On 2/5/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Michael Gordon wrote: >> John wrote: >>> Michael Gordon wrote: >>>> John wrote: >>>>> No one answered the last request for help so I'll reword it: >>>>> >>>>> I have three comps running XP pro and Seamonkey 2.0.11. Two of the >>>>> three >>>>> work perfectly as in when an attached movie clip (.wmv or similar) is >>>>> clicked the proper video player plays the clip. By attached, I mean >>>>> attached to an email. But on one comp Seamonkey just opens a new >>>>> browser >>>>> window and then does nothing? >>>>> >>>>> I have gone through all the suggestions in Seamonkey's help but still >>>>> have not resolved this. >>>>> >>>>> Any suggestions as to what I might look for or what steps I might try? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> John >>>> >>>> On the problem SM, is remote image enabled? >>>> >>>> Michael >>> >>> Yes. The real problem as far as I can tell is in 'Helper Applications'. >>> Unlike the other two comps it doesn't list .wmv, .avi etc. file types >>> individually but just has one general listing titled something like >>> 'media files (.avi, .wmv. etc)'. Frankly I can't get it to display >>> anything using different media players including VLC and Windows Media >>> player unless the file is saved first. From there you can just double >>> click it and the proper media player for the given file type plays it >>> --but-- as far as I can tell its out of Seamonkey's hands at that point >>> and under control of Windows Explorer. >>> >>> Perhaps direct edits to the 'prefs.js' file would fix the problem but >>> I'm not a Java programmer so I'm loathe to mess with it. >>> >>> The offending comp happens to be my wife's laptop and she is a bit >>> disappointed with me for not fixing it, seeing as the other two comps >>> are mine and work just fine :={ >>> >>> By the way, a word of warning here. Do *NOT* get 'Playitall media >>> player'. It works fine for a while and then goes belly up. Its >>> uninstaller totally hosed Windows by changing file associations (.exe's >>> were changed to .lnk's !!!). I had to go command line and restore to get >>> the comp to even function. This was on a different comp, by the way, not >>> the one I am having a problem with. I still have a problem on the >>> Playitall comp in Windows Explorer where clicking on a folder in >>> Explorer's *right* view pane brings up an error message rather than >>> opening the folder. >>> >>> >>> John >> >> In "Helper Applications" you should have several choices to play the >> file type; one selection should be to "Play in SeaMonkey". >> >> Open Helper Applications and click once on a file type and look for a >> selection box. Click the selection box once to read a list of possible >> choices, select the one to allow SeaMonkey to play that file. >> >> Michael > > > You are missing the point. There are *no* individual selections listed > by video file type, just one general listing as I said above. I did try > setting SeaMonkey to play the video clips but that had the same result, > SeaMonkey just opens a new blank browser window and then does nothing.
Have you tried deleting the one general listing in SeaMonkey and then opening the .wmv file? I had a problem with .pptx files and ended up having to edit the registry as well as editing mimeTypes.rdf in the prefs folder to fix the problem. If you're reluctant to edit prefs.js I'm guessing that you really don't want to edit the registry, so if deleting the one video listing in SM doesn't fix the problem I'd try - stopping SM - renaming mimeTypes.rdf to something else and try opening the attachment in SM again. Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
