On 2/6/11, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Lee wrote: >> 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 > > > I am not afraid of editing the Windows' registry, I just don't think > that has anything to do with the problem as all common media files play > OK outside of SeaMonkey.
pptx files opened just fine for me outside of SM but I still had to edit the registry to get SM to handle them properly. Check that you've got the mime type configured in the registry: ====== Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.wmv] "Content Type"="video/x-ms-wmv" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\MIME\Database\Content Type\video/x-ms-wmv] "Extension"=".wmv" ====== > Editing the registry is how I got rid of the > 'PlayItAll' garbage. Since as I said above PlayItAll's uninstall file > totally hosed an XP computer (but not the comp in question here) to the > point that it was unusable. After doing a restore to an earlier date, > the only way to get rid of it was to remove all references to > 'PlayItAll' it in the registry. As a side note, if anyone else has a > problems like this, while you are at it get rid of VLC in the same > manner. Its uninstall file doesn't uninstall shit, its behavior is > *very* virus like. VLC assigns itself to literally 1000's of file types > in the registry and the uninstaller leaves them in place to cause havoc. For whatever it's worth, I've never had a problem with VLC. But the only times I've uninstalled it was to install a newer version. > The hosed comp was a very recent new build so restoring before the two > apps were tried took it back to pretty much zero. After I got rid these > two apps COMODO firewall reports a whole lot less outgoing connections > (from 8 to 1). You be the judge, free apps or virus? Getting off-topic, but you can configure VLC to not go looking for updates, media info, etc. Again, I haven't had any problems with VLC > I *am* afraid of editing the prefs.js file, but only because I don't > know *what needs fixed*. If you know I would be thankful for a clue. You need the wmv mime type configured in the registry. I think once you've got that SM will add the correct stuff to mimeTypes.rdf the first time you try to d/l or open a wmv file. But if not, compare the files on the working PC to the files on the non-working one. I like WinMerge (http://winmerge.org/) but there's lots of free software that will do the job. > I will however try your suggestion of deleting the generalized 'media > (.wmv, .avi, etc)' listing in SeaMonkey's Helper Application' section > and then try playing assorted media types attached to a SeaMonkey > received email and see what happens. That however will take a while as > my wife deletes email she can't read and its her laptop that has the > problem. Let us know how it works out Regards, Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
