Date: Sun, 21 Mar 1999 00:10:47 -0500 From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> To: Chuck Robey <chuckr@mat.net> Cc: FreeBSD-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape mime setup Message-ID: <36F47F57.7674FD3F@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903201306460.1893-100000@picnic.mat.net>
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Chuck Robey wrote: > > 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. I can't help, but I wanted to tell you that you're not alone. I had 3.0 and 4.0 Netscape set up to send .wav files to a wave file player on this system. Since upgrading to 4.5, it always says "plugin not found for application x/wav...whatever". I have gone through the same things you have with the mailcap and .mime.types files. I can't even figure out what the difference between a "helper" and a "plug-in" is from their docs. Other than that though, I like 4.5 much better. Jim Durham To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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