-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 vn wrote: >> On Wednesday 10 January 2007 03:27, vn wrote: >>> Hello, >>> I installed fedora core 6 recently. I have a problem with realplayer. >>> When i try playing songs from internet (these are .ram files), the song >>> does not play. The default player is totem player (is totem the default >>> player in FC6?) and it gives an error that the file cannot be played. I >>> have the following questions. >>> 1) How can i change the default player to real player on FC6? >>> 2) Can totem play .ram files? If so, i wouldn't mind keeping that as the >>> default player. >> I can't answer 2) at all, and I can only answer 1) for kde, though I'm sure >> something similar will exist for gnome users. It's a matter of changing file >> associations. In kde it's Control Center (kcontrol) > KDE Components > File >> Associations, then put .ram into the box at the top. You'll see the options. >> Move your RealPlayer to the top of the list and it will be default for these >> files without changing your default for any other media files. The biggest >> problem is that some Real files have the extension .rpm, so you can't change >> that or you are in package trouble. >> >> Anne > > Hi Anne, > Thanks for your reply. I am using gnome, so I will check if a similar > thing exists in gnome-control-center. > > vn. > > vn I don't think there are many people who really understand how file associations work in linux, and I can assure you that I am NOT one of those who does.. but I have gleaned a few minor insights. Apparently in addition to the system calling an app on a per extension basis, some Apps rely on a mimetype. that is a designator you may have seen that distinguishes a file to a particular type. You may have seen "application: x/application/audio or some such. Browsers use these to determine what app to run and I have not been able to figure out a reliable way to change the program the browser uses, but apparently programs like mplayerplug-in know how to do it. There is a similar rpm (totem-plugin IIRC) which is the reason nearly every media file is opened in totem under Firefox maybe other browsers too for all I know. If you remove the totemplugin rpm then mozilla will have to find another way to determine what app to open. If there is no other plug-in to tell it FireFox will ask you in a requester and give you the option to always use that application. This will then become editable in the Edit-->Preferences-->Downloads-->View & Edit options window Try doing a `rpm -qa|grep totem` to find the name of that plug-in HTH Scott -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFplVv5mBKdb7VQEcRAndbAJ0drYpanuC7+P2KBLFwA/dUuL9WTgCcCFFN farOtFj7Eni1O91diQ0CG8k= =/3Ly -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
