Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3666 mails)

[Erik Jakobsen <eja@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Ken Schneider wrote:

> On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 21:02 +0200, Peter Vollebregt wrote:
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> > Erik Jakobsen wrote:
> >    
> >
> > > Ken Schneider wrote:
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> > >
> > >      
> > Erik,
> >
> > There is a page that lists alternative URL's
> > http://www.dr.dk/netradio/alternativ/
> > Like http://www.dr.dk/netradio/alternativ/pls-filer/p3-64.pls
> >
> > Basic thing that you need to do is to make your browser aware of the
> > fact that these links should fire xmms (or another app that understands
> > shoutcast links - like kaffeine)
> >
> > Click on one of the .pls links in mozilla or firefox
> > mozilla and firefox tell me  that they recognize this as a Audio
> > Playlist and will offer to open it.
> > - My Mozilla plugins library also includes a realplayer plugin link but
> > realplayer will actually error out. So i entered an alternative 'Open it
> > with' /usr/bin/xmms and with 'OK' off you go.
> > - Firefox offers xmms directly but i can't remember how i got this to work.
> >    
>
> Should be automatic if you installed the xmms-plugin, I installed mine
> from the install media.
>
>  
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> > With mozilla you can set this up directly as a helper application (i
> > miss this really with firefox)
> > edit -> preferences -> navigator -> helper aplications
> > file type (Mime type) is: audio/x-mpegurl
> > extension m3u,pls
> > open it with: /usr/bin/xmms
> > check always 'ask me before handling' (i like to be asked)
> >
> >
> > Note I also have this working with konqueror (also via xmms)
> > The problem with konqueror is plugin handling. It took a long time until
> > i understood this a litle.
> > Actually konqueror is loking to too many plugin directories and crashes
> > on a lot of mime types due to this.
> > What i did is that i reduced this to just mozilla's plugins and
> > realplayer 10. Or to be exact:
> > /opt/mozilla/lib/plugins
> > /usr/local/HelixPlayer/mozilla
> > $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins
> >
> >    
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Now the streaming works both in Mozilla and Konqueror. I don't know the 
reason why it works, but it does.
But I cannot get it working in xmms nor in kaffeine.

Thanks to all of you that helped me so much. I'm very impressed with so 
much of help.

Erik