Testing plugins
You can see what plugins are installed and enabled by visiting these pages (see also about:plugins):
- Plugin Check at mozilla.org (Includes version information and update links)
- Plugins Information - Browserspy.dk (Includes link for detailed plugin information with MIME Types listed)
You can test your plugins to see if they are working by visiting the pages listed below.
Embedded media
The embedded media on these pages require a plugin:
- Java test page at java.com (More Java test pages here)
- Test Adobe Shockwave Player at adobe.com
- Adobe - Flash Player and Find version | Flash Player test pages at adobe.com
- Alternate Flash plugin test pages: FLASH AUDIO TEST PAGE at musicofnature.org and Adobe Flash Player Test Page at chemgapedia.de
- Embedded PDF at plugindoc.mozdev.org
- QuickTime videos at apple.com: Movie trailers and Apple - Events
- Alternate QuickTime plugin test page: Embedded QuickTime Movie Test Page at sillydog.org
- WMP plugin test pages: Thailand Videos at jeffersonscher.com Windows Media test at vdat.com and Windows Media Test at ce.uwex.edu
- Navigation Framework video at silverlight.net
- Alternate Silverlight video links: Experience Smooth Streaming page at www.iis.net and Silverlight videos here and here at msdn.microsoft.com
- RealPlayer test pages (Warning: These links may cause a crash in the RealPlayer plugin [1] [2]) Test your Real media player at www.slp3d2.com Real Player Plugin Test Page at www.chemgapedia.de RealPlayer Test at www.udel.edu and Live Streaming Video at video.nationalgeographic.com
Other media tests
Note: You need a plugin for embedded media on webpages but direct links to media files can be opened in a "helper" application, if no plugin is set to handle the MIME type. Also note that Firefox and SeaMonkey are able to handle certain media types without a plugin or helper application, including ogg, webm (see below) and, starting in Firefox 21 on Windows 7, downloaded mp3 and certain mp4 files via Windows Media Foundation (see bug 799315). [3] [4]
- Direct links to Real Media files: realtest.rm at courses.worldcampus.psu.edu; Roscoe.rm at www.cwdjr.net; slp3d.ram at www.slp3d.com
- Direct link to sample PDF file at adobe.com
- Links to download Example FLV Files at mediacollege.com
- Video Streaming Tests at its.virginia.edu (includes links to .mov .asx and .ram files)
- File Tests at edmullen.net (includes links to various file types and test pages, including embedded audio)
- Mime/File Types Test Suite at yolinux.com Note: Not all links here are working
- Embedding audio with the Object tag at lineone.net (includes embedded audio for testing QuickTime and WMP plugins)
- Technology Demo and Info page at csumb.edu (includes embedded MP3 audio)
- Viewer Test Page at sprott.physics.wisc.edu (Test links for various file types, including audio and video files)
- Flip4Mac Test Page at thirdplanetvideo.com (Links to WMV files)
- Information about the Multimedia file types that Windows Media Player supports at microsoft.com (includes links to sample media files)
- Plugins Test Cases Page at www-archive.mozilla.org (The content here is outdated and many of the linked test pages no longer work)
Open media
The following pages use HTML5 to embed audio and video in supported browsers such as Firefox and SeaMonkey 2, without needing a plugin.
- Video for Everybody Test Page at camendesign.com (Fallback is the Flash plugin for unsupported browsers. Direct links to OGG and WebM "open media" files also included.)
- Firefox videos at www.mozilla.org (Direct links to OGG and WebM "open media" files also included.)
- HTML5 Audio Tag Example at xahlee.info
- HTML5 Video Example at xahlee.info
For more information about HTML5 audio and video and open media, see Viewing HTML5 audio and video in Firefox at support.mozilla.org
