[PLUG] Streaming media in Linux?

[Ralph Zeller]

On 11/13/02 10am, Derek Loree wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 09:36, Rob Hudson wrote:
> > > On 20021113.0930, Russ Johnson said ...
> > >
> > > * guy1656 <guy1656 at ados.com> [2002-11-12 22:15]:
> > > > Reply regarding Re: [PLUG] Streaming media in Linux? from Dan Young:
> > > > : mplayer seems like a jack-of-all-trades media player, notwithstanding
> > > > : compilation/installlation issues depending on your distro of choice.
> > 
> > MPlayer is great.  But I have always been on the lookout to figure out how
> > to use MPlayer as my media handler in Mozilla.  Has anyone found how to do
> > this?
> 
> Have you tried adding it through the Helper Application section in
> Edit-Preferences?  All you need to know is the MIME type and the
> location of the executable.

Use the mime type "video/*" and it works great.

So to summarize that's Edit-Preferences-Navigator-HelperApps-NewType
Description of type: video
File extension: 
MIME type: video/*
Application: /usr/bin/mplayer