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This topic applies to Windows Media Player version 6.4 only.
Because Netscape Navigator cannot communicate directly with Microsoft® ActiveX® controls, Windows Media Player includes a plug-in (Npdsplay.dll) to allow users of Netscape Navigator to watch Windows Media content. With the help of a proxy applet (Npds.zip), events triggered by the plug-in are visible in Netscape Navigator, and thus can be scripted. The two-way interactions between the browser and the ActiveX control take place through the following steps:
The applet is required to handle events. When no events are handled in the script, Netscape Navigator communicates with Windows Media Player only through the plug-in, bypassing the proxy applet:
The Windows Media Player plug-in for Netscape Navigator is fully scriptable. You can use it to develop embedded applications in Netscape Navigator that:
The Windows Media Player plug-in makes available to Netscape Navigator all the features of the ActiveX control, including control protocols, playlists, codecs, and event handling. It can render multimedia content in various formats, including:
For more information about supported content formats, see Content Formats.
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