Filed under: Audio, Video, Windows, Linux, Browsers
Open web-based media links in external media players
by Brad Linder Feb 9th 2009 at 12:00PM
Media Player Connectivity is a Firefox plugin that lets you assign external media players to file types. So any time you click on a media file, it will be opened in the correct player. The plugin supports a ton of file types, including OGG, MP3, AAC, RAM, WMV, WMA, and playlist files like PLS and M3U.
The latest versions of Media Player Connectivity work best with Windows, but Mac users can download older versions of the plugin which should work with OS X.
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Jash Sayani said 1:01PM on 2-09-2009
There's also another add-on called Advanced Prefs which has this....
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Richard Lawler said 1:51PM on 2-09-2009
and never, ever see that stupid quicktime plugin again? yes please.
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Fred Thompson said 3:01PM on 2-10-2009
This is part of Firefox in the Tools | Options | Applications tab. The only thing this adds is opening in another tab as a specific setting. Why does this rate being a new item?
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ntw1103 said 10:45PM on 2-10-2009
This is a great addon. I have been using it for a while now. not only does it let you play media, it also works as a media blocker. works very nicely. things don't start playing as soon as you get to a site. :)
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