mp3 an Konqueror

[Ralph Alvy]

Here's what finally worked. I gave up entirely on getting xmms to work 
with Konqueror. I downloaded the latest rpm for mpg321 from freshrpms. 
After installing it and configuring Konqeror to see it, everything works 
fine now.

James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> Ralph Alvy wrote:
> 
>> James Richard Tyrer wrote:
>>
>>> Ralph Alvy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Running RedHat 8's KDE Konqueror 3.0.5a. I find that I can't get 
>>>> xmms to automatically load a double-clicked mpa audio file. This 
>>>> works find with Mozilla 1.4, however. I have tried using both
>>>>
>>>>     xmms %F
>>>>
>>>> and
>>>>
>>>>     xmms
>>>>
>>>> but neither work from within Konqueror. When I double-click on an 
>>>> mp3 audio file, xmms starts up, but I'm left with Loading Files 
>>>> dialogue box.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> You didn't mention where the file was located (on your system, on the 
>>> web, etc.).  Theoretically: %F will only work with files that are on 
>>> your system and %U will also handle files on the web (any URL).  So 
>>> normally an MP3 player would use:
>>>
>>>     xmms %U
>>>
>>> which I find is what is on my system as created by KAppFinder.
>>
>>
>>
>> I tried both
>>
>>     xmms %U
>>
>> and
>>
>>     xmms -e %U
>>
>> and both fail to load the file. I notice, however, that Mozilla has an 
>> additional plugin:
>>
>>     audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
>>
>> Again, xmms works fine under Mozilla 1.4 without an extra command line 
>> parameter:
>>
>>     /usr/bin/xmms
> 
> 
> You can try the full path with KDE.  But, I can't see anything wrong.
> 
> There is the possibility that you have another instance of Xmms lurking 
> in your: "/usr/X11R6/" directory tree.
> 
> -- 
> JRT


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