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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 4:58 pm
by RobertGonzalez
I can't sya for sure, but this might point you in a direction that could start to help...
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Windows_Media_Player
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:22 pm
by Roja
This bookmarklet:
http://del.icio.us/help/playtagger seemed to override the browser/helper relationship, so maybe it will solve your problem. Lemme know.

Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:29 pm
by Burrito
<yoda_off>
^^^^ damn it, this thread is getting bad for that
while that does look like a cool option, I think I'll pass on it for a couple reasons:
1) I don't want to have to rework my site (I know it wouldn't be much, but still don't want to have to do it)
2) not sure I feel super comfortable linking my mp3s to some foreign host
I guess I'll just use IE when I want to hear a song
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Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:05 pm
by Roja
Burrito wrote:1) I don't want to have to rework my site (I know it wouldn't be much, but still don't want to have to do it)
Don't have to - just drag the bookmarklet to your quickbar. No need to touch your site.
Burrito wrote:2) not sure I feel super comfortable linking my mp3s to some foreign host
? Did I miss something in the javascript that does that? I didn't think it did. It looks like it just adds a flash element that activates the mp3 on your page.
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2006 6:11 pm
by Burrito
ahh yes....got it now I do.
very cool that is.
thx!
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:47 am
by timvw
Here is something you can try... Instead of directly downloading the mp3 file... Generate a m3u file (mp3 playlist) with the url of the mp3 file in it... Now firefox will download the m3u file and pass it to winamp (since it's only 1Kb or so, this goes pretty fast). Winamp recieves the playlist and starts to play the file as soon as it has buffered enough...
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:09 am
by Bill H
I don't think it's a streaming issue so much as that FF is really lousy at downloading. If I'm on a site that I want to save anything, even so mundane as a few images, I copy the url and open IE in order to get the material. FF takes forever to even begin the download process, that is, open its idiotic "download dialog" which IE doesn't even display if what you are saving is merely an image.
I like FF a lot and use it as my primary browser. but its downloading is unwieldy beyond belief. I have high-speed cable, so it isn't me. IE will save a huge satellite image before I can get my finger off of the buttun, while FF has to "think about it" for several seconds, then open a "download dialog" and spend serveral more seconds "downloading" the image that it is presently displaying. Nonsense.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:18 am
by Burrito
timvw wrote:Here is something you can try... Instead of directly downloading the mp3 file... Generate a m3u file (mp3 playlist) with the url of the mp3 file in it... Now firefox will download the m3u file and pass it to winamp (since it's only 1Kb or so, this goes pretty fast). Winamp recieves the playlist and starts to play the file as soon as it has buffered enough...
that is an option on the 'program' I wrote. but sometimes I just wanna have a quick listen to a song and not have to deal with all of that....
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:19 am
by Benjamin
Buy an Ipod
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:23 am
by Roja
Bill H wrote:FF takes forever to even begin the download process, that is, open its idiotic "download dialog" which IE doesn't even display if what you are saving is merely an image.
You do know you can disable the "idiotic download dialog" right?
Tools->Options->Downloads->"Show Download manager when a download begins" (uncheck it).
Tada! - now it will act like IE does, and simply start saving it without the dialog.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:03 am
by Bill H
Tools->Options->Downloads->"Show Download manager when a download begins" (uncheck it).
I'll try that. Indeedy I will. Thanks.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:13 am
by Burrito
astions wrote:Buy an Ipod
what does an ipod have anything to do with listening to music on a computer over the internet?
as for portable audio wrt Ipods...umm no thanks. I'm happy with my little iAudio flash player.
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:19 am
by Benjamin
Burrito wrote:astions wrote:Buy an Ipod
what does an ipod have anything to do with listening to music on a computer over the internet?
as for portable audio wrt Ipods...umm no thanks. I'm happy with my little iAudio flash player.
It was a solution to the problem... jokingly of course

Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:29 am
by RobertGonzalez
Burrito, can you embed a player into your script that shows your music so it can play in the window instead of being loaded into a client app?
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 10:33 am
by Burrito
I haven't tried. I suppose I could probably do that with an <embed> but I was looking for the same functionality as IE w/o any addtional work.
the solution Roja found yesterday (playTagger) seems to work ok.