Mozilla/Galeon MIME Types

[mbrodeur at NextTime.com (Matthew J. Brodeur)]

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On Thu, 11 Apr 2002, Kent Borg wrote:

> I seem to get the mime type with the following:
> 
>   $ lynx -source -mime_header http://live.charm.net:8000/wjhu/listen.pls | strings| head -20 | grep Content
>   Content-Type: audio/mpeg
> 
> And that is what I expect.  It is an mp3 stream.

   This is correct, but the file name is misleading.  If you were actually 
loading a .pls file, it should be type "audio/x-scpls", indicating a file 
containing a list of files or URIs to load.  Since you're talking to an 
icecast server the filename gets ignored and only the first level 
directory, or mount point, is important.


> I have told Mozilla to use xmms (an mp3 player) as the helper for
> "audio/mpeg", but it instead launches mpg123 (another mp3 player that
> doesn't seem to work as well for me).
> I think I have a Mozilla (and so Galeon which uses Mozilla) bug and need
> a newer version than the 0.9.8 that RH 7.2 gave me.

   What you actually have is a plugger problem.  Mozilla uses the plugger 
helper app in preference to your defined MIME types.  Check "man plugger" 
for a lead on how to correct its behavior.  There is probably also a way 
to make Mozilla consult user types first, but I don't know what it is.
   If you still want to upgrade your browser you can get the latest 
Mozilla and Galeon in RH7.x RPM form from their respective sites.  You 
could also get the Red Hat built packages from the latest beta release at:
[Red Hat Mirror]/redhat/linux/beta/skipjack/en/os/i386/RedHat/RPMS


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