using kplayer from konqueror

[James Richard Tyrer]

dcw wrote:
> Can someone point me to a howto or other documentation for the purpose 
> of using kplayer from inside Konqueror. I do not know anything about 
> setting this up. There are streaming media that I would like to be able 
> to listen to but they are in Windows media format. From what I have 
> read, kplayer is a front end to mplayer and mplayer is supposed to be 
> able to play Windows media audio.

The process is the same for any application.

First you need to have a MIME type for that type of application.  But, 
first proceed on the presumption that you have one.

Right click on the file's icon and choose: "Edit File Type".

Does the widget have the correct: "Filename Patterns" (the file extensions) 
in the top window and a: "Description"?

Then due to a slight bug, you need to click the: "Add" button.  At the top 
of the widget that pops up you should see the MIME type in bold type. 
Click the: "Cancel" button.

If you have the correct MIME type, then if you don't have the correct 
application at the top of the: "Application Preference Order" window, you 
need to add it.

If you don't have the correct MIME type, then you need to add it.  In 
Konqueror, choose: "Settings => Configure Konqueror".  Then select the: 
"File Associations" section.

If you don't know the correct MIME type for a file, you probably have a 
file: "/etc/mime.types" that might help.  If not, do a Google search for:
	
	MIME type <file extension>

After adding the new MIME type, select it and set the file extensions and 
the application to use.

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JRT
		

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