tell firefox plugin to handle a specific mime type

ekj · 05-17-2007, 03:17 PM

I just installed the kaffeine-mozilla plugin, and about:config gives this output:

Code:

Kaffeine Starter Plugin

    File name: kaffeineplugin.so
    Will start external Kaffeine Media Player for embedded media streams.

MIME Type 	Description 	Suffixes 	Enabled
video/mpeg 	MPEG animation 	mpeg, mpg, mpe 	Yes
video/x-mpeg 	MPEG animation 	mpeg, mpg, mpe 	Yes
audio/mpeg2 	MPEG audio 	mp2 	Yes
audio/x-mpeg2 	MPEG audio 	mp2 	Yes
audio/mpeg3 	MPEG audio 	mp3 	Yes
audio/x-mpeg3 	MPEG audio 	mp3 	Yes
audio/mpeg 	MPEG audio 	mpa,abs,mpega 	Yes
audio/x-mpeg 	MPEG audio 	mpa,abs,mpega 	Yes
video/quicktime 	Quicktime animation 	mov,qt 	Yes
video/x-quicktime 	Quicktime animation 	mov,qt 	Yes
video/msvideo 	AVI animation 	avi 	Yes
video/x-msvideo 	AVI animation 	avi 	Yes
application/x-mplayer2 	mplayer2 	asf,asx,asp 	Yes
video/x-ms-asf-plugin 	mms animation 	asf,asx,asp 	Yes
audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin 	Real audio 	rpm 	Yes
audio/x-ogg 	OGG Media 	ogg,ogm 	Yes
audio/x-scpls 	MPEG audio 	pls 	Yes
audio/x-ms-wma 	Microsoft Media Audio 	wma 	Yes
video/x-ms-wmv 	Microsoft Media Video 	wmv 	Yes
audio/x-mpegurl 	Streaming-MPEG-Audio 	m3u 	Yes

So far so good, but when I tried to watch the video stream I was looking forward to see, then I firefox said that there was a missing plugin. Firefox said that I needed a plugin for the mime type video/x-ms-asf. As you can see, video/x-ms-asf-plugin is listed for the plugin, but unfortunately not video/x-ms-asf.

How do I tell firefox that the kaffeine-mozilla plugin should handle this mime type as well?

vtel57 · 05-17-2007, 03:45 PM

FF --> Edit --> Preferences --> Content tab --> File Types (at the bottom) --> Manage --> Search for asf --> Change.

Maybe?

ekj · 05-17-2007, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vtel57

FF --> Edit --> Preferences --> Content tab --> File Types (at the bottom) --> Manage --> Search for asf --> Change.

Maybe?

Would be neat, but asf isn't in the list at all. And I don't see how to add an item either...

vtel57 · 05-17-2007, 05:03 PM

Hmm... I've run across this before with FF, but I can't remember how I added the file. There is a way, though. If I can find something on it later, I'll post here for you.