Some Videos Online Won't Work with FireFox
To refresh everyone's memory, I'm using Windows XP Service Pack 3 with FireFox 52.4.0 (32-bit) ESR and I have been having a problem only on a few selective websites where their online videos won't play, I have no trouble with the big websites like You Tube for most of their stuff. Anyway, just a reminder, I'm no computer wiz and I know I need to get better educated about computers, I hope to able to afford a new computer by some time in 2018 Everyone has been so nice here, tried to help me but I found some of the directions too complicated which is on me. Anyway, this is the website you guys were helping me on with videos that won't play with Firefox. http://www.cbc.ca/player/news/Canada/North
Now here's the thing that doesn't make any sense to me, on an older, outdated browser that is no longer supported tried Google Chrome 49 and the videos on http://www.cbc.ca/player/news/Canada/North all work on that old, outsdated browser but not on Firefox 52.4.0 Does this make any sense to anyone? I really hate the idea of having that old Google Chrome 49 especially knowing how Firefox is safer and has more respect for the privacy of others with their browser. Is there are more simple way I can fix Firefox or am I stuck for now using Chrome 49 for that website until I get a new computer? 3 weeks ago I didn't have this problem that's why makes no sense to me. Should someone also know a detailed answer for that CBC website you can report it to them support@cbchelp.zendesk.com Thank you again everyone for being so kind and patient with me, I'm not trying to be a pest to anyone.
When I try to watch those videos on that CBC website I get a blank, black screen and it says the selected item is currently not available. Maybe Firefox is blocking an ad?
Chosen solution
Here is my understanding: anyone distributing a decoder for H.264 video needs to pay royalties to the owner of the patent on that codec. Mozilla believes that is inconsistent with an open web and refuses to enter into such a license. Therefore decoding in (open source) Firefox needs to be done through external components that are properly licensed. Google pays for a license, and therefore it gets to include the decoder directly in (not open source) Chrome.
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I just thought I would check back to see if anyone figured out what's going on with trying to fix that media.gmp-eme-adobe to get it unstuck from saying will install shortly but never does. Not sure what this thread is marked solved when the problem still exists and is not solved but anyway, thank you again to all for your efforts trying to help with this matter that has turned out to be more difficult and complicated.
Since it is your thread, you can remove the solution indication from whatever post was marked as the solution.
I do not have any new information about this problem, and I don't have XP, so if the long thread on the other site doesn't give the solution, I'm not sure who can.
You would get "will install shortly" when Firefox tries to install the plugin from internet. Adobe no longer hosts these files, so Firefox isn't able to load the plugin this way, If Firefox doesn't find the primetime plugin in the profile folder then it sounds that something isn't right there.
That is why I asked on the previous page for a screenshot that shows the location of the files you copied to the profile folder to verify that the files are in the correct loation.