Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Real* Plugin and MIME type difference
From: Richi Plana (richip_AT_calgary.linux.ca)
Date: Mon Sep 17 2001 - 21:03:13 EEST
Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
>Richi Plana wrote:
>
>>I'm using Mozilla and the Linux version of the RealPlayer plugin
>>(ver.8). I tried listening to CNN's live broadcast but my browser
>>returned with a message that it couldn't find a plugin for MIME type
>>"audio/x-pn-realaudio". I did an about:plugins and it seems the RP8
>>plugin only registers the type "audio/x-pn-realaudio/plugin".
>>
>>Is there any way to let the browser know that to handle the MIME type as
>>returned by the site, it should use my RealPlayer plugin?
>>
>
>under "edit->preferences->navigator->applications" you can register
>your own mime types.
>copy the exact type from the error message and create a new entry
>that points to RealPlayer.
>there are some syntax subtleties i don't remember right now, but you
>should be able to find out by looking at the other mime types that
>realplay registered.
>
Ah ... but it won't be a plugin, then ... just a helper application. I
know there used to be an option in Netscape Navigator for configuring
the application helper. It had a "Handle With ..." group where you could
choose whether to Save to a file, Execute an Application, or Handle with
Plugin (not sure how to specify which plugin it would be).
Yours truly,
Richi Plana
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