I got this player working perfectly in both IE and Firefox. Thanks to all of you for your combined help.
http://www.musicsourcenow.com
Here is my RADIO template to help anyone else out. Note everything else as far as the hack goes is untouched.
Code:
$stylevar[htmldoctype]
<html dir="$stylevar[textdirection]" lang="$stylevar[languagecode]">
<head>
<title>vBRadio</title>
$headinclude
<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function changeMute(){
Player.settings.mute = 'true';
mute.innerHTML='<a href="#" onClick="changeMute2();">Mute*</a>';
}
function changeMute2(){
Player.settings.mute = 'false';
mute.innerHTML='<a href="#" onClick="changeMute();">Mute</a>';
}
function initiateStation(){
toPlay = document.getElementById('thisStation')
toPlay = toPlay.options[toPlay.options.selectedIndex].value
newRadio = "";
newRadio += "<OBJECT ID='Player' height='250' width='300' CLASSID='CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='URL' value='" + toPlay + "' id='insert_1'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='uiMode' value='mini'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='mute' value='false'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='ShowControls' value='1'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='ShowStatusBar' value='0'>"
newRadio += "<PARAM name='ShowDisplay' value='0'>"
newRadio += "<EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2' "
newRadio += "pluginspage = 'http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/' "
newRadio += "SRC='" + toPlay + "' "
newRadio += "name='Player' "
newRadio += "width='300' "
newRadio += "height='250' "
newRadio += "AutoStart='true' "
newRadio += "showcontrols='1' "
newRadio += "showstatusbar='1' "
newRadio += "showdisplay='1' "
newRadio += "id='insert_2'>"
newRadio += "</EMBED>"
newRadio += "</OBJECT>"
document.getElementById('radio').innerHTML = newRadio
}
-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<table class="tborder" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%" align="center">
<thead>
<tr>
<td class="tcat" colspan="2">
<a style="float:right" href="#top" onclick="return toggle_collapse('forumhome_radio')"><img id="collapseimg_forumhome_radio" src="$stylevar[imgdir_button]/collapse_tcat.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<div align='center'>vBRadio</div></td>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody id="collapseobj_forumhome_radio" style="{$vbcollapse['collapseobj_forumhome_radio']}">
<tr>
<td class="thead" width="50%" align="center">Stations/Control</td>
<td class="thead" width="50%" align="center">Currently Playing</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class='alt2' valign='top'>
<fieldset class="fieldset">
<legend>Available Stations</legend>
<center>
{$Station_Select}<br /><br />
<input type='button' value='Play This Station' class='button' onclick='initiateStation()' />
</center>
</fieldset>
<br/>
<if condition="is_browser('firefox')">
Firefox users: If this player doesn't work, Firefox users: If this player doesn't work, <a target="_blank" href="http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=167260">Click Here</a> for a possible solution.for the solotion.
</if>
</td>
<td class='alt2' align='center' id='radio'>
<OBJECT ID='Player' height='250' width='300' CLASSID='CLSID:6BF52A52-394A-11d3-B153-00C04F79FAA6'>
<PARAM name='URL' value='' id='insert_1'>
<PARAM name='uiMode' value='mini'>
<PARAM name='mute' value='false'>
<PARAM name='ShowControls' value='1'>
<PARAM name='ShowStatusBar' value='1'>
<PARAM name='ShowDisplay' value='1'>
<EMBED type='application/x-mplayer2'
pluginspage = 'http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/MediaPlayer/'
SRC=''
name='Player'
width='300'
height='250'
AutoStart='true'
showcontrols='0'
showstatusbar='0'
showdisplay='0'
id='insert_2'>
</EMBED>
</OBJECT>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>
Be sure to check it out in IE and Firefox to see if you like the changes I made and that it works for your installation.