mp3 an Konqueror

[Ralph Alvy]

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


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