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If I try to open this webcam http://saitek1.camstreams.com/ it comes up with but when I try to do it, it tries to install WMP11 but then says that it is not available.
It is not the web site as it works OK if I try IE and it was working with FF20 this morning.
Any ideas anyone?
This is the plugin you need if the stream is not working.
http://www.interoperabilitybridges.com/windows-media-player-firefox-plugin-download
Im running 21 and it just works for me.
I have tried both the "repair" option and the "change" option with no joy.
By the way, I am using Vista 64.
Edit: I have also tried uninstalling the plugin and then reinstalling it with no joy.
Just right click the link and 'open in I.E'. Probably the quickest way to view it.....The plug-in doesn't appear to work properly.
That is one out of about 20 that I tried, the rest don't ask for the plugin any more just show a blank white screen.
I might try reverting to FF20 in the morning.
Anything to do with this problem? Seems there's a work-around if it is.
More discussion about it on Mozilla's Bugzilla.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=872325
Thanks for the pointers. I looked at the links, and they might as well be written in Mongolian for all the sense they make to me. I am no software engineer, just a computer user, and I have no clue from that how to fix this problem.
I think I will see if I can get back to FF20 (which will be difficult enough for me) and hope that a bug-fixed version of 21 is sorted out soon and released.
There will not be a bug fix, look at the status
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
A few resolutions are listed in those discussions.
Its worth asking in the mozilla forum discussion, they will help you through to resolve it.
I doubt if going to that forum would help me at all. From what I see in those links, these people only speak gobbledegook.
Also, I have not been able to find a source of FF20 to download to see if I can get back to it.
As I imagined, the forum is generally written in incomprehensible techspeak.
My posting is currently awaiting moderator approval.
which seems to work.
I did it with my heart in my mouth, because I had no idea what I was doing, and it worked.
Edit: I see that this is buried in the forum thread, but is not fully explained - I would never have fathomed it out from that!
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=2704649&sid=408ba12e78f0c0ef09b9554ded540662
Ok good that did seem to be one of the workarounds.
That was a problem back in Jan on a previous beta release for some old quicktime plugins.
You may find that the next release of firefox may reset that to false. but you know how to fix now
Sorry about not giving you a detailed explanation about the about:config answer, but I do have to admit that it was a bit late and I was about to visit the Land of Nod. I also wasn't sure which trick you wanted to carry out (the about:config one is the easier/better in my opinion), so linked and let you decide. Glad you got it sorted.
That forum might appear intimidating if you're not used to technical talk, but as you notice there are many there who can walk you through your problems. The forum's always worth a look if you get any other Firefox related problems in future (or Seamonkey, etc).