Hi Nikos mime type and error message on desktop Flashing video file No extension that's how I draged it from temp Dir to my Desktop It looks easy to change in Properties create new file type but I am unable to configure this to change from Mime and not have the error message regarding mime not found Maurice Maurice Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/25/2009 09:39 PM, Maurice Arthur wrote: > >> Hi KDE users >> >> Synaptic search and install Mplayer in Simple Mepis Version 8 >> >> Unable to have Mplayer play a saved Flash video file from Temp Dir >> to Desktop >> >> Have installed a number of Libxine1 files but still unable to have >> Mplayer run in Mepis 8 >> >> Any help to solve this Mplayer problem appreciated >> > > Are you sure the file is Flash video? If it's an *.swf file, it's *not* > Flash video. Flash video files have an *.flv extension. > > What does the "file" utility say about the file? "Macromedia Flash > data, version N" means it's not video. "Macromedia Flash Video" means > it is. > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. > > ___________________________________________________ This message is from the kde mailing list. Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html.