Windows Media Plugin

Hey everybody i need some major help!!!

Everytime i go to a website with a media player it tells me to shut down my interent browser (firefox) I dont know how to fix it!!!!

Please help!

 

What website?

 

any website that requires a media player plugin...i.e. myspace

 

This "guide" should point you in the right direction: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=206213

 

Hello,
I seem to have the same problem as Alexbd88 had a few years ago (whoa!). I can't watch any videos on the web that require Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin. And not only in Firefox but also in Opera, Google Chrome and IE. When a video starts to load I get a message that the program stopped working and my browser closes. In Google Chrome I also get the following message: "The following plug-in has crushed: Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin". I tried re-installing the plugin but it didn't help. I haven't used the thing for a while but it DID work before!
I've read the guide theefool posted link to, but nothing there really seems to help. I thought number 9 might be the case (the VLC plugin colliding with WMA plugin) but it turned out I didn't have the VLC plugin installed... I've even uninstalled the whole VLC player and it didn't change a thing.

 

Hi,

Try letting this tool uninstall the plugin and then rerunning it and let it install. See if there is any change. [Don't use the repair option but choose uninstall]

 

Pettigrew, welcome to MajorGeeks.
Please do not tack on your problem to another thread, even if you think it is exactly the same. It is also not a good idea to dredge up a nearly 5 year old thread.

Start here: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/forumdisplay.php?f=21
click the new thread button near the top left and post your problem. It is also a good idea to include the version of Windows you are running.

 

Nope, no change at all.

Ok, thanks. I'll remember ; ) Should I make another thread now or just let it be?

 

Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin problem

Hello,
I can't watch any videos on the web that require Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin. And not only in Firefox but also in Opera, Google Chrome and IE. When a video starts to load I get a message that the program stopped working and my browser closes. In Google Chrome I also get the following message: "The following plug-in has crushed: Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plugin". I tried re-installing the plugin but it didn't help. I haven't used the thing for a while but it DID work before!
I've read the guide theefool posted link to, but nothing there really seems to help. I thought number 9 might be the case (the VLC plugin colliding with WMA plugin) but it turned out I didn't have the VLC plugin installed... I've even uninstalled the whole VLC player and it didn't change a thing.
My operation system is Windows Vista.

Sadly, not a change.

 

I've made a new thread on this matter: http://forums.majorgeeks.com/showthread.php?p=1591075#post1591075

 

Ok, I got a bit confused by what plodr said...
Now that that's settled, can someone help me now?

 

Hi Pettigrew,

Pick a website with a media file that doesn't work for you and post the URL/link so that we can test on the same site.

You listed IE in the list of browsers that have the problem...what error do you get when you use IE?

Also, after checking how IE responds to the site then uninstall the firefox plugin and revisit the site using IE and see if there is any difference.
(IE shouldn't be using the FF plugin at all so if it is having a problem it may have to do with media player itself.)


Now, visit the site using Chrome and see what type of error you get.
Since Chrome actually gives an error, I'd like to see what Chrome does without the FF plugin to crash.

 

Basically I'm trying to get access to this: http://www.nrk.no/nett-tv/direkte/nrk1/ (I don't know if it works if you're outside Norway so I've found one that causes the same problem: http://www.shadownet.info/channels/uktv/bbc-news.html).

It's the same as in Firefox - the program IE stopped working. Windows is checking for a solution. And the browser gets closed.

After removing the plugin I get exactly the same error in IE (which is not the case with Firefox or GC)

Now I get this: An additional plug-in is required to display some elements on this page.
And where the video should be: Windows Media Player Plugin plug-in is not installed. Click here to download the plug-in.