In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Benjamin Sher"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
> [Using Linux-Mandrake 7.2)
>
> May I ask any of you if you could check to see if Mozilla .8 can play
> the videos on CBS at http://www.cbs.com?
>
> I have no problem playing RealPlayer regular sites AND plugins on other
> sites in Mozilla .8 (so far), but when I try to play the videos on CBS,
> I am told that Mozilla cannot identify the presence of RealPlayer and
> asks me if I would like to download it. I am using RealPlayer 7.0 (the
> rpm file).
>
> This doesn't make sense to me. Meanwhile, Netscape 4.76 plays these same
> videos.
>
> By the way, the instructions for configuring RealPlayer for Mozilla .8
> are at RealPlayer's home site (support, FAQ).
>
> RealPlayer has a page with precise instructions on configuring
> RealPlayer 8 (or RealPlayer 7, as in my case). First, after installing
> RealPlayer, don't forget to go to Mime Type Plugin Install under Help in
> RealPlayer's menu. Then, follow the following instructions, which seem
> to be mean for Netscape 6 in both Windows and Linux. I, of course,
> applied them in Mozilla .8 and they work.
>
> The RealPlayer Help/Support URL is located at:
>
> http://service.real.com/help/faq/top5/rp_netscape6mime.html
>
> Yours,
>
> Benjamin
>
The help URL that you refer to does not apply to the current 0.8 mozilla.
There now seems to be no differance between plugins and other MIME entries
as there used to be in Netscape. How did you get around this and get the
actual Plugin(i.e. rpnp.so) working [not the MIME definition]?
