Date: Sat, 20 Mar 1999 13:14:12 -0500 (EST) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> To: FreeBSD-multimedia@freeBSD.org Subject: Netscape mime setup Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903201306460.1893-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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I recently got my sound card working, and now I'm trying to get netscape (the 4.5 FreeBSD native version, not Linux version) to be willing to dispatch files ending in "mp3" off to amp, which works very nicely for me. The trouble is, I don't seem to be able to get the netscape configuration process to work completely. I had some help, and I was told I needed to use the mailcap file to tell Netscape about the mime type and the application I want to use. I *think* this part is working, because when I draw up the preferences screen in Netscape, it knows about the file type, and does tell me it wants to use amp. The problem is telling it what kind of file extension to scan for. I was told, so far, that I wanted to use the .mime.types file to do that. I've had no luck in this, so far ...Netscape (in the preferences screen, which won't let me do any updating at all) keeps on telling me it's recognizing a completely different set of file extensions than what I want it to. I tried setting the same .mime.types file in /usr/local/lib/netscape, ~/.netscape, and also in my home dir. I tried naming it both .mime.types and without the leading "." .... nothing seems to work, so far. Is there anything I can do (or read about) to get this done correctly? ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@glue.umd.edu | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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