[desktop-discuss] Re: browser should support embed wavs.

Bart Smaalders bart.smaalders at Sun.COM
Thu Nov 30 16:27:29 PST 2006


D. Eckert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> it's definetely not a matter of the browser, it's a matter of a missing additional 3rd party plugin
> in the browser.
> 
> Getting WAV-Files (Audio/Vidio) running on Unix-Systems is a litte bit freaky.
> 
> Try to install the mplayer with all related and offered codecs. and figure out,
> if you could get wav-files running.
> 
> http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html
> 
> Best Regards,
> Dave.
>  
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Actually, we have commands in Solaris that will happily
play audiofiles: /usr/bin/audioplay is one of them.
I just don't know how to get Firefox to use helper
programs for embedded wavs.

- Bart



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