On 08/05/2012 05:23 PM, David E. Ross wrote: > On 8/5/12 12:12 PM, Paul B. Gallagher wrote: >> David E. Ross wrote: >> >>> Windows XP SP3 >>> SeaMonkey 2.11 >>> Winamp 5.6.3 >>> >>> When I have Winamp installed in [C:\Program Files\Winamp\], I have no >>> trouble launching it and playing a streaming broadcast from a link on a >>> Web page. >>> >>> When I have Winamp installed in its own [C:\Winamp\], I get an error >>> popup for .m3u and .pl links; but it still works okay for .pls links. >>> For the link <http://kuscstream.org/mp3/kusc128.m3u>, the error popup says: >>> "C:\DOCUME~\User\LOCALS~1\Temp\kusc128.m3u could not be opened, >>> because the associated helper application does not exist. >>> Change the association in your preferences." >>> I do not see any reference to .mu3 or .pl files in Helper Applications. >>> >>> Windows file associations -- including m3u and pl -- all correctly point >>> to [C:\Winamp\winamp.exe]. All Windows registry values also point to >>> the correct path to winamp.exe. >>> >>> How can I fix this? >> >> I've seen this occasionally with various applications, nothing peculiar >> to WinAmp. If SeaMonkey lists no helper app, you can resolve this by >> giving it the guidance it needs. It's basically saying, "I don't know >> which app to launch to view this file." >> >> Most commonly this happens when you upgrade your app or install a >> competing one and SM loses track of where to look. You probably do have >> an M3U association (click "Content Type" at top to alphabetize the >> list). Click and update the action, you should be fine. You may have to >> change it to something you don't want and then change it back; in that >> case, "Always ask" is a good choice. >> > > Okay. I was able to use your advice and fix SeaMonkey for .mu3 links. > This required using LiveHTTPHeaders to see what MIME type was sent by > the link (audio/x-mpegurl) and then updating the Helper Application > entry for that MIME type as you indicated. Thanks. > > The only .pl link that I was using > <http://www.wqed.org/cgi-bin/fm/billboard_rotate.pl> seems defunct. > KQED now seems to broadcast only to Flash. This requires that I keep a > browser window open without changing profiles, a PITA. Thus, I cannot > tell if your advice would work for MIME type video/x-ms-asf when the > only related Helper Application is video/x-ms-asf-plugin. > > Is there a way to add new MIME types to Helper Applications? >
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