Re: minimo MPEG support

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Cheers,
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On Friday 26 August 2005 09:48 am, you wrote:
> so... minimo doesn't support "helper apps" at the moment. This is my
> bug. When it does, you will be able to associate a ".mpg" file with
> mplayer or your favorite app.
>
> If you like, you can file a bug in bugzilla.mozilla.org. I will try to
> fix it in the next few weeks.
> Doug
>
> Ben Kirk wrote:
> > I'm not a browser expert (so hopefully I'm not begging the question
> > here), but it seems logical (at least to me) that a plug-in may not b=
e
> > necessary to support such functionality, but perhaps the answer below=
 was
> > implied and was simply =93Minimo doesn't have a plugin that handles m=
pg=94
> > (... therefore ask GPE if they want to write one to support it).
> >
> > Before I send the GPE mailing list this same question (as suggested),=
 I
> > wanted to re-ask my former question (see below) in a more direct way
> > since I still believe that no one would know the answer better than y=
ou
> > all (and perhaps I didn't word my question as explicitly as I should
> > have): Does Minimo support the playing of MPEGs directly (i.e., from
> > within the browser)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ben
> >
> > On Tuesday 23 August 2005 05:56 pm, you wrote:
> >> I would try the gpe mailing list for this.  Minimo doesn't
> >> have a plugin that handles mpg.
> >>
> >> Ben Kirk wrote:
> >>> I'm running familiar (gpe-image) on my iPAQ3900 and wanted to play =
an
> >>> MPEG in the Minimo browser. I noticed, by default, that does not lo=
ok
> >>> supported (the URL pop-up goes away, but the current Web page does =
not
> >>> change). I'm planning on 'bitbake mplayer' and installing mplayer. =
My
> >>> question is: do I need a special plug-in for Minimo and/or is there=
 a
> >>> better MPEG player to use (ex =E2=80=93 smaller footprint than Mpla=
yer)?
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Ben