[N Version] How do I skip Windows Media Feature Pack just to have full functionality?

[mariosx]

Greetings
I did a clean install of Windows 10 and installed Windows N this time
N is an official special version of Windows released for European Countries which do not include:

• 
  ■ Windows Media Player
  ■ Groove Music
  ■ Movies & TV
  ■ Codecs
  ■ Windows Media Player ActiveX control
  ■ Windows Media Player user experience
  ■ more can be found here

In Microsoft website they also mention that Microsoft Apps/features might not work correctly such as calendar and MetroUI/Windows Store Apps, thing is I do not care about all that garbage.

In a desktop machine all I care about are desktop programs and doing my job with just the programs I have installed and configured.

However my problem is that Firefox requires Windows Media Feature Pack in order to function correctly and being able to play videos

More info about Windows Media Feature Pack & Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Fix-slowness-crashing-error/Fix-video-and-audio-playback-problems-on-Firefox-for-Windows/ta-p/37394
So is there any way to skip Windows Media Feature Pack and install something else?

 

[USAFRet]

To play videos, install VLC.
http://www.videolan.org/index.html

 

[mariosx]

To play videos, install VLC.
http://www.videolan.org/index.html

That's not my problem
More info about Firefox and Windows Media Feature Pack here:
https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Fix-slowness-crashing-error/Fix-video-and-audio-playback-problems-on-Firefox-for-Windows/ta-p/37394

 

[Corwin65]

Have you tried alternative browsers besides Firefox?

 

[mariosx]

Have you tried alternative browsers besides Firefox?

Yes, but I do not want to use other browsers, Firefox based browsers with their add-ons are the best for me.
Chromium browsers or Maxthon do not have problems

 

[Corwin65]

Firefox recommends the MS solution go with that.

Anything else might be a bit shady.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

This might help but it might not;

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/k_lite_codec_pack_full.html

 

[Barty1884]

Erm, the link is inside the link you posted?
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=53356

That should do it...

 

[Corwin65]

This might help but it might not;

http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/k_lite_codec_pack_full.html

That brought back memories.

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Thanks. Funny, people still use that site.

 

[mariosx]

Firefox recommends the MS solution go with that.

Anything else might be a bit shady.

That beats the purpose of Windows N.

Damn....
I googled for hours, no solution.

 

[USAFRet]

Firefox recommends the MS solution go with that.

Anything else might be a bit shady.

That beats the purpose of Windows N.

Damn....
I googled for hours, no solution.

There was no 'purpose' to N versions apart from politics.
They stripped out the video stuff. They are giving you a way to manually put it back in.

I'm not going to go into the politics of why, but that's what it was.