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I changed the player to external player to see what it would do, and I got "Waiting for Video" instead of music opening up in Winamp. When I changed it back to web player, I STILL get "Waiting for Video."

I'm using v. 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.04.

Thanks.

Hi pdcorcoran

I have recently been experiencing the same issue as you. After a lot of trying this and that I finally realized that it is actually the VLC plugin for Firefox that was causing the problem. I realized this after as a last resort uninstalled VLC and then it worked. I installed VLC again, causing the problem to arise yet again.

The solution was quite simple: Disable VLC plugin ( or don't install it at all ). Here's how to do it in Firefox:
Tools -> Add-ons -> Plugins -> VLC Multimedia Plug-in 0.9.9.0 -> Disable

It seems the VLC plugin somehow overrides the Firefox handling of m3u-files. Firefox does not ask what to do, but simply assumes that it must be VLC. When VLC was removed I got the prompt, and chose Winamp. However this choice was forgotten as soon as the VLC plugin re-entered Firefox - and the option is no longer available in the usual Applications-menu of Firefox. The file type m3u is also registered as a Winamp-file in my Windows XP installation, but that made no difference at all.

Personally I classify this as a VLC Mozilla plugin bug.

Edit: It's interesting for me to know whether the case was the same with you? You mention that you are running on Ubuntu ( client side I presume? ). Do you have the VLC Mozilla plugin installed?

Thank you...............you solved my problem too. I have been trying to listen to internet operas from around the world and when I disabled the plug in from vlc all went well................

Excellent! I had the same problem and your solution worked fine.

Windows 7, Firefox 3.6.8

Thanx!

VLC's plugin seems to do more harm than good. I've been disabling it right off the bat lately...