Re: FF3 file handling is screwed up
Moz Champion (Dan)
> I see no reason why video and audio files which are not embedded in a
> page should have special handling different from any other file that
> needs a helper application. With video and audio clips, I found that I
> have to leave the setting to open with an application, otherwise FF3
> will not handle them. If I set "always ask" in Options > Applications,
> nothing happens with videos or audios. Firefox will not do anything.
> What happened to the config setting
> "browser.helperApps.alwaysAsk.force"? That used to work with any
> helper. Now it does not work with media file helper apps. Why? What
> is the point of ignoring that setting just because the file is a
> multimedia file? I also found that .asx files do not work with Firefox
> 3. Is there any way to fix those things?
Use a plug in for most audio/video files. Then you won't need to set a
helper application, the plug in will handle them
EE
The problem was, Firefox was using some plugins that did not handle the
media very well. There is no way to get it to change plugins. Also,
with audio files that are not embedded, I see no logical reason why the
player has to be embedded. I prefer a helper for those.
The real problem was that if Firefox has any plugin that can handle the
file, it will keep reverting to using it. If you set a helper app in
the Options, that setting lasts only for the current session. I was
obliged to disable plugins for some file content types in order to get
the helper apps to be used with them. This requires some special
knowledge of the configuration, and is not something one would expect a
person who just started to use Mozilla applications to know.