mms is not a registered protocol

[Wrayman]

I am running mozilla 1.4.1, mplayer 1.0, and mplayer plugin 2.11. I can view all sorts of media quite well. However, when trying to stream media from an mms:// url, mozilla errors with this message.

mms is not a registered protocol

I have found some info regarding registering network protocols via the about:config panel but I have not been able to make mms:// work. Any help you can offer is greatly appreciated.

[Bana]

Check under mozilla in Help -> Plugins (or something like that) to make sure that the plugin is installed correctly. Other than that just search around in your about:config listing and find protocols and try adding one for mms based on what you see.

[Wrayman]

Been there and done that. The plug in works fine. I can view/hear all sorts of media in the browser with it. The only failure is trying to access mms:// URLs.

In about:config, I have added and entry for mms according to this howto:

http://linux.sgms-centre.com/howto/mozilla.php

It discusses mailto:// not mms:// but it was the best information I could find. It failed. I still get the mms is not a registered protocol business.

Thanks for the response anyway. Any other takers?

[mhelios]

Any other takers?

Sure. :)

Mozilla 1.4.x doesn't support the mms:// and rstp:// protocols.
However, there's a setting you can add to mozilla preferences to add external program support for running mms streams. I also believe this is fixed in Mozilla 1.6.x (haven't tested myself)

The bugzilla report:
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202715
Another page that may be useful:
http://geocities.com/majormms/

[Jman]

You can do all kinds of protocol magic with the Protozilla Mozilla plugin (http://protozilla.mozdev.org/). Unfortunately I could not get it to work. I'm only finding versions for Mozilla 1.2.1. Anyone find a more recent version or know how to mess with Mozilla's protocol handling?

[Prometheus]

i cant find one thats any newer than that either

[g_rus]

In English and then en Español

I just read a portuguese page with instructions to fix this on Mozilla
http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dicas/verDica.php?codigo=1392

In Mozilla browser writte in addres area: about:config

Then on the opened page click with the rigth buttom mouse and select
NEW, and then STRING

Then, put this in the box: network.protocol-handler.app.mms

Click OK, and in the next box writte the software that you want
Mozilla open the mms: Mplayer, Xine or aviplay, and click OK, and it
is all.

For me works fine. (I'm using Knoppix 3.4)
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Acabo de leer una página en Portugues donde viene la solución a esto.
http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dicas/verDica.php?codigo=1392

En el navegador de mozilla escribir en la linea de Direccion: about:config

Se abrira una página con mucha información, sobre la página, con el
boton derecho dar click y seleccionar NEW, seguido de STRING

En el siguiente cuadro que se abra escribir: network.protocol-handler.app.mms
Y dar aceptar.

Despues en la siguiente caja que se abra, escribir el programa deseado
para abrir el MMS: Xine, Mplayer o avifile.

MA mi me ha funcionado sin ningún problema (Ya sé que es foro de Fedora, yo uso Knoppix 3.4, espero funcione en otros Linux)

[PaLoBo]

In English and then en Español

I just read a portuguese page with instructions to fix this on Mozilla
http://www.vivaolinux.com.br/dicas/verDica.php?codigo=1392

In Mozilla browser writte in addres area: about:config

Then on the opened page click with the rigth buttom mouse and select
NEW, and then STRING

Then, put this in the box: network.protocol-handler.app.mms

Click OK, and in the next box writte the software that you want
Mozilla open the mms: Mplayer, Xine or aviplay, and click OK, and it
is all.

For me works fine. (I'm using Knoppix 3.4)
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Hi all, I was having the same problem and this solution did the trick. Now I have a simpl problem. I'm using Mplayer and it opened the stream using command line I think. How do I stop the stream now. (Keep in mind that I'm very much a newbie to linux)

Thanks all for any help
P.

[bronco]

thanks all. i get it worked for me.