Mozilla and real audio...

[Ken Moffat]

Jerry McBride wrote:
> I got it... It's a classic OSS vs. ARTS issue... here's the poop...
> 
> After installing REALPLAYER 8 for Unix on customers laptop... Mozilla fails to
> play *.ram files while running KDE desktop.
> 
> The fix... After adding a helper app to Mozilla with the correct mime type of:
> audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
> 
> and pointing to /usr/lib/RealAudio8/realplaywrapper
> 
> I then moved to /usr/lib/RealAudio8 and created the following script named:
> realplaywrapper
> 
> #!/bin/bash
> 
> artsdsp /usr/lib/RealPlayer8/realplay.exe $1
> 
> #end of script.
> 
> Do a chmod +x on the script...
> 
> Then close mozilla, open it again and go play some *.ram links...
> 
> It's a kludge... but the man with the money is extremely happy...
> 
> :')

Does this start a plugin or realplay in a separate window?

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Ken Moffat
kmoffat at drizzle.com