On 8/5/12 12:12 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: > David E. Ross wrote: > >> Windows XP SP3 >> SeaMonkey 2.11 >> Winamp 5.6.3 >> >> When I have Winamp installed in [C:\Program Files\Winamp\], I have no >> trouble launching it and playing a streaming broadcast from a link on a >> Web page. >> >> When I have Winamp installed in its own [C:\Winamp\], I get an error >> popup for .m3u and .pl links; but it still works okay for .pls links. >> For the link <http://kuscstream.org/mp3/kusc128.m3u>, the error popup says: >> "C:\DOCUME~\User\LOCALS~1\Temp\kusc128.m3u could not be opened, >> because the associated helper application does not exist. >> Change the association in your preferences." >> I do not see any reference to .mu3 or .pl files in Helper Applications. >> >> Windows file associations -- including m3u and pl -- all correctly point >> to [C:\Winamp\winamp.exe]. All Windows registry values also point to >> the correct path to winamp.exe. >> >> How can I fix this? > > I've seen this occasionally with various applications, nothing peculiar > to WinAmp. If SeaMonkey lists no helper app, you can resolve this by > giving it the guidance it needs. It's basically saying, "I don't know > which app to launch to view this file." > > Most commonly this happens when you upgrade your app or install a > competing one and SM loses track of where to look. You probably do have > an M3U association (click "Content Type" at top to alphabetize the > list). Click and update the action, you should be fine. You may have to > change it to something you don't want and then change it back; in that > case, "Always ask" is a good choice. >
Okay. I was able to use your advice and fix SeaMonkey for .mu3 links. This required using LiveHTTPHeaders to see what MIME type was sent by the link (audio/x-mpegurl) and then updating the Helper Application entry for that MIME type as you indicated. Thanks. The only .pl link that I was using <http://www.wqed.org/cgi-bin/fm/billboard_rotate.pl> seems defunct. KQED now seems to broadcast only to Flash. This requires that I keep a browser window open without changing profiles, a PITA. Thus, I cannot tell if your advice would work for MIME type video/x-ms-asf when the only related Helper Application is video/x-ms-asf-plugin. Is there a way to add new MIME types to Helper Applications? -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/>. Anyone who thinks government owns a monopoly on inefficient, obstructive bureaucracy has obviously never worked for a large corporation. © 1997 by David E. Ross _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
