[Gllug] Firefox/Gnome media player

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--- Greater London Linux User Group <gllug at gllug.org.uk wrote:
Perhaps a
stupid question. I use Fedora Core 6, Gnome desktop and 
> Firefox 1.5.0.10
 Every time I click on some Realaudio or video stream 
> from the BBC, using
their webpage embedded player it launches Totem 
> (which obviously doesn't
work).
> The 'listen using standalone realplayer' option works fine (ie launches

> realplayer!) but this option is not there for the 'listen again' links.

> 
> Good ideas on setting this please? It is not as simple as it sounds
- on 
> suggestion I Googled for said to remove all libtotem* files in the

> plugins directory. Surely setting a media helper application like that

> is easy in Gnome? And no, editing some obscure XML file is not "easy".


I just uninstalled the Totem plugin package (Totem will still work as a
standalone player):
rpm -e totem-mozplugin

AFAIK Gnome has nothing to
do with the video/audio player used by Firefox- it's handled through browser
plugins. I think RealPlayer comes with a suitable plugin, but it might not
be enabled by default.

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