Playing m3u list files in Firefox
John Hale
messages by our pastor. The m3u lists the message links point to load
just fine in IE6 through a Windows Media Player applet in the web page.
Firefox tries to do the same with Quicktime, but it never plays the
file and Firefox eventually locks up. I've tried changing/adding m3u
under Tools/Options/Content/File Types, but it's neither listed and
there appears to be no way to add it. Under my File Types in Windows
m3u is associated with Windows Media Player, which IE6 evidently
recognizes but Firefox doesn't. So, if I can''t talk my church into
making mp3 podcasts out of our pastor's sermons, how can I get Firefox
to play these files. By the way, the link is:
http://www.eaglecreekgbc.org/Home/SermonAudio/tabid/66/Default.aspx
hb
According to the page, an ACTIVE-X control is used for those files, and
that is primarily an I.E. feature.
Consider simply using IE for that task; it's available, and does not
conflict with your preference for FF.
squaredancer
generate the following:? :
I see that hb noticed this as well:
quote from that page:
Select Run ActiveX Control from the yellow bar that appears at the top
of your screen
unquote
also, the site is dedicated to WMP - see bottom of the page:
quote:
You need Windows Media Player to use the sermon audio feature on this
website. You can download it for free if you don't already have it:
unquote
so you would do better anyway, to set WMP to play MP3
reg
NOTE to anyone following the MTMM discussion:
this is a *TYPICAL* request tha should be referred to the (once was...)
newsgroup MTMM.
John Liebson
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre)
Gecko/2007122505 Minefield/3.0b3pre - Build ID: 2007122505, with the
Firefox extension MediaPlayConnectivity, once I click on the extension's
icon, the audio file is sent to WMP 11, where it works correctly.
However, I'm rather surprised that this page works at all. If you send
it to validator.w3.org and check the html programming, you will find
that there are one hundred errors reported.
I did try the page in Firefox 2.0.11, also under Windows XP, which
eventually failed; that may be due to the page calling for QuickTime
and/or the errors in the html. I note that, under FF 2.x, all of the
sermons try to launch in QuickTime as soon as the page is loaded, which
may also be causing problems.
Have you tried changing FF to call for WMP for the audio files?
The ActiveX instructions should be annotated to indicate that they are
for IE, not FF; I don't know about other browsers.
--
John Liebson
Arthur
> On 25/12/2007 9:05, John Hale wrote:
>
>> Our church has just started a website that includes listening to
>> messages by our pastor. The m3u lists the message links point to load
>> just fine in IE6 through a Windows Media Player applet in the web
>> page. Firefox tries to do the same with Quicktime, but it never plays
>> the file and Firefox eventually locks up. I've tried changing/adding
>> m3u under Tools/Options/Content/File Types, but it's neither listed
>> and there appears to be no way to add it. Under my File Types in
>> Windows m3u is associated with Windows Media Player, which IE6
>> evidently recognizes but Firefox doesn't. So, if I can''t talk my
>> church into making mp3 podcasts out of our pastor's sermons, how can I
>> get Firefox to play these files. By the way, the link is:
>>
>> http://www.eaglecreekgbc.org/Home/SermonAudio/tabid/66/Default.aspx
>
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9b3pre)
> Gecko/2007122505 Minefield/3.0b3pre - Build ID: 2007122505, with the
> Firefox extension MediaPlayConnectivity, once I click on the extension's
> icon, the audio file is sent to WMP 11, where it works correctly.
>
> However, I'm rather surprised that this page works at all. If you send
> it to validator.w3.org and check the html programming, you will find
> that there are one hundred errors reported.
>
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Kind of contradictory answer you have here I might say :)
John Hale
Thanks for everyone's replies, I'm afraid with my technical level hb's
answer will be the one I'll have to go with. I have WMP installed (with
the Firefox plugin), and I've tried to adjust the file type associations
in both Firefox and Windows MIME settings (the latter show m3u
associated with WMP). I even installed MediaPlayConnectivity, which
defaults to using WMP for playlists (including m3u), but Firefox still
used Quicktime. Considering the increased popularity of both Firefox
and the Mac (with Safari or Firefox), I'm going to have to talk with our
web contact about this. However, the website was set up as a free
donation from a web developer, so I don't know how much our contact can
do to change this code besides the canned steps he's probably been
taught, or how much customizing the developer will do for what was
probably a one-time freebie. If they can, they ultimately need to post
the messages as mp3 podcasts, because even old foggies like me are using
iPods to listen to both music and talk while walking, traveling, etc.
Thanks again.
Vic Garcia
You are NOT Praying enough, that's why.
hb
Totally understandable. I have spent more time than I care to admit on
plug-in/helper issues, and am often confounded. It once seemed easier,
in old Netscape 4x days. The Vista O/S can be an added frustration, as
it handles audio, and many other tasks, in a different manner than its
predecessors.
One thing you may not have checked is the Quicktime icon in control
panel. Open it to the BROWSER tab, click the MIME SETTINGS button and
UNcheck any association with M3u. Close out all programs, then test again.
John Hale
>
> You are NOT Praying enough, that's why.
:-)
John Hale
> Totally understandable. I have spent more time than I care to admit on
> plug-in/helper issues, and am often confounded. It once seemed easier,
> in old Netscape 4x days. The Vista O/S can be an added frustration, as
> it handles audio, and many other tasks, in a different manner than its
> predecessors.
>
> One thing you may not have checked is the Quicktime icon in control
> panel. Open it to the BROWSER tab, click the MIME SETTINGS button and
> UNcheck any association with M3u. Close out all programs, then test again.
Thanks. I did as you said and not only unchecked m3u's, but also all
audio files. When I went to the website again, I got a missing plugin
message, but it was to install Quicktime. Go figure. Thanks again,
I'll use IE until the church hopefully can make some changes.