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neuwirthe
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midibar austostart
« on: Feb 7th, 2003, 8:04am » |
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I think I already asked this question.
I want to use midibar as my midi player in
Mozilla.
It works, but there is one problem.
Midibar does NOT automatically start playing
when it is launched by clicking a link in Mozilla.
One has to manually click the start button.
Is there a way of achieving what i need?
Otherwise, I will put this on the wish list.
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Jamie OConnell
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Re: midibar austostart
« Reply #1 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 2:02am » |
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There is a simple way to do this, but it needs to be setup partly in MIDI-OX and partly in Windows Explorer. In MIDI-OX you need to associate MIDI files with MIDIBar: Options | File Associations... Check '[x] MIDI Files (.mid) -- Associated with MIDIBar'.
The Explorer navigation instructions might vary slightly on different OS's. The following is for XP...
Open an Explorer Window and choose: Tools | Folder Options... Choose the File Types tab. Scroll down the Registered file types until you get to MID (MIDI-OX MIDI). Select it and press [Advanced].
In the Edit file type dialog, there are two options: Open and Play. Select Play and then press [Set Default]. Then Keep pressing OK until you're out. Now files will Play by default instead of just open.
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neuwirthe
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Re: midibar austostart
« Reply #2 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 3:04am » |
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Alas, in Windows XP there is no Advanced button.
And I checked in the registry,
For mediaplayer the difference between opening and playing is
that there is a command line switch
/Play and /Open respectively,
and the registry entries use these options.
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Re: midibar austostart
« Reply #3 on: Feb 8th, 2003, 12:20pm » |
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There is an advanced button in my version of Windows XP:
Quote:For mediaplayer the difference between opening and playing is
that there is a command line switch
/Play and /Open respectively,
and the registry entries use these options.
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MIDI-OX uses the same technique (when registering MID for MIDIBar). The Folder options control which one is the default for I.E. and Windows Explorer.
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neuwirthe
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Re: midibar austostart
« Reply #4 on: Feb 9th, 2003, 11:16am » |
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I had done the file association manually,
not using midiox
(One should follow instructions more carefully).
After doing that, I did not have an advanced button,
but a Restore button instead.
Installing midibar thoough the file associations in
midiox solved my problem.
Thanks.
Pehaps the documentation also could mention that midibar
understands the /Open and /Play
command line switches.
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Re: midibar austostart
« Reply #5 on: Feb 9th, 2003, 12:20pm » |
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Quote:Pehaps the documentation also could mention that midibar
understands the /Open and /Play
command line switches.
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Good point. I'll try to add that next go 'round.
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