Web plug-ins phasing out
The commercial media industry is undergoing a major transition as content providers move away from proprietaryweb plug-in based delivery mechanisms (such as Flash or Silverlight), and replace them with unified plug-in freevideo players that are based on HTML5 specifications and commercial media encoding capabilities. Browsers aremoving away from plug-ins as well, as Microsoft Edge is with ActiveX, and toward more secure extension models.
Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the.NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. Attempts to restart the computer and try to upgrade, install or uninstall Microsoft Silverlight again end in the same results. This issue can occur if an existing installation or uninstall has become corrupt. To automatically uninstall Microsoft Silverlight, click the button in the 'Fix it for me' section.
- Blazor offers the following advantages over Silverlight: Blazor uses open web standards without plugins or code transpilation. Blazor works in all modern web browsers, including mobile browsers. Blazor apps can use existing.NET libraries, thanks to.NET Standard—a formal specification of.NET APIs that are common across all.NET implementations.
- Microsoft Edge – No plugin is available; macOS – No support since Firefox 52, Safari 12, and Chrome 45; How to Enable Silverlight on Mac. If you are a Mac user and, by any chance, you find that you still need Silverlight, there are still ways to install and enable it on your computer. Don't expect to have an easy time with it, though.
The transition to plug-in free media has been enabled through the recent development of new specifications:
From W3C: Media Source Extensions for adaptive streaming and Encrypted Media Extensions for content protection.
From the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG): DASH and Common Encryption (CENC).
These specifications were designed and developed to enable interoperable streaming to a variety of media platformsand devices. By focusing on interoperable solutions, content providers are able to reduce costs and at the sametime users are able to access the content they want on the device they prefer using the application or web browser of theirchoice. Microsoft remote desktop manager for windows 10. Microsoft believes that this is a huge benefit to both content producers and consumers, and is committedto supporting companies that make this transition.
With these changes in mind, support for ActiveX has been discontinued in Microsoft Edge, and that includes removingsupport for Silverlight. Microsoft continues to support Silverlight, and Silverlight out-of-browser applications can continue to use it. Silverlight will also continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11, so sites continue to haveSilverlight options in Windows 10. At the same time, Microsoft encourages companies that are using Silverlight formedia to begin the transition to DASH/MSE/CENC/EME based designs and to follow a single encoding work flow enabledby CENC. This represents the most broadly interoperable solution across browsers, platforms, content,and devices going forward.
Continue to run your Silverlight applications
Given the growing restrictions to run Silverlight applications in modern browsers, users may find it difficult to use Silverlight in-browser applications.One way to continue offering an existing Silverlight application on Windows 7 and MacOS to users is to turn it into a Silverlight out-of-browser application, installed with a standalone installer (installer.exe). To do this:
Edge Silverlight Plugin Mac
- Change the application configuration to Out-Of-Browser.
- Develop a standalone installer to help users get through the hurdle of installing the application on supported browsers and browser versions.
New applications should use an SDK
Enable Silverlight Plugin Edge
Web plug-ins phasing out
The commercial media industry is undergoing a major transition as content providers move away from proprietaryweb plug-in based delivery mechanisms (such as Flash or Silverlight), and replace them with unified plug-in freevideo players that are based on HTML5 specifications and commercial media encoding capabilities. Browsers aremoving away from plug-ins as well, as Microsoft Edge is with ActiveX, and toward more secure extension models.
Silverlight is a free plug-in, powered by the.NET framework and compatible with multiple browsers, devices and operating systems, bringing a new level of interactivity wherever the Web works. Attempts to restart the computer and try to upgrade, install or uninstall Microsoft Silverlight again end in the same results. This issue can occur if an existing installation or uninstall has become corrupt. To automatically uninstall Microsoft Silverlight, click the button in the 'Fix it for me' section.
- Blazor offers the following advantages over Silverlight: Blazor uses open web standards without plugins or code transpilation. Blazor works in all modern web browsers, including mobile browsers. Blazor apps can use existing.NET libraries, thanks to.NET Standard—a formal specification of.NET APIs that are common across all.NET implementations.
- Microsoft Edge – No plugin is available; macOS – No support since Firefox 52, Safari 12, and Chrome 45; How to Enable Silverlight on Mac. If you are a Mac user and, by any chance, you find that you still need Silverlight, there are still ways to install and enable it on your computer. Don't expect to have an easy time with it, though.
The transition to plug-in free media has been enabled through the recent development of new specifications:
From W3C: Media Source Extensions for adaptive streaming and Encrypted Media Extensions for content protection.
From the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG): DASH and Common Encryption (CENC).
These specifications were designed and developed to enable interoperable streaming to a variety of media platformsand devices. By focusing on interoperable solutions, content providers are able to reduce costs and at the sametime users are able to access the content they want on the device they prefer using the application or web browser of theirchoice. Microsoft remote desktop manager for windows 10. Microsoft believes that this is a huge benefit to both content producers and consumers, and is committedto supporting companies that make this transition.
With these changes in mind, support for ActiveX has been discontinued in Microsoft Edge, and that includes removingsupport for Silverlight. Microsoft continues to support Silverlight, and Silverlight out-of-browser applications can continue to use it. Silverlight will also continue to be supported in Internet Explorer 11, so sites continue to haveSilverlight options in Windows 10. At the same time, Microsoft encourages companies that are using Silverlight formedia to begin the transition to DASH/MSE/CENC/EME based designs and to follow a single encoding work flow enabledby CENC. This represents the most broadly interoperable solution across browsers, platforms, content,and devices going forward.
Continue to run your Silverlight applications
Given the growing restrictions to run Silverlight applications in modern browsers, users may find it difficult to use Silverlight in-browser applications.One way to continue offering an existing Silverlight application on Windows 7 and MacOS to users is to turn it into a Silverlight out-of-browser application, installed with a standalone installer (installer.exe). To do this:
Edge Silverlight Plugin Mac
- Change the application configuration to Out-Of-Browser.
- Develop a standalone installer to help users get through the hurdle of installing the application on supported browsers and browser versions.
New applications should use an SDK
Enable Silverlight Plugin Edge
Silverlight Plugin What Is It
Our recommended approach for developing Windows 7 and MacOS applications using PlayReady is to use a PlayReady SDK provided by a Microsoft partner. The SDK may be an Electron SDK, or any other type for Windows or Mac native applications. For more information, see the list of PlayReady partners.
