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From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
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To: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com>
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Subject: Re: Netscape audio set up question
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Randall Hopper wrote:
> 
> Jim Durham:
>  |
>  |Something I *never* got to work was "background". Some web pages
>  |have background midi sound tracks using background=somefile.mid

> If you're referring to embedded content ala:
> 
> <EMBED SRC="av/wav/startrek/hail.wav" Width=2 Height=2 Autostart=True >
> <BGSOUND SRC="av/wav/startrek/hail.wav" Width=2 Height=2 Autostart=true >
> 

Yup, that's the kind of thing..

> I haven't been able to get FreeBSD's Netscape to do these at all, while the
> Linux version under FreeBSD will do it just fine.
> 
Hmmmm... do you notice any disadvantage to running the Linux version?
Any bugs or problems? Any slower?

> I grabbed some source for Netscape plug-ins that just system()s the command
> of your choice, built Linux .so's to handle the MIDI, AU, WAV, AIFF,
> etc. mime types, and installed in ~/.netscape/plugins.  It works well
> enough with the Linux version, but dain bramaged Netscape seems to want to
> ignore plug-ins if there's an entry in the user or global mailcap file for
> that content type (even though it won't use these mailcap mappings for
> embedded content).  This of course prevents other MIME-aware programs
> (Lynx, Mutt, ELM/Metamail, etc.) from getting these mappings, which I
> wasn't willing to sacrifice.
> 
> No clue why Netscape didn't include plug-in support for *BSD Netscape.
> It'd be nice to have, but until they fix the .mailcap conflict, I'll just
> leave it disabled.
> 

Did you file a bug report?

-Jim Durham