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I am using 32 bit Firefox 61.01.
Despite the NPAPPI redaction, I need to instal whatever the present working version of the

32 bit VideoLan Mozilla Firefox plugin

is. I have reinstalled 32 bit VideoLan, enabling the ActiveX and Mozilla Firefox plugin tickboxes,
however under

[FireFox]\Tools\Add-ons\Plugins

I am still not seeing the appropriate entry.
Can someone please explain to me what is going on,
or to point me in the right direction for the appropriate download?

Firefox 61 does not have NPAPI anymore.

I am aware. Is there an updated VideoLan plugin that will work with Firefox?
Or is there one in the process of being developed?

Nope. No solutions exist.

The only solution is to use Firefox ESR 52.9.0 which is the latest version to still support NAPI plugins. But branch 52 should not be updated anymore.

Or one of the Firefox forks which still supports NPAPI: Cyberfox, Palemoon or Waterfox.
Keep in mind you are going to use this at your own risks as it is not supported anymore.

But why VLC web plugin for firefox is still in the rolling release installers?

The only solution is to use Firefox ESR 52.9.0 which is the latest version to still support NAPI plugins. But branch 52 should not be updated anymore.

Or one of the Firefox forks which still supports NPAPI: Cyberfox, Palemoon or Waterfox.
Keep in mind you are going to use this at your own risks as it is not supported anymore.

Greetings, just installed Firefox ESR 52.9.0 and reinstalled VLC components including Mozilla Plugin yet still not showing up in the list of Extensions/Plugins. I even followed this wiki article section (https://wiki.videolan.org/Windows/#VLC_ ... Mozilla.29) but was unable to find the "mozilla" subfolder when the all-in-one software installation method was not helpful. Yet the ActiveX Plugin was installed successfully and is enabled. How to resolve this issue?

This technology is outdated, not supported by recent browsers, and shouldn't be used anymore. Full stop.

This technology is outdated, not supported by recent browsers, and shouldn't be used anymore. Full stop.

Does that mean, even if I installed a legacy Firefox ESR browser with NPAPI plugin support and disabled browser automatic updates, VLC NPAPI plugin still won't work? I am NOT using the latest version of Firefox.

https://www.google.com/search?q=how+to+ ... fox+esr+52

Followed every piece of instruction but still doesn't work. plugin.load_flash_only was already present and set to false after entering about:config and searching for existing plugin.load_flash_only. VLC plugin still didn't appear even when toggling the setting back and forth. Is there something else I need to do or had done wrong?

This technology is outdated, not supported by recent browsers, and shouldn't be used anymore. Full stop.

Actually, that's not quite true. The latest version of Pale Moon which is v31.0 supports the vlc plugin which is installed automatically when you install the browser. https://www.palemoon.org/


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The technology is certainly dated. In fact, the NPAPI plugin was dropped from code.videolan.org and VLC 4.0 prereleases over 2 years ago already.

Not only that but ancient versions of Firefox are surely full of unfixed security issues.

Not only that but ancient versions of Firefox are surely full of unfixed security issues.

FYI

• https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Moon

I don't know how well maintained Pale Moon is, but it is not Firefox, which is what this topic is about.

And it does not change the fact that the VLC NPAPI is now officially dead, and no longer ships with VLC 4.0.