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I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?

Big Shoe wrote:
> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?


Lets do this on a page by page situation
Since you mentioned CNN by name, we will start there
Http://www.cnn.com?

hmmm, that defaults to
http://edition.cnn.com

I click on the Thabiti Boone image and it launches a popup in which the
video plays.

What do you get? Exactly - the specific error message (or other
artifact) displayed is what we are looking for

On Tue, 01 May 2007 17:56:49 GMT, "Moz Champion (Dan)"
<> wrote:

>Big Shoe wrote:
>> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
>> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
>> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
>> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
>> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
>> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
>> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
>> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
>> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?
>
>
>Lets do this on a page by page situation
>Since you mentioned CNN by name, we will start there
>Http://www.cnn.com?
>
>hmmm, that defaults to
>http://edition.cnn.com
>
>I click on the Thabiti Boone image and it launches a popup in which the
>video plays.
>
>What do you get? Exactly - the specific error message (or other
>artifact) displayed is what we are looking for

I get a popup that says:

The CNN com video experience is optimized for Windows Media Player 9
or above
No Windows Media Player detected
Get the Player

Of course, I have the player, Version 10, and it works in IE but not
in Firefox

I have selected the "Get the Player" box, and it goes through the
motions of installing the player, but it does not change anything. I
have looked through the available add-ons but have not found anything
obvious there., so I am out of ideas.

If I try to run videos on MSN.com, I get a screen that tells me I need
to download Firefox version 1.5 and download Macromedia Flash Player.
Again, these videos run in IE.

Thanks for any help you can give on this as I'm not a great fan of
Microsoft and would rather stay with Firefox.

Big Shoe wrote:
> On Tue, 01 May 2007 17:56:49 GMT, "Moz Champion (Dan)"
> <> wrote:
>
>> Big Shoe wrote:
>>> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
>>> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
>>> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
>>> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
>>> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
>>> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
>>> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
>>> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
>>> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?
>>
>> Lets do this on a page by page situation
>> Since you mentioned CNN by name, we will start there
>> Http://www.cnn.com?
>>
>> hmmm, that defaults to
>> http://edition.cnn.com
>>
>> I click on the Thabiti Boone image and it launches a popup in which the
>> video plays.
>>
>> What do you get? Exactly - the specific error message (or other
>> artifact) displayed is what we are looking for
>
> I get a popup that says:
>
> The CNN com video experience is optimized for Windows Media Player 9
> or above
> No Windows Media Player detected
> Get the Player
>
> Of course, I have the player, Version 10, and it works in IE but not
> in Firefox
>
> I have selected the "Get the Player" box, and it goes through the
> motions of installing the player, but it does not change anything. I
> have looked through the available add-ons but have not found anything
> obvious there., so I am out of ideas.
>
> If I try to run videos on MSN.com, I get a screen that tells me I need
> to download Firefox version 1.5 and download Macromedia Flash Player.
> Again, these videos run in IE.
>
> Thanks for any help you can give on this as I'm not a great fan of
> Microsoft and would rather stay with Firefox.


I actually use QuickTime for the videos, but then I am on a Mac.
Did you install the WMP 10 into Firefox?
See this page for installation notes
http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html#WMP

On Tue, 01 May 2007 09:12:38 -0400, Big Shoe wrote:

> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?

I often have this problem, especially with CNN. When I do, I start Firefox
in safe mode. If the videos play ok in safe mode, it usually means that the
problem is caused by one of my extensions. I then disable my extensions one
at a time to see which one is causing the problem.

I'm not a Firefox expert, but this works for me.

On Wed, 02 May 2007 03:46:21 GMT, "Moz Champion (Dan)"
<> wrote:

>Big Shoe wrote:
>> On Tue, 01 May 2007 17:56:49 GMT, "Moz Champion (Dan)"
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>> Big Shoe wrote:
>>>> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
>>>> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
>>>> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
>>>> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
>>>> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
>>>> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
>>>> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
>>>> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
>>>> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?
>>>
>>> Lets do this on a page by page situation
>>> Since you mentioned CNN by name, we will start there
>>> Http://www.cnn.com?
>>>
>>> hmmm, that defaults to
>>> http://edition.cnn.com
>>>
>>> I click on the Thabiti Boone image and it launches a popup in which the
>>> video plays.
>>>
>>> What do you get? Exactly - the specific error message (or other
>>> artifact) displayed is what we are looking for
>>
>> I get a popup that says:
>>
>> The CNN com video experience is optimized for Windows Media Player 9
>> or above
>> No Windows Media Player detected
>> Get the Player
>>
>> Of course, I have the player, Version 10, and it works in IE but not
>> in Firefox
>>
>> I have selected the "Get the Player" box, and it goes through the
>> motions of installing the player, but it does not change anything. I
>> have looked through the available add-ons but have not found anything
>> obvious there., so I am out of ideas.
>>
>> If I try to run videos on MSN.com, I get a screen that tells me I need
>> to download Firefox version 1.5 and download Macromedia Flash Player.
>> Again, these videos run in IE.
>>
>> Thanks for any help you can give on this as I'm not a great fan of
>> Microsoft and would rather stay with Firefox.
>
>
>I actually use QuickTime for the videos, but then I am on a Mac.
>Did you install the WMP 10 into Firefox?
>See this page for installation notes
>http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/windows.html#WMP

I did everything your link called for - no help. I am beginning to
think you Mac users are onto something. Trying to keep a PC working
can be a hassle.

On Wed, 2 May 2007 06:48:17 -0700, Karl S <> wrote:

>On Tue, 01 May 2007 09:12:38 -0400, Big Shoe wrote:
>
>> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
>> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
>> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
>> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
>> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
>> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
>> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
>> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
>> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?
>
>I often have this problem, especially with CNN. When I do, I start Firefox
>in safe mode. If the videos play ok in safe mode, it usually means that the
>problem is caused by one of my extensions. I then disable my extensions one
>at a time to see which one is causing the problem.
>
>I'm not a Firefox expert, but this works for me.

You are absolutely right, CNN videos do play if I start Firefox in
safe mode - great tip, thanks. I haven't started troubleshooting yet
to figure out which extension is causing the problem.

On Thu, 03 May 2007 09:30:27 -0400, Big Shoe
<> wrote:

>On Wed, 2 May 2007 06:48:17 -0700, Karl S <> wrote:
>
>>On Tue, 01 May 2007 09:12:38 -0400, Big Shoe wrote:
>>
>>> I have searched through the various posts on this subject and now know
>>> that I am not alone in being unable to play videos on many sites. For
>>> example, CNN does not work. Neither does MSN or MSNBC, but I can
>>> somewhat understand that. I have not been able to locate the problem,
>>> I keep gettting messages that various plugins are needed, and have
>>> installed everything it asks for, but still get the messages. I'm
>>> running Firefox 2.0.0.3. I can resolve this by opening those pages
>>> in IE, but if I do so many pages in IE, what's the point of using
>>> Firefox? Any suggestions or is this just the nature of the beast?
>>
>>I often have this problem, especially with CNN. When I do, I start Firefox
>>in safe mode. If the videos play ok in safe mode, it usually means that the
>>problem is caused by one of my extensions. I then disable my extensions one
>>at a time to see which one is causing the problem.
>>
>>I'm not a Firefox expert, but this works for me.
>
>You are absolutely right, CNN videos do play if I start Firefox in
>safe mode - great tip, thanks. I haven't started troubleshooting yet
>to figure out which extension is causing the problem.

Please post the extension if you identify it.