On Sat October 14 2006 1:23 pm, roland wrote: > On Sat, 14 Oct 2006 16:37:27 +0200, Claude Jones > > <claude_jones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sat October 14 2006 7:22 am, roland brouwers wrote: > >> Livna will work. > >> But why don't you install opera, which is a browser and > >> takes care of your email. www.opera.com > > > > The subject is how to play wmv files from links in the > > browser - not browsing and e-mail. Have you figured out how > > to get Opera to play wmv files? I would like to know because > > I couldn't figure it out even with a lot of poking about the > > Opera forums. > > I downloaded opera from the site of opera, installed it and > played .wmv files. > I only can play this from the linux console not within VNC. > Strange thing is that opera opens the .wmv file if you click > on it on the web page but not if you open the file in > $HOME/.opera/temporary_download If you click right on it and > choose mplayer it will open it. > > Now, why does he or she does it on my installation and not in > yours? I installed serveral plugins in /usr/lib/mozilla which > are apparently used by opera. > In Tools->Advanced->Plugins I find the following plugins: > > Shockwave Flashapplication/futuresplash spl > application/x-shockwave-flash swf > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libflashplayer.so > > NS4PluginProxyapplication/x-opera-nsplugin - > /usr/lib/opera/plugins/libnpp.so > > Helix DNA Plugin: RealPlayer G2 Plug-In > Compatibleaudio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin rpm > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nphelix.so > > Adobe Reader 7.0application/pdf pdf > application/vnd.adobe.xdp+xml xdp > application/vnd.adobe.xfd+xml xfd > application/vnd.fdf fdf > application/vnd.adobe.xfdf xfdf > /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/nppdf.so > > Could you check this and if it still does not work I can look > further or back in my history how I installed the plugins Thanks for that. I will have to wait till this evening (about 8 hours from now, my time), as the machine is at my home, and I'm not. But, I appreciate your offer to help me figure this out - I personally prefer Opera to Firefox, probably for different reasons than you (I actually don't much care for the Opera email client any more now that I've mastered the advanced feature-set of K-mail) - I've generally found over the years that Opera handled a few more problem sites than Firefox, for one, and in general, I prefer the GUI and general 'look' of Opera over Firefox. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, Md, USA
