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Posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 12:21:26
Hi. One thing perplexes me. On Firefox, I have a large bar at the top of the Psychobabble pages that says "additional plug-ins are required to display all the media on this page." It takes up a lot of space. Finally today, I told it to stall the plug-ins (which I dont want, but I also don't want the bar)--
and it said it couldn't find them and I should manually install them-
so I gave up. But I"d like to get rid of that bar.
How do I do that?
Jost
Posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 14:23:40
In reply to Plug-ins required on this page, posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 12:21:26
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> How do I do that?
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> JostI am assuming you are using firefox on MS Windows.
Install quicktime, http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/win.html.
On top left, select radio button for Quicktime that does not say "with itunes", this one will take up less space. fill in an e-mail address
and click on the "Free Download Now" bar. Save
the file that is offered for download (it should pop up) quicktimeinstaller.exe to a place you can remember, like your desktop. Once the file is downloaded, double click on the icon for it, to run the install program. Follow the instructions from there.This will give you the plugin you need to make firefox STFU.
Posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 19:06:00
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 14:23:40
I'm using Windows XP, and did as you recommended. For some reason, I still see that bar.
Since I've been somewhat avoiding quicktime-- I forget why, maybe just because my computer has so little extra space-- I hope it works--but for some reason, it hasn't yet. I can't imagine that I didn't do it right-- .
I appreciate your suggestion, but do you have any clue why it hasnt' helped?
(I did remove a large program which I never use-- I hope without screwing up anything else...nothing to do with QT)
Jost
Posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 19:25:37
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 19:06:00
Did you totally shutdown firefox, then reopen it after the install ?
Posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 19:32:25
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 19:25:37
type "about:plugins" (w/o quotes)in the URL bar. The sound file Dr Bob uses is a midi file, so you should see:
audio/mid MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar Yes
audio/x-midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar Yes
audio/midi MIDI mid,midi,smf,kar Yesin one of the sections.
Posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 22:57:48
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 19:32:25
I did exit Firefox and reenter. No change.
I also looked at the plugin page. Nope. Don't see the ones you listed.Quicktime 7.1.3 was listed, but not the midi sound files you had.
I'm not sure what that means. ?
Thanks, though, notfred. I appreciate your taking the time.
Jost
Posted by Dr. Bob on November 12, 2006, at 9:34:01
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by notfred on November 11, 2006, at 19:32:25
Posted by verne on November 12, 2006, at 10:01:28
In reply to Plug-ins required on this page, posted by Jost on November 11, 2006, at 12:21:26
I don't use Firefox but I was curious and found this link: http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/options
I suspect you can find the solution somewhere in preferences or options - perhaps, even in the security settings. The above link seems to be very user-friendly. I'd explore everything under "Preferences".
I'm no computer wiz but have often discovered the solution to some annoyance in the settings. Usually a matter of unchecking a box or typing in a site's address under "exceptions".
verne
Posted by Jost on November 12, 2006, at 12:56:00
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page » Jost, posted by verne on November 12, 2006, at 10:01:28
Tried one type of exception, but it hasn't helped. So I guess I either just have to click the close button every time I open a page, or leave it there.
Don't know. I"ve reloaded QT several times, and looked at various pages at Mozilla, etc, but I don't know enough about programming to deduce anything from them
I hope I needed QT for something, because it's not usually something I've used.
At least that I know of.
Jost
Posted by notfred on November 12, 2006, at 14:04:04
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by Jost on November 12, 2006, at 12:56:00
If you do not see MIDI/mid in about:plugins, QT did not install MIDI support.
There is not an option in FF to turn off the "helper" that tells you you need to download a plugin. QT does not make a version for Linux so I have the exact problem you have on my linux desktops. A pain, for sure.
MIDI, in this context, is the file format Dr Bob choose for the music on this site. Most MIDI files
end with .mid, sometimes .karAt any point in the install did it give you the option to select a default install or do a custom ? If it does, go into the custom options and select anything that mentions MIDI/mid.
Hmmm, I installed the QT+iTunes & suggested you try the vers. w/o iTunes, as it is smaller. Maybe you need the iTunes to play MIDI files.
That is what I did to get things working on my XP laptop. Here are the final sizes for my install (from C:\Programs):
Quicktime folder, 73 megabytes
iTunes folder, 48 megabytes
Posted by gardenergirl on November 13, 2006, at 22:43:17
In reply to Re: Plug-ins required on this page, posted by Jost on November 12, 2006, at 12:56:00
I have exactly the same problem. It's annoying to see that all the time. My computer has Quicktime, but Firefox can't seem to find it or install it no matter what I've tried. All for the music, too. Bah!
I feel for you.
gg
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