Comment 6 for bug 245131

The invalid mark should be removed from this bug report, because that is indeed a bug. FireFox insist one using gnome-mplayer for handling of MIDI file, while gnome-mplayer is perfectly unable to play any MIDI file at all, while Totem is able to. So this is indeed a bug, and moreover, this bug is related to this one, https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mplayer/+bug/231421 which would be solve in the mean time if FireFox was using Totem to play MIDI file, just like it do to play Wave files when gnome-mplayer is not their. I've checked FireFox is able to play MIDI file using totem, as soon as you cheat it with a “ type="audio/x-wav" ” to suggest it to open the file the plugin it use to open wave files, although it's a MIDI file. And this work.

So, FireFox not using Totem to play MIDI file is indeed a bug, and solving this bug would also solve an at least three years old other bug which no body seems to care about.

Seriously, no body care if a browser can play whatever funny encoding for video while it is unable to play such a simple thing as MIDI (a 30 years old standard, … and very simple standard above all). That is not decent.

This bug must be solved, and you know how to solve it : the plugin which invokes Totem, should register itself a able to handle MIDI file (it can do it, I've tested it!)