PSA: Firefox and Hikvision Web Component

[Tomale]

Firefox was updated to version 52 which disables NPAPI plugins by default. To keep using Firefox to view your cameras, download the ESR version of Firefox that will enable NPAPI plugins.

Mozilla Firefox Web Browser — Download Firefox Extended Support Release in your language

 

[tigerwillow1]

Or shut off updates before it's too late. I'm still on version 31 and surviving just fine.

 

[Tomale]

Or shut off updates before it's too late. I'm still on version 31 and surviving just fine.

That's true but I'm always afraid of security holes like the ones in the CIA WikiLeaks.

 

[nayr]

discussed here previously: Firefox to kill all NPAPI Plugins: March 7th 2017

Switching to ESR just delays the inevitable..

 

[mensa]

Hi,
thanks for that information. I want to use Firefox to view my Hikvision cams. So I uninstalled Web Components, uninstalled Firefox 52, installed Firefox 52 ESR and installed Web Components again.
But I am still not able to view my cam in Firefox. Is there anything else, what I have to do / configure?
I only see a black field and the message "No plugin detected".

 

[tangent]

Switch to The Pale Moon Project (x86 version) for your cameras, it's keeping NAPI support

 

[mensa]

Switch to The Pale Moon Project for your cameras, it's keeping NAPI support

I want to use Firefox to view my Hikvision cams.

???

 

[nocalmike]

Thanks much, waited until today to switch out some cameras and Firefox WC pluggin didn't work. Spent 45 minutes fiddling around..again. Will now use Pale Moon going forward. Thanks again!

 

[Kroegtijgertje]

Internet Explorer does the job just fine

 

[mensa]

Internet Explorer does the job just fine

Is that one part so hard to understand?

I want to use Firefox to view my Hikvision cams.

 

[Kroegtijgertje]

Not hard to understand, I had the same issue, after 30 mins I gave up.
Now using IE.
Why you want to hang on to FF so bad?

 

[Tomale]

Make sure you install the 32-bit version of Firefox 52 ESR.

 

[Travis]

Signed up to help you guys if you didnt manage to come right, i experienced the same issue:

In URL type: about:config

Renable NPAPI Plugin Support in Firefox 52

Add new Boolean string "plugin.load_flash_only" and set it to false. Then restart the browser.

Dont add " in your Boolean string

 

[weigle2]

Might be related. I get 'Login Failed' when using IE to get into WebUI. IE works fine to get into the cameras directly, via TCP. Just can't get into WebUI using IE, and the NVR's IP address.

 

[bobfather]

Or shut off updates before it's too late. I'm still on version 31 and surviving just fine.

Advising people not to install browser updates is a terrible idea. Browsers are like 90% of the attack surface on modern-day computers.

 

[tigerwillow1]

Advising people not to install browser updates is a terrible idea. Browsers are like 90% of the attack surface on modern-day computers.

I didn't advise. I pointed it out as an option.

 

[haag]

Internet Explorer does the job just fine

Well that's not always true. Makes it impossible to configure cams. Firefox doesn't do this

 

[Kroegtijgertje]

Well that's not always true. Makes it impossible to configure cams. Firefox doesn't do thisView attachment 16061

That's not Hikvision

 

[nayr]

Well that's not always true. Makes it impossible to configure cams. Firefox doesn't do thisView attachment 16061

This is because your display configuration is set to scale, you need to tweak some OS settings and it'll render just fine..

 

[lunokhod]

Signed up to help you guys if you didnt manage to come right, i experienced the same issue:

In URL type: about:config

Renable NPAPI Plugin Support in Firefox 52

Add new Boolean string "plugin.load_flash_only" and set it to false. Then restart the browser.

Dont add " in your Boolean string

This works for me. How long will this workaround be effective?