firefox requires "java script" to be installed to play wmv?

[212121]

hello

i use nlite to install windows xp sp2 with NO internet explorer, media player, etc i install windows with almost nothing! and then i use xplite to remove some components

i wanted to be able to view windows media in firefox, for that i could use:

lite codec packages from:

http://www.codecguide.com

or

http://ksphere.free.fr/public/codecslite

that way i dont need to have windows media player installed, but i was getting a error message everytime i try to watch a website with a video:

NPDSPLAY (window title)

"can not create DirectShow Player"

i did EVERYTHING i could to fix it, searched and found this:

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=297172

but it didn't help, and i also DON'T want to install windows media player, i wanted to use a lite package.

but i found a fixe for my problem, it looks like firefox requires "java script" to be installed in windows, i can't remove it with xplite

does this make any sense???

thanks!

[Zxian]

You've used nLite to remove stuff from Windows - therefore ask in the nLite forum.

Topic Moved.

[Aegis]

Sometimes I wonder if Zxian moves/locks topics just for more posts ...

Anyway NPDSPLAY is a WMP component, so you could try changing the default action that Firefox takes when it encounters a WMP file extension. The problem could also be that you removed a DirectShow component, though I'm suspecting your problem is caused by the former.

[OuTmAn]

personally I'd rather use Windows Media Lite (from codecguide.com)

here's my method, with it I can play almost every windows media file in Firefox:

- install WMLite as you used to, just uncheck "Windows Media plugin for Firefox/etc.", in fact we won't need it

- copy npdsplay.dll file (attached) in WINDOWS\system32 directory

- merge registry.reg file (attached too)

that's all B)

firefox plugin of WMLite doesn't seem to be working (installation path not recognized, maybe because I change it from default?), so I install it manually

npdsplay.7z

[OuTmAn]

(up)

any feedback?

[Zxian]

Sometimes I wonder if Zxian moves/locks topics just for more posts ...

Actually, most of the time when I move a post, I don't reply in it. If I close the post, it's for a reason, so I tell the user why it was closed. Heck - I've even got more posts than MartinL... so what?

As for the original question... here's something that you might be able to try. Firefox is mostly standalone, so if you take a virtual machine (MS VPC is now free) and install a full Windows on there, get Firefox working with the WMP plugin, and then just compress the Firefox folder and copy that to your nLited install. I'm not 100% sure if it'll work, but it might be a starting point.