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According to [http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/launch/videos/videos-07.html this Yahoo! Help article],  Firefox 1.5 users need to install the [[ActiveX]] plug-in to watch [http://music.yahoo.com/ Yahoo! Music]  videos (aka Y! Music aka Y! Launch aka Launch.com).
The new version of the [http://music.yahoo.com/musicvideos/default.asp Yahoo! Music Video Player] now requires Windows 2000 or higher and uses [[Flash]]. The system requirements are listed [http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/videos/troubleshooting/video-requirements.html here].


'''Important:'''
If Yahoo music videos do not work on your system, the [https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/1879 Media Wrap] extension will allow embedded media to work in Firefox with your installed plugins, on the Yahoo music and video site and on other sites that normally require Internet Explorer.  
* The Yahoo! article includes a "Click Here" link to install the ActiveX plugin for <u>Firefox 1.5</u>. See the "Installing ActiveX plugin" section of [[Windows_Media_Player#Installing_ActiveX_plugin | this article]] for information specific to other browsers.
 
* Before installing the ActiveX plugin, read the warnings given [[Windows_Media_Player#ActiveX_plugin | here]].


==External links==
*[http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/music/videos/index.html Yahoo! Music Help - Music Videos]


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Latest revision as of 23:23, 22 February 2008

The new version of the Yahoo! Music Video Player now requires Windows 2000 or higher and uses Flash. The system requirements are listed here.

If Yahoo music videos do not work on your system, the Media Wrap extension will allow embedded media to work in Firefox with your installed plugins, on the Yahoo music and video site and on other sites that normally require Internet Explorer.

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