The
> British are much more intelligent and civilized than the Americans"?
>

You don't have to look at any website to know that.

ian Whyte wrote:
> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc but
> firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides on
> websites.Here is one site that does not play videos http://www.thesun.co.uk/

To be fair not being able to use The Sun's site is no great loss.
However, in the name of research, I've just tried with Firefox 2
and it all works fine for me. What errors are you getting?

Andy J.
--
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.

"Andy J." <> wrote in
news::

> ian Whyte wrote:
>> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc
>> but firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides
>> on websites.Here is one site that does not play videos
>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/
>
> To be fair not being able to use The Sun's site is no great loss.
> However, in the name of research, I've just tried with Firefox 2
> and it all works fine for me. What errors are you getting?
>
> Andy J.

I just used the Sun as an example, it will not play any videos on any
websies.Firefox 2.0 will not recognise that I have Windows media player.When
I click to play a video it says additional plugins are required to display
all the media on this page.When I click to install the plugin it then says
no suitable plugins found and gives me the option to do a manual download
and takes me to The Windows media player 11 download page which I already
have.I have tried re-installing both Firefox 2.0 and WMP 11 but it still
does not recognise that I have WMP 11

Ian Whyte wrote:
> "Andy J." <> wrote in
> news::
>
>> ian Whyte wrote:
>>> I have all the plugins Quicktime,Windows Media player,Shockwave etc
>>> but firefox still says plugins required when i try to play any vides
>>> on websites.Here is one site that does not play videos
>>> http://www.thesun.co.uk/
>> To be fair not being able to use The Sun's site is no great loss.
>> However, in the name of research, I've just tried with Firefox 2
>> and it all works fine for me. What errors are you getting?
>>
>> Andy J.
>
> I just used the Sun as an example, it will not play any videos on any
> websies.Firefox 2.0 will not recognise that I have Windows media player.When
> I click to play a video it says additional plugins are required to display
> all the media on this page.When I click to install the plugin it then says
> no suitable plugins found and gives me the option to do a manual download
> and takes me to The Windows media player 11 download page which I already
> have.I have tried re-installing both Firefox 2.0 and WMP 11 but it still
> does not recognise that I have WMP 11

Ah, sorry Ian I'm afraid I'll be no help here. I forgot to ask what
OS you were using. I'm not very familiar with Windows. Maybe the info
you've given will give someone else a hint though.

Andy J.
--
I don't suffer from insanity. I enjoy every minute of it.