On 2/6/11, Michael Gordon <[email protected]> wrote: > John 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. >> >> Thanks, >> John > > John, > > Take a look at the following page: > http://seamonkey.ilias.ca/customizing/ > > This may help you to discover the cure. > > You can open the Prefs.js files on both the good PC and the Laptop to > compare the settings for media players.
mimeTypes.rdf seems to be the place where media players (aka helper apps) are stored. > Warning! If you elect to make editing changes on the laptop SM profile > follow these steps first: > 1. With a text editor create a file named user.js, save this file as text. > 2. copy any modifications you wish into the user.js file and save as text. > > The point of this is the user.js file will be read into prefs.js while > SM loads, if some thing is in error and SM crashes, or responds > differently than you expect you can close SM and delete the entries you > placed into user.js and SM will read the original prefs.js file. >From what I've seen, entries in user.js are merged into prefs.js at startup. You'd need to delete both user.js and prefs.js to get SM to recreate prefs.js Lee _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
