On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 19:03 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 02:03 +0930, Tim wrote: > > On Sat, 2006-09-16 at 09:57 -0400, Claude Jones wrote: > > > Where and how is Totem being invoked, and why? Normally, clicking on > > > a .wmv file in Firefox opens the mplayerplug-in window and after a > > > time, the file plays - why occasionally does this alternative behavior > > > get invoked? > > > You may find that the sites that work right are sending the proper MIME > > type, and your system is palming the data off to the preferred > > application to handle it. And, with the sites that don't, you'll end up > > downloading the data for you to handle, yourself. > > That would be better if that happened, but it hands off to Helix > instead. I don't want to allow Helix, so I just may as well rpm -e the > #^#@#$% and be rid of it so that mplayer can do the job. Like Claude, I > have mplayer configured everywhere that helix lived and is supposed to > be started first. I may have to remove all other apps as potential > candidates... just mplayer alone. Ric > If you go to: http://stanton-finley.net/fedora_core_5_notes.html on page 28 you will find the location of a mplayerplug-in will prevent mplayer from coflicting with RealPlayer. Also remove the HelixPlayer. > ================================================ -- Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
