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Title: Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: Bacon on May 17, 2008, 20:26:08 PM
Right, say for instance im using IE if i click music/video link it will open it in media player.

If im on the bbc radio 1 site, it opens the media in its own media player and works completely fine.

But, something thats been bugging me about Firefox,

If i navigate to

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/1xtra_aod.shtml?1xtra/allstar_mix

it wont let me use the buttons in the top left to control the stream.

Also if i try to open a video/music stream, the option comes up to view/listen in media player but it wants me to download the whole file first.

This is from a completely fresh install of Firefox and is something ive worked around by using IE when i want to listen to music, but its seems pointless having 2 browsers.
Title: Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: bear on May 17, 2008, 21:33:35 PM
This might help

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search?q=media+player+connectivity&cat=all
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: Bacon on May 17, 2008, 22:18:15 PM
Its really more the fact i cant stream music through bbc, i cant work it out, ive upgraded it to the latest version and reset settings to default, still no luck, yet IE works fine.
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: BigSoy on May 17, 2008, 22:29:40 PM
Possibly re-install realplayer?
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: Bacon on May 17, 2008, 23:40:20 PM
Good point.. I installed realplayer after Firefox, but since updated to the latest version of Firefox , hope it fixes it :D

Edit: Nice one Bigsoy :) one problem sorted :D

The final problem is a setting in Firefox no doubt, when i click any link the popup box in firefox comes up and lets me select
the option to open with mediaplayer but then firefox just automatically tries to download the whole file, any clues?
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: neXus on May 18, 2008, 01:03:59 AM
Quote from: BaconGood point.. I installed realplayer after Firefox, but since updated to the latest version of Firefox , hope it fixes it :D

Edit: Nice one Bigsoy :) one problem sorted :D

The final problem is a setting in Firefox no doubt, when i click any link the popup box in firefox comes up and lets me select
the option to open with mediaplayer but then firefox just automatically tries to download the whole file, any clues?

real player - no, real player alternative - yes
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: Bacon on May 18, 2008, 02:54:00 AM
I already use alternative.
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: neXus on May 18, 2008, 03:15:15 AM
Quote from: BaconI already use alternative.

gg, was worried for a second then :)
Title: Re:Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: Bacon on May 18, 2008, 03:44:59 AM
Hate full version of realplayer, full of crap  :gag:
Title: Firefox & Streaming Media
Post by: bear on May 18, 2008, 10:12:06 AM
Anyway have you ever tried the mediaplayer connectivity addon ? (it is for more than ms mediaplayer)