Séamas

I have Quicktime installed, but I can't play embedded midi files with Firefox--it prompts me to install the Quicktime plugin. I can play Quicktime movies fine. Haven't tried any other files.

npqtplugin.dll through npqtplugin7.dll are installed and enabled.

Firefox 2.0.0.12
QT 7.45
Windoze XP SP2

Any ideas?

Thanks,
James

keithy397

Hi James,

Did you check the association with midi files and Quicktime in - Tools > Options > Applications?

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Séamas

Sheesh, I am sorry I didn't respond sooner. Life happened.

I checked tools > options > content > file types, and there is no .MID file extension listed. I can't see how to add one.

I have a "missing plugin" bar whenever I go to a page with midi on it, which takes me to the quicktime page for a manual install, but of course quicktime is already installed and the plugins are working for everything else.

Still using same version of QT, but upgraded to Firefox 2.0.0.14, which didn't fix the problem unfortunately.

Diolch yn fawr.

keithy397

Hi James,

Sorry about the Tools > Options > Applications bum steer, that's the Firefox 3 set up.

Go to your Control Panel and open 'Folder Options' and then select the 'File Types' tab. Check in the list of registered files that .mid(i) is there and associated with QT. If it isn't there you can add it with the 'New' option. If it is there but not assoc to QT you can change it with the 'Change' option - talk about stating the obvious!!

Hopefully that's all it is................

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Séamas

I enabled Midi under file associations in Quicktime, so now FF opens the player externally when I play embedded midi.

But still no plugin. Still get the missing plugin bar, etc.

Now, under tools > options > content > filetypes, there IS a listing for .MID files, but they are opened with quicktime.mid (i.e. externally)

Here's the quicktime plugin info from about:plugins

(as you can see, nothing about midi files. Does the quicktime plugin even handle midi files?)


QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin7.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
image/x-png PNG image png Yes
image/x-quicktime QuickTime image qtif,qti Yes
image/x-sgi SGI image sgi,rgb Yes
image/x-targa TGA image targa,tga Yes
image/tiff TIFF image tif,tiff Yes
image/x-tiff TIFF image tif,tiff Yes
image/jp2 JPEG2000 image jp2 Yes
image/jpeg2000 JPEG2000 image jp2 Yes
image/jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2 Yes
image/x-jpeg2000-image JPEG2000 image jp2 Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin6.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a Yes
video/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4 Yes
audio/mp4 MPEG-4 media mp4 Yes
video/x-m4v Video (protected) m4v Yes
image/x-macpaint MacPaint image pntg,pnt,mac Yes
image/pict PICT image pict,pic,pct Yes
image/x-pict PICT image pict,pic,pct Yes
image/png PNG image png Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin5.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/x-m4p AAC audio (protected) m4p Yes
audio/x-m4b AAC audio book m4b Yes
video/sd-video SD video sdv Yes
video/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2 Yes
audio/3gpp2 3GPP2 media 3g2,3gp2 Yes
application/x-mpeg AMC media amc Yes
audio/mpeg MPEG audio mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1a,mp2,mpm,mpa,m2a Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin4.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/x-mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa Yes
video/mpeg MPEG media mpeg,mpg,m1s,m1v,m1a,m75,m15,mp2,mpm,mpv,mpa Yes
video/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp Yes
audio/3gpp 3GPP media 3gp,3gpp Yes
audio/x-m4a AAC audio m4a Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin3.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
audio/vnd.qcelp QUALCOMM PureVoice audio qcp Yes
audio/AMR AMR audio AMR Yes
audio/x-gsm GSM audio gsm Yes
audio/aac AAC audio aac,adts Yes
audio/x-aac AAC audio aac,adts Yes
audio/x-caf CAF audio caf Yes
audio/ac3 AC3 audio ac3 Yes
audio/x-ac3 AC3 audio ac3 Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin2.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
video/quicktime QuickTime Movie mov,qt,mqv Yes
video/flc AutoDesk Animator (FLC) flc,fli,cel Yes
audio/x-wav WAVE audio wav,bwf Yes
audio/wav WAVE audio wav,bwf Yes
audio/aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda Yes
audio/x-aiff AIFF audio aiff,aif,aifc,cdda Yes
audio/basic uLaw/AU audio au,snd,ulw Yes
QuickTime Plug-in 7.4.5

File name: npqtplugin.dll
The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in Web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.

MIME Type Description Suffixes Enabled
application/sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp Yes
application/x-sdp SDP stream descriptor sdp Yes
application/x-rtsp RTSP stream descriptor rtsp,rts Yes
video/quicktime QuickTime Movie mov,qt Yes
video/x-msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw Yes
video/msvideo Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw Yes
video/avi Video For Windows (AVI) avi,vfw Yes

Séamas

Both MID and MIDI are there and both associated with QT.

keithy397

Did you close and re-open Firefox after associating the files?

At the top of the about:plugins page is a link to the plugindoc page. Follow that through and check you have the right version installed James.

My association to QT for the .mid file is in the npqtplugin2.dll and I notice you don't have that - but - I'm running w2k and my plug-in version is also different.

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Séamas

Well, under folder options in control panel, midi files were associated with the QT player. I changed it to the QT plugin npqtplugin2.dll (which I do have--I have npqtplugin.dll through mpqtplugin7.dll).

Restarted FF. Nothing.

If I could just get the files associations in Firefox (tools>options>content>file types) to associate mid files with the QT plugin instead of the player, I have a feeling all would be well. But when I try to "change action" the option to use a plugin to open mid files is greyed out, and I can only choose applications.

In any case, thanks for trying to help.

keithy397

Check this out James.

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