mp3 an Konqueror

[James Richard Tyrer]

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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