Play legacy media in modern browsers without plugins.
NoPlugin is the missing compatibility layer for modern web browers, allowing you to view most legacy content designed for browser plugins like Adobe Flash, QuickTime, and Windows Media Player. All browsers have phrased out the use of browser plugins, due to performance and security problems, so NoPlugin was created to maintain some compatibility with outdated/archived sites.
NoPlugin searches webpages for embedded plugin objects and converts them into native player elements, wherever possible. If the content can’t be played in-browser (e.g. most Flash embeds), NoPlugin will help you download the file and play it in a separate application.
These embedded players are converted into HTML5 automatically by NoPlugin.
These embedded players sometimes contain files that can’t play inside the browser. In cases where the file isn’t supported by the browser, NoPlugin displays steps for opening the file in a separate application (like Windows Media Player, VLC, or Adobe Flash Projector).
mms://
, rtsp://
, .ram
)NoPlugin has an optional Compatibility Mode, accessible by right-clicking on a page and clicking ‘Toggle NoPlugin Compatibility Mode’ (or by adding ?noplugin_compat=true
to a tab’s URL). This changes some behaviors, listed below.
navigator.plugins
and navigator.mimeTypes
to trick some pages into thinking Flash player is availalable, to bypass some “Flash is not installed” errors