Always uses Totem to play m3u files instead of user-set program

[Jan Newmarch]

Binary package hint: firefox-3.0

Trying to open an m3u file which contains funny WMA files that cannot be (currently) handled by Totem/mplayer/... but can be handled by RealPlayer. No entry for m3u in about:plugins. In mimeTypes.rdf the "FileExtensions=m3u" lists the description as "MP3 audio (streamed)". In Firefox preferences I changed "MP3 audio (streamed)" to "Use /opt/real/RealPlayer (default)" after installing RealPlay and letting it install Mozilla preferences. In about:plugins Totem is listed as player for "MP3 audio", no mention of "(streamed)".

Still uses Totem, not realplayer.

Edited mineTypes.rdf to set
  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:audio/x-mpegurl"
                   NC:alwaysAsk="true"
                   NC:useSystemDefault="false">

Clicking on m3u link asked about application to use, including realplayer. Selecting this started Totem again! rrealplayer expected.

$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
Release: 8.04

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
Date: Wed Oct 1 21:10:49 2008
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
PackageArchitecture: i386
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
 LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686

[Pedro Villavicencio (pedro)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04? Thanks in advance.

[Marc Merlin (marc-s-merlin)]

Hello, Pedro,

Sorry, I'm no longer in a position to try to reproduce this bug, since I
have uninstalled RealPlayer since I first filed my report. I may give it a
go sometime in the future when I decide to use RealPlayer again.

Thanks for your help.

Marc

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Pedro Villavicencio <email address hidden>wrote:

> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Could you try to reproduce the same with Ubuntu 8.10 or 9.04?
> Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
> --
> Always uses Totem to play m3u files instead of user-set program
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/276718
> You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber
> of the bug.
>
> Status in "firefox-3.0" source package in Ubuntu: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> Binary package hint: firefox-3.0
>
> Trying to open an m3u file which contains funny WMA files that cannot be
> (currently) handled by Totem/mplayer/... but can be handled by RealPlayer.
> No entry for m3u in about:plugins. In mimeTypes.rdf the
> "FileExtensions=m3u" lists the description as "MP3 audio (streamed)". In
> Firefox preferences I changed "MP3 audio (streamed)" to "Use
> /opt/real/RealPlayer (default)" after installing RealPlay and letting it
> install Mozilla preferences. In about:plugins Totem is listed as player for
> "MP3 audio", no mention of "(streamed)".
>
> Still uses Totem, not realplayer.
>
> Edited mineTypes.rdf to set
> <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:handler:audio/x-mpegurl"
> NC:alwaysAsk="true"
> NC:useSystemDefault="false">
>
> Clicking on m3u link asked about application to use, including realplayer.
> Selecting this started Totem again! rrealplayer expected.
>
> $ lsb_release -rd
> Description: Ubuntu 8.04.1
> Release: 8.04
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> Architecture: i386
> Date: Wed Oct 1 21:10:49 2008
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.04
> Package: firefox-3.0 3.0.1+build1+nobinonly-0ubuntu0.8.04.3
> PackageArchitecture: i386
> ProcEnviron:
>
> PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games
> LANG=en_AU.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: firefox-3.0
> Uname: Linux 2.6.24-16-generic i686
>

[Jan Newmarch (jan-newmarch)]

Worked okay now with Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 (alpha nightly build 01/23/2009). Thanks for whoever/whatever fixed it!

[Victor Vargas (kamus)]

This bug report is being closed due to your last comment regarding this being fixed with an update. Thank you again for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better, best regards.