On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 11:16 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > Douglas Furlong wrote: > I don't want to offer comparisons to Redmond, but, in this > >>area, they do offer a dialogue asking whether I want to play media files > >>from within Internet Explorer, or play them in their own window - I'm > >>wondering if there is such a similar setting that can be invoked from > >>within Mozilla? > > > > By the sounds of it, you do not really want an embedded movie player > > (I.E. a mozilla plugin). May I suggest removing the plugin (by RPM if > > that's how you installed it, if not follow my tips above), and then, > > when you click on the link it will ask you what you want to do with the > > file (in most cases), and you can tell it you wish to open it in an > > application of your choice. > > > > Or save it to disk, and open it separately. > > > > > > > > Saving to disk is not really an option, as I'm checking files that are 3 > hours in length, and saving is not necessary for what I need to do, > which is fast verification that files are present, and playable (this is > related to my work). I hadn't really thought about the difference > between plugin and play-in-own-window -- now that you mention it, it's > obvious. At one point, I did get to that option in this process, but I > couldn't figure out how to specify mplayer or kplayer, or Kaffeine, or > whatever. Typing the program name in the dialogue gave me an > unrecognized program response, and when I tried to browse to the > program, I couldn't figure out where to find the programs. Thanks for > your patience in this matter. RPM is your friend here, you can find all files that have been installed with a package by doing the following. rpm -ql <package name> This will spew out a list of files that were installed (additional files like tempory files, and user customised files won't be listed). For the "executable" you want to search for things in a "bin" directory, these are typicaly :- /usr/bin /bin /usr/local/bin Some times the list provided by the above command can be way too long, so try rpm -ql <package name> | less, this will give you each screen and allow you to press space bar and other navigational keys. Another handy command is rpm -ql /path/to/file/name this will tell you the package that is associated with a file. IF you know the program name (I.E. you just type it in to an xterm and it works), then you can type which <executable> and it will tell you which program your actually running. Once you are armed with this particular information, then go back in to the browser, and when it asks for the program name, put in the full path to the program and it should work for you. Hopefully we are getting closer :) -- Douglas Furlong Systems Administrator Firebox.com T: 0870 420 4475 F: 0870 220 2178
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