On Saturday April 16 2005 2:18 am, Gustavo Seabra wrote: > On 4/15/05, Claude Jones <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Friday April 15 2005 7:13 pm, Claude Jones wrote: > > > I've got Kaffeine running on top of mplayer with the WM codecs to play > > > .wmv video files. BUT, every time I click on one from within Firefox, > > > it pops up a dialogue asking if I want to use Totem. > > > > I add - I have gone and selected Kaffeine from /usr/bin a dozen times, > > and each time I have clicked on the 'Do this automatically for files like > > this button' - so again - is there some other place that this file has to > > be associated for this to stick? Or this a broken feature? I'm in the > > video production business, so for me, this is not an entertainment > > question... > > Have you tried changing your GNOME preferences? I believe that's where > firfox looks for file associations. > Gustavo: I searched Gnome prefs but couldn't find any place to map file extensions. There was a simple file association window that let me pick my browser and text editor, and a couple of other things, but I couldn't find anything else. I'm beginning to think that the problem is partly this Firefox issue, and partly something else - it would appear that some WM files do play correctly. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
