On Thursday 13 Nov 2003 12:01 pm, Piero Piutti wrote: > I have a problem with the mplayerplug-in 0.80 shipped with LM 9.2 playing > audio and video with Mozilla: since I have realplayer 8 installed and > perfectly functioning, I don't want mplayerplug-in to steal real files > associations... browsing the internet with Mozilla, I like real files to be > handled and played by realplayer, not mplayer (plugin). > > I did a little investigation on the mplayerplug-in homepage and found that > from version >= 0.95 it is possible to selectively enable/disable the > handling by the plugin of real/quicktime/windowsmedia files simply editing > its configuration file. I installed the 0.95 version and indeed the real > files were handed back to realplayer... but this time quicktime videos > won't play anymore! they used to play just fine with mplayerplug-in 0.80 > and now using 0.95 the same videos are downloaded but not played. > > so I'm forced to use mplayerplug-in 0.80 if I want to correctly display > QuickTime videos, but at the same time I need it NOT to handle RealMedia > files... > > in a few words, I'm asking if there is someone who succeeded in having > mplayerplugin 0.80 to leave the control of real files to realplayer... > > I would really appreciate his/her help... basically because I'm installing > MDK 9.2 on a friend's machine who is about to move to linux, so I want him > to find a flawless installation so that he gets rid of Windogs once and > forever! > > sorry if I sound confused, but this is how I feel...
If you use the Opera browser you are able to choose which plugin handles a particular mime type. Maybe not the answer you are looking for but Opera is a stonking good browser ;-) derek -- ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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