firefox and .ram files [F9]

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 09:45 +0100, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> if using firefox and clicking on some urls pointing to .ram files, I get 
> an error popup like:
> 
> /tmp/allfilms-1.ram could not be opened, because the associated helper 
> application does not exist. Change the association in your preferences.
> 
> I couldn't find any advice how to solve this problem. In 
> /etc/mozpluggerrc I found the following entries:
> 
> audio/x-pn-realaudio:ra,rm,ram:Realaudio-plugin resource locator
> audio/x-realaudio:ra,rm,ram:RealAudio file
> application/vnd.rn-realmedia:rm:RealMedia file
> application/smil:smi:RealPlayer
> audio/vnd.rn-realaudio:ra,ram:RealAudio file
> audio/vnd.rn-realvideo:rv:RealVideo file
>          nokill stream: realplay "$file"
>          nokill stream: hxplay "$file"
> 
> --------------------------------------
> 
> realplay and hxplay are installed:
> 
> type hxplay realplay
> hxplay is /usr/bin/hxplay
> realplay is /usr/bin/realplay
> 
> -----------------------------------------
> 
> rpm -q mozplugger
> mozplugger-1.10.1-1.i386
> 
> ------------------------------------------
Go to: about:config
Then change the configuration:
browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions from true to false by
 clicking on it.

Then in: Edit->Preferences->Applications
you will be able to set the application to handle RAM files, as well as other
mime-types.
> 
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