setting 'play' for .wav files in preferences.
cle...@dwf.com
Im trying again.
I go to the vonage site to get .wav files of my voicemail.
I select the message, and I get a popup that says among other
things
'open with' Browse
Now I can browse, going down thru the file system to find 'play' at
/usr/bin/play, and it plays the message fine.
But I have ALREADY gone over to 'edit' and then 'preferences' and set
.wav Use play (default)
So why am I getting the Browse message rather than 'play' in the
message when I select the file??? Its a real pain to have to go search
for 'play' in the filesystem for every damn message I get.
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Christoph Schmees
> I asked this question last week and didnt get any responses.
> Im trying again.
>
> I go to the vonage site to get .wav files of my voicemail.
> I select the message, and I get a popup that says among other
> things
> 'open with' Browse
>
> Now I can browse, going down thru the file system to find 'play' at
> /usr/bin/play, and it plays the message fine.
>
> But I have ALREADY gone over to 'edit' and then 'preferences' and set
>
> .wav Use play (default)
(default): Do you have a system default for WAV at all? Looks like that one ist missing. More a OS than FF issue.
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Billll
Have you gone into the Operating System and made an assignment of .WAV
files to a given executable (like Windows Media Player)?
Easiest way to do that is right-click on a .WAV file, choose "Choose
default program" and check the box(es) that make it a permanent selection.
Then, when you double-click any .WAV file it will automatically play -
even from within Firefox or Thunderbird.
Billll
cle...@dwf.com
> > I asked this question last week and didnt get any responses.
> > Im trying again.
> >
> > I go to the vonage site to get .wav files of my voicemail.
> > I select the message, and I get a popup that says among other
> > things
> > 'open with' Browse
> >
> > Now I can browse, going down thru the file system to find 'play' at
> > /usr/bin/play, and it plays the message fine.
> >
> > But I have ALREADY gone over to 'edit' and then 'preferences' and set
> >
> > .wav Use play (default)
>
> (default): Do you have a system default for WAV at all? Looks like that one ist missing. More a OS than FF issue.
>
As noted, I went to Edit->Preferences.
I scrolled down to Wav.
There it gave me the option of browse.
I went to /usr/bin/play and clicked.
Now play was in the box, and there was a \/ at the end of the line
If I clicked on the \/ it gave me several options, one was play, another was
play (default)
and it would put one or the other of these in the display.
However with either, when I click on a file in vonage, or when I go to
File->OpenFile, browse, and click, it still asks me to browse to find a player.
Im not sure what your comment about 'system default' for WAV is, other than
setting
things here?
Am I missing something?
Is this broken?
I would bet on the former...
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goodwin
you description above refers to Firefox program settings.
I think he is referring to your OS.
you need to choose an application used to open .wav files /system wide/ .
judging from the file structure you indicated, I'd say you are using
linux, in which case you need to go to preferred applications and pick a
program there.
Christoph Schmees
what happens if you double click (ie open) a WAV file somewhere in your file system, completely independent of FF?
cle...@dwf.com
the files,
and then double click on the wav file, the answer is that nothing happens.
Well
part of the name is highlighted, but thats it. No sound.
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Christoph Schmees
no, not in a console or terminal, but in a file manager (nautilus, dolphin, konquerer, you name it).
cle...@dwf.com
It brings up a display, with swirling lines, but no sound.
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goodwin
>>> Well, if you are suggesting that I do a 'ls' of the directory to get a list of
>>> the files,
>>> and then double click on the wav file, the answer is that nothing happens.
>>> Well
>>> part of the name is highlighted, but thats it. No sound.
you obviously don't know what you are doing in the terminal - one
doesn't double click anything there.
> Well, nautilus does something, it just doesnt play the sound.
> It brings up a display, with swirling lines, but no sound.
what program does it bring up to play?
have you checked your volume control to see it its on mute?
cle...@dwf.com
>
>
> >>> Well, if you are suggesting that I do a 'ls' of the directory to get a list of
> >>> the files,
> >>> and then double click on the wav file, the answer is that nothing happens.
> >>> Well
> >>> part of the name is highlighted, but thats it. No sound.
>
> you obviously don't know what you are doing in the terminal - one
> doesn't double click anything there.
Yes well, not a nice attitude.
And no, Im not a microsoft weenie as you must be, as Ive never heard
of 'double clicking on a filename' . Sorry only UNIX experience.
>
> > Well, nautilus does something, it just doesnt play the sound.
> > It brings up a display, with swirling lines, but no sound.
>
> what program does it bring up to play?
> have you checked your volume control to see it its on mute?
As Ive noted, if I do it from Firefox, then all I get is the popup to go search
for a file to run. Each time. Thats what Im trying to avoid. Seems it
must be possible to tell Firefox what to bringup. But when I do, Im
ignored. Try the experiment and see what happens for you.
If someone tells me that they have tried the same thing, and that
Firefox is broken in this respect, I guess I would be happy. But it
seems a fairly simple task...
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Christoph Schmees
apparently you haven't set in your OS (linux) a default for playing WAV, or it is the wrong one. This is not a FF fault. When you tell FF to use the OS default but the is none, guess what happens?
When in nautilus, right cklick on an WAV and then you should get offered something like "open with". Follow that dialogue; there comes a choice of programs (eg. mplayer should do just fine) and the option to make one the default action. After that a (double) click on a WAV file in nautilus should make it play.
Once you have that part working, you can go back to FF.
goodwin
>> On 04/20/2010 04:05 PM cle...@dwf.com scribbled:
>>
>>
>>>>> Well, if you are suggesting that I do a 'ls' of the directory to get a list of
>>>>> the files,
>>>>> and then double click on the wav file, the answer is that nothing happens.
>>>>> Well
>>>>> part of the name is highlighted, but thats it. No sound.
>> you obviously don't know what you are doing in the terminal - one
>> doesn't double click anything there.
>
> Yes well, not a nice attitude.
> And no, Im not a microsoft weenie as you must be, as Ive never heard
> of 'double clicking on a filename' . Sorry only UNIX experience.
no idea what than sentence means but, lessee, you did post:
"Well, if you are suggesting that I do a 'ls' of the directory to get a
list of
the files,
and then double click on the wav file, the answer is that nothing
happens."
looks like english, but maybe you can translate.
>>> Well, nautilus does something, it just doesnt play the sound.
>>> It brings up a display, with swirling lines, but no sound.
>> what program does it bring up to play?
>> have you checked your volume control to see it its on mute?
>
> As Ive noted, if I do it from Firefox, then all I get is the popup to go search
> for a file to run. Each time. Thats what Im trying to avoid. Seems it
> must be possible to tell Firefox what to bringup. But when I do, Im
> ignored. Try the experiment and see what happens for you.
>
> If someone tells me that they have tried the same thing, and that
> Firefox is broken in this respect, I guess I would be happy. But it
> seems a fairly simple task...
>
opened a .wav file in FF, it used VLC plugin and worked fine.
so it would seen your install is broken, or maybe the profile.
cle...@dwf.com
> apparently you haven't set in your OS (linux) a default for playing WAV, or it is the wrong one. This is not a FF fault. When you tell FF to use the OS default but the is none, guess what happens?
>
> When in nautilus, right cklick on an WAV and then you should get offered something like "open with". Follow that dialogue; there comes a choice of programs (eg. mplayer should do just fine) and the option to make one the default action. After that a (double) click on a WAV file in nautilus should make it play.
>
> Once you have that part working, you can go back to FF.
>
OK, I think you are close.
When I go to nautilus, and do as you say, things work IN NAUTILUS.
But when I go back to Firefox, and click on a file I still get this strange
'video' program trying
to interpret the file, and no audio.
When you say 'haven't set in your OS (linux) a default' is this something that
is gnome specific,
since I am NOT running gnome. Otherwise, I dont understand what 'OS(linux)
default' implies.
Also, in FF preferences->Applications->Help there is a shaded box that says
that under some
conditions your chosen handler will be ignored. I don't understand what it is
saying in terms
of when that will happen,- but possibly Im triggering that?
Thanks for all the effort.
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