Re: [gentoo-user] Re: seamonkey helper apps

[Paul Hartman]

On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 11:34 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
> Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>
>> I also have Vonage and use Seamonkey and everything is working okay
>> for me. I'm using the gecko-mediaplayer plugin, but opening with
>> gmplayer or something works too.
>
> Well here's my 'helper applications' entry
> Maybe a syntax error?
>
> Helper Applications   "voice-message/wav"
>
> MIMI Type             "voice-message/wav"
> Extension             "wav"
> Open it with          "/usr/bin/mplayer"
>
> <no quotes>
>
>
> The baffling things is I can use this string
> in my seamonkey browser to play the saved audio clip;
> it plays just fine, using mplayer or amarok:
>
>
> file:///home/<path>/voice-message.wav
>
>
> I can use aplay <path/filename> and some wav
> files play
> ( aplay close.wav
> Playing WAVE 'close.wav' : Signed 16 bit
> Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Mono)
>
> and some don't, like my voice mails:
> (aplay voice-message.wav
> aplay: test_wavefile:782: can't play WAVE-file
> format 0x0007 which is not PCM or FLOAT encoded)
> Not sure if this matters...?
>
> So it's got to be a seamonkey mis-config?
> Here's my Seamonkey flags:
> (crypt gnome ipv6 java ldap mozdevelop postgres)
>
>
> KDE is the destop.

I don't have it set up as a helper. It just pops up the "What would
you like to do?" dialog and I choose to open it with /usr/bin/gmplayer

Paul