I want to play a sound file when Firefox starts

Adrian Baker · 08-08-2007, 03:24 AM

Hi there

Sad I know, but I have a lovely .wav file of Homer Simpson saying 'Welcome to the internet...' that I'd like to play automatically when Firefox starts. It'll probably drive me mad after a short while, but I'd like to know how to do it anyway.

anyone any ideas?

rizhun · 08-08-2007, 03:30 AM

You could write a little wrapper-script to do this for you:

Code:

#!/bin/bash

# Play the sound
play /path/to/sound/file.wav
# Then launch the browser
/path/to/firefox

Save it on your desktop.
Add the FireFox icon to it to make it look like FireFox.

Job done!

Mega Man X · 08-08-2007, 03:32 AM

You could use mplayer, than do a small script like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
mplayer <your song.wav> && firefox

or something like that, I guess ^^

thloh85 · 08-08-2007, 03:33 AM

Quote:

#!/bin/bash

# Play the sound
play /path/to/sound/file.wav
# Then launch the browser
/path/to/firefox

Wow...
Thats a batch processing bash script...
It will only execute your Firefox after it finished playing the wav file...

Adrian Baker · 08-08-2007, 04:25 AM

Thanks for the replies. I will certainly give that approach a try if necessary. However, I was wondering if there was way of embedding it into Firefox itself? Somewhere in the 'user chrome' preferences maybe?

Thanks

rizhun · 08-08-2007, 04:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghostdev85

Wow...
Thats a batch processing bash script...
It will only execute your Firefox after it finished playing the wav file...

Alright - calm down.
Throw in a few ampersands

jay73 · 08-08-2007, 06:01 AM

Yes, or simply invert the order.

Adrian Baker · 11-19-2007, 04:30 PM

Sorted it!

Just installed the add-on 'Splash' which gives a splash screen of your choice (can be blank) and starts a sound of your choice too.