ActiveX4WMP for K-Meleon    

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Original Extension:

• Author : Adam Lock
• Version : 1.0.0.4
• Locales :
• Updated : June, 17 of 2008
• License : MPL 1.1

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K-Meleon Extension:

• Compatibility : ( 1.1.* | 1.5.*)
• KMES Technics : Macro + Plugin
• XUL Modification : No
• KMES Type : Miscellaneous
• KMES Update: September, 13 of 2008
• KMES Author: JujuLand
• License : GPL v1

• Size : 308 Kb

Description

ActiveX4WMP is a Mozilla extension allowing to use Windows Media Player to play audio or video files embedded in webpage. This extension is necessary, because WMP uses ActiveX to work. ActiveX, for security reasons is activated only for Windows Media Player objects.

Warning : In the ActiveX for Firefox guide, there is an important note concerning Adblock users. An Adblock parameter would allowe ActiveX for all object types. I don't know if this is always real for Adblock Plus, but the greatest attention must be taken about it..

I personnaly consider that Windows Media Player, and not only in a browser, must not to be used. There is a few players which are as performant as WMP and probably more, tinier than WMP and more secure. For example VLC also named VideoLan. VLC have a plugin which works with K-Meleon (or Firefox). Another nice player is Media Player Classic, but MPC haven't a plugin, and it will , even if it works, less integered in K-Meleon.

For more explanations about use and parameters for ActiveX4WMP, please, read the guide of this extension on Mozillazine.

Menu entries, toolbars and accels

Entrées menu

A menu entry has been added to :

• Tools
• ActiveX
• Activate the plugin

Toolbars

No icon added.

Accels

No accel added.

Known problems due to K-Meleon adaptation

• When installing over an already installation without uninstalling, if the plugin was unabled, it can't then be unabled. This is due to the used technic (file rename) by the macro to activate/unactivate the plugin. In this case, in the plugin folder (warning, plugins, not kplugins), delete _npmozax.dll, and then just have npmozax.dll in the folder.

Screenshots

Complementary Informations

If you need more informations about this extension, here are some helpful links.

• Official extension webpage
• User Guide on Mozillazine where some interesting informations are given about the extension and the few problems which can occur.

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