pistionheads.tv and Firefox crashing

[flat-planedCrank]

I posted this same message in the PH Show Video thread, realised that i really should post it here..



Out of interest, anyone else using Firefox and not able to view pistonheads.tv clips ?

I get an error message saying that Windows Media Player Dynamic Link Library plugin performed an illegal operation. Then it hangs firefox, need to end the process to quit.
I originally thought that it was some quirk with my old setup, but this is a new windows install and i still get the same error.

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.11, only ever seen this error on pistonheads.tv


Cheers.

[Legmaster]

Working fine for me on XP and same version of FF

[jagdpanther]

On windows XP Pro with Firefox 2 and not had a single problem

[Ballistic Banana]

Had trouble with it earlier but seems ok now.

BB

[dinkel]

Vids seem to be different formats . . . Some work and some don't. Both in Safari, IE and Ffox.

[Scraggles]

not aware there was vids, but get VLC - videolan.org - less prone to crash than windoze mp

Watching http://www.pistonheadstv.com/videos/1330.wmv in the embededd player, seems to work fine and latest version of FF - playing it on the .co.uk so confirms that site simply refers u to the .com site

Edited by Scraggles on Sunday 13th January 12:25

[FunkyNige]

What is the default action for .wmv files set to? It's in Tools->Options->Content then 'Manage' next to File Types.

[RacingPete]

I have tested it properly now back in the office after the week at the show, and I can't get it to cause the same problem you are experiencing. I think it is possibly an issue on your side, though it is worth looking through the different videos and looking at the format of the video to see if it is a specific type that is causing your problems as at the moment we show all videos in their natively uploaded format and do not convert them to flash like Google does.

We will be looking to move to flash for all videos in the near future which will alleviate lots of the problems with the videos playing across different internet browsers. Hope that helps