Opening FP2003 sound files in vista

[Guest]

How do I get a FP2003 sound file to open in Windows media instead of
prompting a save file.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

The sound file type (extension) must be associated with the Windows Media Player.

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[Guest]

Thanks, Thomas...I'm still new at this - how do I do make an association with
the MP3 files and the WM player...

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

You don't force this. The browser will determine the best type of player to
open the file. You may run into cases where you have a codec installed on
your computer that would let you listen to an audio file in Windows Media
Player, that other people don't have so you have to be careful about this as
well. Make sure the audio format is one that is supported by the player
without requiring special codecs.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

You don't. The browser determines this based on information the server sends
to it. The server may be not know what an mp3 file extension is and is just
sending a MIME type back to the browser saying it's a generic binary file.
This isn't something you can control unless you're a server administrator
and can add MIME types. Best bet may be to convert the mp3 into a wma to
ensure that Windows Media Player will open it.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP - Expression

 

[Guest]

Thanks, but this is the confusing part...the files play fine on a computer
with XP but not vista - how can I fix it so the mp3's play on both. The vista
computers just come up with a prompt to save the file...I've loaded the
server extensions and all updates.

 

[Mark Fitzpatrick]

This is not something you can do from the web page. The server extensions
also have nothing to do with this. What happens is:
Browser Requests MP3 file from server
Server sends a MIME header telling information about the file and sends the
file
Browser reads the MIME header and tries to determine what application to
open the file with.

Unfortunately, there's nothing you can do in HTML that will tell Vista what
to do. It could be that there is a problem in Vista itself, or it could be
just with that installation of Vista as sometimes a program can confuse the
file associations within an OS. Check that it doesn't work on another Vista
computer as well so you can narrow down if it's one Vista computer or not,
but other than that there's nothing you can do to tell how a file should be
opened from HTML.

Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Microsoft MVP- Expression

 

[Guest]

You hit it on the head, Mark. The files work on other Vista computers so it
must be just the one. I don't know how to fix it but I'll keep trying. Many
Thanks.

 

[Steve Easton]

Open media player on the problem machine.
Click Tools > Options and then the File Types tab.
Make sure MP3 is checked in the list of file types.


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[Guest]

Guys, I know this may sound simple but how do I find the tools/options in
media Player in vista...help!

 

[Guest]

ya the same problem is happening with me. i go and add an mp3 music file and
it will not work when i open up the page. but were is tools/option in vista.
i got front page 2003