one of my plugsins say outdated in firefox but in my laptop it says updated?
in the plugins the program VLC WEB PLUG IN its says outdated but when i check my control panel in my laptop its says it has the current plugin. File: npvlc.dll
Path: C:\Program Files\VideoLAN\VLC\npvlc.dll Version: 2.0.6.0 State: Enabled VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.6
MIME Type Description Suffixes audio/mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mp2,mp3,mpga,mpega video/mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe video/x-mpeg MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe video/mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob video/x-mpeg-system MPEG video mpg,mpeg,mpe,vob audio/mp4 MPEG-4 audio aac,mp4,mpg4 audio/x-m4a MPEG-4 audio m4a video/mp4 MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 application/mpeg4-iod MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 application/mpeg4-muxcodetable MPEG-4 video mp4,mpg4 video/x-m4v MPEG-4 video m4v video/x-msvideo AVI video avi application/ogg Ogg stream ogg video/ogg Ogg video ogv application/x-ogg Ogg stream ogg application/x-vlc-plugin VLC plug-in video/x-ms-asf-plugin Windows Media Video asf,asx video/x-ms-asf Windows Media Video asf,asx application/x-mplayer2 Windows Media video/x-ms-wmv Windows Media wmv video/x-ms-wvx Windows Media Video wvx audio/x-ms-wma Windows Media Audio wma application/x-google-vlc-plugin Google VLC plug-in audio/wav WAV audio wav audio/x-wav WAV audio wav audio/3gpp 3GPP audio 3gp,3gpp video/3gpp 3GPP video 3gp,3gpp audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 audio 3g2,3gpp2 video/3gpp2 3GPP2 video 3g2,3gpp2 video/divx DivX video divx video/flv FLV video flv video/x-flv FLV video flv application/x-matroska Matroska video mkv video/x-matroska Matroska video mkv audio/x-matroska Matroska audio mka application/xspf+xml Playlist xspf xspf audio/x-mpegurl MPEG audio m3u video/webm WebM video webm audio/webm WebM audio webm application/vnd.rn-realmedia Real Media File rm audio/x-realaudio Real Media Audio ra audio/amr AMR audio amr audio/x-flac
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Hi,
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the plugin, downloading the latest version available.
Hope this helps!
Curtis
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Hi,
Try uninstalling and reinstalling the plugin, downloading the latest version available.
Hope this helps!
Curtis
Video is to version 2.0.8 right now, so you are out of date.
i did delete it and reinstall but it still say 2.6 in the addons manager area
i found this comment in downloads.com "Ver 2.0.8 Not compatible with Firefox"
September 14, 2013 | By jhep3304
Version: VLC Media Player 2.0.8
Pros
Prior versions handled most anything I threw at it with the exception of some proprietary formats like Fox News, etc.
Cons
Version 2.0.8 not compatible with Mozilla Firefox ver.23.0.1 VCL subfile nvlc.dll is outdated ver2.0.6 resulting in Outdated, Vulneralbe, Download Now message from Firefox. Redownloading VCL ver 2.0.8 still results in outdated .dll file. VideoLAN refuses to fix.
Summary
It was a good product and may be again in the future but for now it's worthless for Firefox and I suspicion other browsers as well.
Read more: VLC Media Player - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com http://download.cnet.com/VLC-Media-Player/3000-13632_4-10267151.html#ixzz2fHe7KMCS
also found this on vlc.com forums
Postby SevenFactors » Fri Aug 16, 2013 9:14 pm
Hello World.
I just upgraded VLC from 2.0.6 to 2.0.8. As usual I have the wizard install the Mozilla web plugin yet this time around the wizard is failing to install the web plugin, Firefox is still showing VLC VLC media player Web Plugin 2.0.6.
Are there issues with the VLC win32 wizard?
This is on a Windows 7 64bit machine.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Sleepwalker3 » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:30 am I also have this same problem, VLC 2.0.8 is installed, but the plug-in still shows as 2.0.6.0
Running Vista 32 SP1 FF22 and now FF23 (both had the same problem)
Can anybody advise please?
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby CyberGranni » Sat Aug 17, 2013 4:28 pm I too have the same problem. Just downloaded 2.0.8 and now there is no extension or plug-in for it in Firefox. Running Windows 7 on a 64 machine.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Voynich » Sat Aug 17, 2013 4:51 pm Same here.Seems that vlc.exe is version 2.0.8 ,but the web plug-in file, npvlc.dll is the old version 2.0.6. Firefox is saying it is vulnerable and needs to be updated. Running Win 7 ultimate 64 and FF 23.0.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby funman » Sat Aug 17, 2013 6:57 pm Sorry people, this just shows that Mozilla people are stupid.
What is vulnerable is the VLC version and not the plugin, Mozilla should check VLC version and not plugin version.
If you are on 2.0.8 you are safe.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby mbgtmari » Sat Aug 17, 2013 7:44 pm Same problem here. Running vlc-2.0.8-win32(1) on Windows 7 professional (64bit) and FF 23.0. 1. When I'm checking my plugins Mozilla tells me my plug-in shown as 2.0.6.0 is outdated but clicking on the ”Update now” arrow doesn't update it What happens is I'm taken to the VideoLAN.org site where I can download the newest version of VLC a second time.
EDIT I've just found this thread: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=113063 And I'm going to do exactly as Xircal did: disable the FF plugin for the time being, looking forward to a solution to the problem.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Voynich » Sun Aug 18, 2013 1:54 am
funman wrote:Sorry people, this just shows that Mozilla people are stupid.
What is vulnerable is the VLC version and not the plugin, Mozilla should check VLC version and not plugin version.
If you are on 2.0.8 you are safe.
Can you give me some informations about what was vulnerable in VLC 2.0.6 ? I don´t understand why the player should cause any problems,it´s the plugin what´s been used from firefox. Or do you mean the checkmethod of Mozilla is not correct and if they check the version no warning would appear?
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:37 pm
Voynich wrote:Or do you mean the checkmethod of Mozilla is not correct and if they check the version no warning would appear?
Yes.
The plugin is unchanged between 2.0.6 and 2.0.8. The security issues are on the libraries. Mozilla, should have contacted us, before doing things without checking... Jean-Baptiste Kempf http://www.jbkempf.com/ - http://www.jbkempf.com/blog/category/Videolan VLC media player developer, VideoLAN President and Sites administrator If you want an answer to your question, just be specific and precise. Don't use Private Messages.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Voynich » Sun Aug 18, 2013 7:28 pm Ok,thank you for these infos.Maybe we get rid of this problem when version 2.1. appears. Last edited by Voynich on Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:17 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Top Re: Web Plugin 2.0.8 Not Installing Firefox
Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:12 pm Yes.