With constant feedback and modifications done by the Chrome team, the extension has now been integrated into the default settings of the new Windows 7 operating system.
The Windows Media Player extension was initially released as a beta version to allow Windows Movie Maker users to view files like wmv, avi and all files on their Windows Movie Maker web browsers. What makes this player different from the other players available in the market is the fact that it also offers other features such as the Windows Media Player Video Accelerator and Windows Media Player Easy Video Recording. This player is basically the same technology used in Windows Movie Maker. You may be quite surprised to find out that there is actually a new player available in the market - the Windows Media Player, or simply known as Windows Media Player. If you are reading this article right now, the most likely reason you are here is to search for an out-of-date player that will take you to a new era of multimedia entertainment. Read more about applications in InfoWorld's Applications Channel.The Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome actually allows you to play back H.264 encoded videos (aka MP4} on your web pages, via a Flash-based video player. Follow the latest developments in business technology news and get a digest of the key stories each day in the InfoWorld Daily newsletter. This article, " Microsoft boosts HTML5 video for Firefox on Windows 7," was originally published at. The company seeks to fix these limitations in the next limitation of the add-on. In both cases, the call will return empty string even if the Add-on is installed and the browser could play H.264 videos," Microsoft said.Īlso, the current version of the add-on uses Windows Media Player Plugin APis to control video playback, thus creating differences between methods and properties defined in the HTML5 standard and those in the Windows Media Player plugin. "Typically the check is done either using createElement('video') or getElementsByTagName('video') and then call canPlayType('video'mp4'). Firefox in some cases might fail to play a video even if the add-on is correctly installed, because a page might use a call to canPlayType to determine if the browser can play H.264 content, Microsoft said in release notes for the extension.
The extension is based on a Firefox add-on that parses HTML5 pages and replaces video tags with a call to the Windows Media Player plugin, enabling content to be played in the browser.
HTML5 is an ongoing update to the HTML specification that adds capabilities for multimedia. Because H.264 video on the Web is so prevalent, this interoperability bridge is important for Firefox users who are Windows customers."
It extends the functionality of the earlier plugin for Firefox and enables Web pages that that offer video in the H.264 format using standard W3C HTML5 to work in Firefox on Windows. "This new plugin, known as the HTML5 Extension for Windows Media Player Firefox plugin, is available for download at no cost. Microsoft has already been offering a Windows Media Player plugin for Firefox, for watching Windows Media content, Caldato said.