Re: [chromium-html5] Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome OS on Samsung Chrombook

[PhistucK]

1. This is not the appropriate group for such topics. chromium-discuss might be more appropriate.

2. This is rather weird, since Chrome can actually play H.264 videos natively. Google did announce it will drop support for it, but it never did, as far as I know.

3. In short, you will not be able to install this extension on (any) Chromebook.

4. Go to about:plugins and disable the Windows Media Player plugin. If the media player on that website still works, it will probably work on a Chromebook without the extension.

A detailed explanation for 3 -

This extension embeds an NPAPI plugin, which Chromebooks do not support.

Even if you could install it and Chromebooks supported it - it would have not worked, because it is a DLL file, which only Windows reads.

Even if Chromebook could read DLL files, it uses the Windows Media Player application/API, which is not available for Chromebooks.

☆PhistucK

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 10:13 PM, Michael Horwitz <66riv...@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm looking to buy my mother the new samsung chromebook. She loves listening and watching to online radio shows from her native country. The site she visits the most to get this content is: http://www.iba.org.il/

I see on the site's F.A.Q that they have a "Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome" that can be downloaded in order to watch the content using the Chrome browser.

If I buy the chromebook, will I be able to download and install this extension in Chroms OS? I'm guessing this extension overrides the need for silverlight. 

Here are the instructions given in the FAQ: http://www.iba.org.il/support/support.aspx?lang=en

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:: Chrome users - Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome

The Windows Media Player HTML5 Extension for Chrome is an extension that enables Chrome users to play H.264-encoded videos.

 

Microsoft is working on getting the extension submitted to the Chrome store, for now you can install the extension following these instructions:

1. download the extension from here and save it on your local machine.

2. in Chrome, select the Chrome menu/tools/extensions.

3. Drag&Drop the extension file on the extensions page. Chrome will ask you to install the extension.

Thanks for your help! 

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