Firefox/Wikipedia sound files

Answerprancer | 02:42 Wed 03rd Feb 2010 | Internet

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Can anyone tell me why I am unable to play sounds from Wikipedia in (current) Firefox but I can in Explorer (which I prefer not to use) ?

Mac internet help required.

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ChuckFickens

Can you give a link to a wiki page that has a file that won't play?

It's certainly a plugin you are missing, but need to know what file type won't play to know what plugin you are missing.

Answerprancer

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Thanks, it was this page specifically and it appears to require OggVorbis comaptibility, but my default player is already Ogg enabled Media URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubstep
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ChuckFickens

OK it's the OGG vorbis codec you'll be missing.

Download and install the klite codec pack and you should be able to play pretty much any media files without problems

http://download.cnet....157171.html?tag=mncol

(you can unselect the option to install media player classic during the install, keep everything else as default settings)

Answerprancer

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Thanks but that's what I already have installed and up to date (including OggVorbis compatibility) I've used k-lite for years, this is the first time it's played up - and (as I mentioned earlier) it plays ok in Explorer -weird, I'm wondering if there are issues with Firefox (my version of that is also bang up to date).

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