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firefox-3.0 package

Embedded audio-files in webpages

Asked by oddvar

When firefox render a web-page with embedded midi files, like http://www.danapannell.com/BEATLES/ it display 'click here to install missing plugins'. But that click does not give any solution or plugin. After long time searching the internet, I finally came to the solution that firefox first of all need to install Java!
Why could not this be automatically solved, and spare me for much time and maybe needless installations of other programs like realplayer, timidity and other?
It seems easy for firefox to know if it has java or not.

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This question was originally filed as bug #249306.

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) said : 		#1

This has been fixed by using ubufox to install what you need you also have apt-get to grab apps to help you.
For more information on apps to play files.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FreeFormats

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oddvar (aha5262) said : 		#2

After install https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats Firefox still don't play embedded audio as in Dana Panell's Beatles Karaoke

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John Vivirito (gnomefreak) said : 		#3

It can always be changed back however im not all that confident it is a firefox bug.

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oddvar (aha5262) said : 		#4

If it should be called a bug or not is not up to me, but the problem is firefox dont work and dont find appropriate plugin for http://www.danapannell.com/BEATLES/
I have found a solution that seems to work here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Three_Steps_to_MIDI_on_Linux

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oddvar (aha5262) said : 		#5

If it should be called a bug or not is not up to me, but the problem is firefox dont work and dont find appropriate plugin for http://www.danapannell.com/BEATLES/
I have found a solution that seems to work here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/answers/Applications_GUI_Multimedia/Three_Steps_to_MIDI_on_Linux