registering protocols?

EnigmaedgE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 89

Hey guys whats up.

Quick question: How do you go about registering protocols that should be open by specific applications? For example, i'm trying to open the link (from a firefox browser) from this page
http://www.peru.com/futbol/apertura/archivo/2004/videos/16.asp

All video links correspond to a mms:// protocol Clicking it gives me an error box that says "mms is not a registered protocol". I know gxine can play it well (choosing File -> Open MRL), so I'd like gxine to automatically open these kinds of links.

As a side note, mplayer does not even open this file.

Thanks in advance!

EnigmaedgE · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 20 Mar 2003 Posts: 89

hate to bump...but this seems like a simple thing....

thanks

Epyon · l33t Joined: 11 Sep 2003 Posts: 754 Location: NJ, USA

try mplayerplug-in

dvh · Posted: Tue Aug 03, 2004 2:51 am Post subject:

mms:// works from the command line, but I cannot seem to make Firefox (and the mplayer plugin) see it. Firefox tells me that "mms is not a registered protocol". How can I help firefox find the appropriate help?

-dvh

dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

http://lists.suse.com/archives/suse-linux-e/2004-Jul/1716.html

Does this work for you? If I choose "/usr/bin/mplayer" it doesn't, I'll try with gxine.

EDIT: "/usr/bin/xine" works :-D

RESULT:

1. Open Mozilla/Firefox/Epiphany (There's another GTK+/Gnome based browser I forgot the name of..)

2. In the address bar type "about:config"

3. Right click, and "New -> String"

4. Name it "network.protocol-handler.app.mms"

5. In the next screen add the application that can play the file (xine works)

6. No need to restart the browser (at least in Epiphany's case).

dvh · Posted: Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks. I followed that procedure with mplayer, but no luck. Is there a known issue with mplayer? I can and will switch to xine if necessary.

-dvh

dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

That's what someone needs to find out. Xine works fine, but mplayer doesn't. I guess that's why they invented mplayerplug-in. But it's a plugin, and I dunno how to make it work with mms:// protocols!

I always have had xine and mplayer both installed, but it'd still be good to know how to make mplayer work with this.

--dhalsiim.

cameta · Veteran Joined: 04 Aug 2004 Posts: 1321

Hello,
I have made the next:
1. Open Mozilla/Firefox/Epiphany (There's another GTK+/Gnome based browser I forgot the name of..)

2. In the address bar type "about:config"

3. Right click, and "New -> String"

4. Name it "network.protocol-handler.app.mms"

5. In the next screen add the application that can play the file: gmplayer (a graphical interface for mplayer)

6. No need to restart the browser (mozilla) and it's working fine.
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dhalsiim · Guru Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Posts: 486

gmplayer doesn't work for me either, does it work for you cameta?