using kplayer from konqueror

[dcw]

Thanks for your quick response. see comments inline.

David

On Wednesday 29 October 2003 06:30 pm, James Richard Tyrer wrote:
> 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".

When I click on the icon for the webcast it takes me to an information 
page. When I submit the info page then it starts the webcast. So there 
is no icon for the file itself.

>
> 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.
>
> --
> JRT
>
>
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