<br>It makes no difference which version of Firefox I use. In version 1.5, the file associations are in "Edit - Preferences - Downloads" and in version 2, they are in "Edit - Preferences - Content. The only file displayed there is an SPL file to be opened with Shockwave Flash.
<br><br>If I reset the midi file association to Firefox I get 83 new tabs opening (totally out of control) but no music.<br><br>Is there a way to add files to the "helper file" box?<br><br>I am going grey trying to work this one out - even with the detailed help from you, Peter.
<br><br>Cheers,<br>Andre<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 07/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">Andre Mangan</b> <<a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com">andremangan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am using Firefox version 1.5.0.12.which does not seem have a selector for file types (at least not one I can find). Will try version 2 later today.<br><br>Cheers,<br>Andre<br><br><br><div><span class="q"><span class="gmail_quote">
On 07/09/07,
<b class="gmail_sendername">Peter Garrett</b> <<a href="mailto:peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">peter.garrett@optusnet.com.au</a>> wrote:</span></span>
<div><span class="e" id="q_114ddd374fc8f00b_2"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Fri, 7 Sep 2007 11:51:43 +1000<br>"Andre Mangan" <<a href="mailto:andremangan@gmail.com" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">andremangan@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>[snip]
<br>> Also, if accessing a midi file from the<br>> web via Firefox, the first time it is accessed, there is no GUI but the
<br>> second and subsequent times there is a GUI and the file can be terminated.<br><br>How very odd :)<br>><br>> I will try your suggestion but need clarification on how to find the<br>> "helper" files in Firefox.
<br>><br><br>Edit - Preferences - Content - File Types - Manage<br>Change the setting for "MID" to the path for the wrapper, for instance<br>/home/andre/bin/timidity-wrapper or whatever you name the file.<br>
<br>I noticed the first run is "glitchy" at the beginning here - presumably<br>because the file needs to download fully to /tmp . This seems to fix that<br>issue:<br><br>#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
<br>#!/bin/bash<br><br>#wrapper for timidity<br># Uses the gtk interface from timidity-interfaces-extra<br># You can use the athena version with -ia<br># You *must* give the full /usr/bin/timidity path or it will hang and
<br># freeze everything ( I'm not kidding - I found out the hard way)<br><br>TMP="$@" #This is where FF puts the midi file<br><br>sleep 1 # Give it a moment to download properly
<br> #( make this sleep longer if needed )<br><br>/usr/bin/timidity -ig "$TMP"<br><br>#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------#<br><br>Peter
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