I have a question about Prevent Programs From Changing Your File Types:

... I have a similar problem with Internet Explorer 6 file type association? As an example... Mpeg movies (*.MPG) are normally opened with Windows media player in windows. But, opening the same MPG file in a web page will call for Quicktime!! Since I'm the webmaster of the test page (http://go.to/timelapse), I can garantee that there is no difference between the file on the web (read by Quicktime) and on my disk (read by media player). Long ago, you could manually select which application will run for every file type in IE. Not anymore? Any help would be great, Thanks!! Xavier Theoret

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On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 6:38 pm, Xavier Theoret wrote:
>I have a question about Prevent
>Programs From Changing Your File Types:

>
>... I have a similar problem with Internet Explorer 6 file type association? As an
>example... Mpeg movies (*.MPG) are normally opened with Windows media
>player in windows. But, opening the same MPG file in a web page will call for Quicktime!!
>Since I'm the webmaster of the test page (http://go.to/timelapse),
>I can garantee that there is no difference between the file on the web (read by Quicktime)
>and on my disk (read by media player).
>
>Long ago, you could manually select which application will run for every file type
>in IE. Not anymore?
>
>Any help would be great, Thanks!!
>
>Xavier Theoret Check your default for *.mpeg files as well as *.mpg files. You will probably find them to be different. I was able to copy your biscuits.mpg to biscuits.mpeg and have one open with the Media Player and the other open with QuickTime. Your server is sending "video/mpeg" so IE is using mpeg for the http access.

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You are right. IE6 does consider a .mpg as a .mpeg. (I saved one of my file on the desktop to try it). And you are right too about different software for *.mpg and *.mpeg. But it didn't solved my problem... mpg was handled by mplayer2.exe while mpeg was playable through wmplayer... and not quicktime! (according to Windows file type anyway). So why Quicktime!? What solved my problem (sorry for not posting it here sooner) is this... IE6 is using a "Mime" format to know which application runs what. This MIME format is system-independant. After fiddling around, I discovered that one quicktime parameter (control panel->Quicktime->Browser Plug in ->Mime setting) is actually overriding default windows settings to read mpeg files! It took me time to find this. You would expect to find this option in "control panel->Quicktime->File Type Associations" but it is not! Unchecking "mpeg" in Quicktime's browser plugin/Mime settings did the job and now normal association resume working. And I now set the older mplayer2 as my player for both mpg and mpeg. Hope this answer helps other out there. Thanks for replying. Xavier http://go.to/timelapse
>Check your default for *.mpeg files as well
>as *.mpg files. You will probably find them
>to be different. I was able to copy your
>biscuits.mpg to biscuits.mpeg and have one
>open with the Media Player and the other
>open with QuickTime. Your server is sending
>"video/mpeg" so IE is using mpeg for the http access.

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Dear friends: The problem described here is real and has nothing to do with QuickTime. Here is what I have. mpg as well as mpeg files are associated in my Windows with say my DVD player ( Explorer:Tools:Folder Options:FileTypes). When I double click on the file icon, it starts in the DVD player. However, in IE, when I make a link to the file, It starts with Windows Media Player (WMP ). It should start with DVD player but it does not. See! It looks like IE has special setting of its own. Regarding you QT. Sometime in past you run a QT setup program for IE. That program made QT default player for IE. And now it always opened in QT unless you run WMP installer again. Now, here is my question. Where IE keep this information. Is there a correct way for unexperienced user to change the setting for IE. It seems to me IE violates Windows guidelines, but what can I do?


On Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 6:15 pm, Xavier Theoret wrote:
>You are right. IE6 does consider a .mpg as a .mpeg. (I saved one of my file on the
>desktop to try it). And you are right too about different software for *.mpg and
>*.mpeg. But it didn't solved my problem... mpg was handled by mplayer2.exe while
>mpeg was playable through wmplayer... and not quicktime! (according to Windows file
>type anyway). So why Quicktime!?
>
>What solved my problem (sorry for not posting it here sooner) is this... IE6 is using
>a "Mime" format to know which application runs what. This MIME format is system-independant.
>After fiddling around, I discovered that one quicktime parameter (control panel->Quicktime->Browser
>Plug in ->Mime setting) is actually overriding default windows settings to read mpeg
>files! It took me time to find this. You would expect to find this option in "control
>panel->Quicktime->File Type Associations" but it is not!
>
>Unchecking "mpeg" in Quicktime's browser plugin/Mime settings did the job and now
>normal association resume working. And I now set the older mplayer2 as my player
>for both mpg and mpeg.
>
>Hope this answer helps other out there. Thanks for replying.
>
>Xavier
>http://go.to/timelapse
>
>Check your default for *.mpeg files as well
>as *.mpg files. You will probably find them
>to be different. I was able to copy your
>biscuits.mpg to biscuits.mpeg and have one
>open with the Media Player and the other
>open with QuickTime. Your server is sending
>"video/mpeg" so IE is using mpeg for the http access.

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That worked for me, but now I have yet another annoying problem that won't go away. Now instead of the MPG opening in QuickTime inside a webpage, the darn thing opens in the stupid IE Media Bar to the left. HOW DO I STOP THIS?!? I just want to use WMP to look at clips independent of IE!


On Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at 6:15 pm, Xavier Theoret wrote:
>You are right. IE6 does consider a .mpg as a .mpeg. (I saved one of my file on the
>desktop to try it). And you are right too about different software for *.mpg and
>*.mpeg. But it didn't solved my problem... mpg was handled by mplayer2.exe while
>mpeg was playable through wmplayer... and not quicktime! (according to Windows file
>type anyway). So why Quicktime!?
>
>What solved my problem (sorry for not posting it here sooner) is this... IE6 is using
>a "Mime" format to know which application runs what. This MIME format is system-independant.
>After fiddling around, I discovered that one quicktime parameter (control panel->Quicktime->Browser
>Plug in ->Mime setting) is actually overriding default windows settings to read mpeg
>files! It took me time to find this. You would expect to find this option in "control
>panel->Quicktime->File Type Associations" but it is not!
>
>Unchecking "mpeg" in Quicktime's browser plugin/Mime settings did the job and now
>normal association resume working. And I now set the older mplayer2 as my player
>for both mpg and mpeg.
>
>Hope this answer helps other out there. Thanks for replying.
>
>Xavier
>http://go.to/timelapse
>
>Check your default for *.mpeg files as well
>as *.mpg files. You will probably find them
>to be different. I was able to copy your
>biscuits.mpg to biscuits.mpeg and have one
>open with the Media Player and the other
>open with QuickTime. Your server is sending
>"video/mpeg" so IE is using mpeg for the http access.

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DONT GO TO THAT URL ( "go.to" slash "timelapse" ). IT GAVE ME VIRUSES (or is the plural "viri" ?)

If you attempt to go to the web page url mentioned in the 1st message by Xavier Theoret you will download viruses just by viewing the page.

Take care. Be careful.

The URL address I'm talking about is the "go.to" slash "timelapse" page. It may have been virus free when the message was posted ( like 4 years ago ) but now it's gotten infected.

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DONT GO TO THAT URL ( "go.to" slash "timelapse" ). IT GAVE ME VIRUSES (or is it "viri" ?)

If you attempt to go to the web page url mentioned in the 1st message by Xavier Theoret you will download viruses just by viewing the page.

Take care. Be careful.

The URL address I'm talking about is the "go.to" slash "timelapse" page. It may have been virus free when the message was posted ( like 4 years ago ) but now it's gotten infected.

----------- Just a friendly warning ----------

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I didn't test if this virus story is true. But I don't need the go.to address anymore (which I don't control and suspect it could be the problem). To see my timelapse movies come directly to http://www.xtmedia.net Thanks and sorry for any inconvenience, Xavier webmaster of xtmedia.net


On Saturday, April 29, 2006 at 1:01 am, Rick_GoCougs wrote:
>
>DONT GO TO THAT URL ( "go.to" slash "timelapse" ).
>IT GAVE ME VIRUSES (or is it "viri" ?)
>


>
>If you attempt to go to the web page url mentioned in the 1st message by Xavier Theoret
> you will download viruses just by viewing the page.


>
>Take care. Be careful.


>
>The URL address I'm talking about is the "go.to" slash "timelapse" page. It may
>have been virus free when the message was posted ( like 4 years ago ) but now it's
>gotten infected.
>
>

----------- Just a friendly warning ----------

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PREVENTING QUICKTIME FROM OPENING MPG WITHIN BROWSERS

That's easy... "mpg" is more akin to an MP3 than it is to an MPEG-2 video... you 
would think since its video, media player would open it... but Quicktime hijacks 
it because you set your Quicktime MIME types to open MP3s (and therefore mpg)... 

Let me guess.. you already opened quicktime and within the preferences unchecked 
all the MIME types except for MP3s because you use iTunes (and the only reason you 
still have quicktime is the nazis at apple force you to have quicktime in order for 
itunes to work)... 

plus, let me guess that in Mediaplayer->Tools->Options->Filetypes you *unchecked* 
MP3 becuase you want iTunes to handle that... well... that's the problem.

you have to have MediaPlayer the default player for MP3s... this will change the 
icons on MP3s... but your iTunes will still play all the MP3s in your playlists... 
THIS SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEM...

You can also do the following in prevent Quicktime from hijacking other things. 

First set a restore point. 

Then go to:
C:Program Files\Quicktime\plugins 
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new 
letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"

C:Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new 
letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"

**NOTE: you must change the plugin names AFTER you have changed the MIME types in 
the traditional way... because Quicktime will refresh all the plugins in the above 
two locations every time you go to the Preferences tab. 







On Friday, March 22, 2002 at 6:38 pm, Xavier Theoret wrote:

>I have a question about Prevent 

>Programs From Changing Your File Types:


>

>... I have a similar problem with Internet Explorer 6 file type association? As 
an 

>example... Mpeg movies (*.MPG) are normally opened with Windows media

>player in windows. But, opening the same MPG file in a web page will call for Quicktime!! 

>Since I'm the webmaster of the test page (http://go.to/timelapse),

>I can garantee that there is no difference between the file on the web (read by 
Quicktime) 

>and on my disk (read by media player).

>

>Long ago, you could manually select which application will run for every file type 

>in IE. Not anymore?

>

>Any help would be great, Thanks!!

>

>Xavier Theoret


That's easy... "mpg" is more akin to an MP3 than it is to an MPEG-2 video... you 
would think since its video, media player would open it... but Quicktime hijacks 
it because you set your Quicktime MIME types to open MP3s (and therefore mpg)... 

Let me guess.. you already opened quicktime and within the preferences unchecked 
all the MIME types except for MP3s because you use iTunes (and the only reason you 
still have quicktime is the nazis at apple force you to have quicktime in order for 
itunes to work)... 

plus, let me guess that in Mediaplayer->Tools->Options->Filetypes you *unchecked* 
MP3 becuase you want iTunes to handle that... well... that's the problem.

you have to have MediaPlayer the default player for MP3s... this will change the 
icons on MP3s... but your iTunes will still play all the MP3s in your playlists... 
THIS SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEM...

You can also do the following in prevent Quicktime from hijacking other things. 

First set a restore point. 

Then go to:
C:Program Files\Quicktime\plugins 
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new 
letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"

C:Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS
--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new 
letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"

**NOTE: you must change the plugin names AFTER you have changed the MIME types in 
the traditional way... because Quicktime will refresh all the plugins in the above 
two locations every time you go to the Preferences tab.  

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Ah thoses filetype wars! Well, it is now 5 years since I have post this annoyance. I can tell you that : - Internet explorer changed a lot since then - ITune is so much more important today than before, you solution would not have been good back in 2002. - I still consider this has being an annoyances since .mpg should be a video extension (see mpeg.org). But here is the solution... Sorry to not have posted here before... Webmasters are forced to embed the movie within the web page. Basically, putting the file directly on your site is the lazy but obsolete way of doing it. I'm still doing just that see www.xtmedia.net. Some people prefer to embed the file in a flash movie or sometime they use an Activex component... This might be technical but basically the website have the burden of displaying the movie (see youtube.com, cnn.com for examples). I hope to finally have more time but I'm experimenting which technique works the best for the movies... ;-) Thanks for looking into it, Xavier


On Sunday, July 15, 2007 at 10:13 am, ken watanabe wrote:
>PREVENTING QUICKTIME FROM OPENING MPG WITHIN BROWSERS
>
>That's easy... "mpg" is more akin to an MP3 than it is to an MPEG-2 video... you
>would think since its video, media player would open it... but Quicktime hijacks
>it because you set your Quicktime MIME types to open MP3s (and therefore mpg)...
>
>Let me guess.. you already opened quicktime and within the preferences unchecked
>all the MIME types except for MP3s because you use iTunes (and the only reason you
>still have quicktime is the nazis at apple force you to have quicktime in order for
>itunes to work)...
>
>plus, let me guess that in Mediaplayer->Tools->Options->Filetypes you *unchecked*
>MP3 becuase you want iTunes to handle that... well... that's the problem.
>
>you have to have MediaPlayer the default player for MP3s... this will change the
>icons on MP3s... but your iTunes will still play all the MP3s in your playlists...
>THIS SHOULD FIX YOUR PROBLEM...
>
>You can also do the following in prevent Quicktime from hijacking other things.
>
>First set a restore point.
>
>Then go to:
>C:Program Files\Quicktime\plugins
>--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new
>letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"
>
>C:Program Files\Internet Explorer\PLUGINS
>--> change the name (don't delete) all the plugins that start with "n"... add a new
>letter or something..."npqtplugin.dll" to "wnpqtplugin.dllll"
>
>**NOTE: you must change the plugin names AFTER you have changed the MIME types in
>the traditional way... because Quicktime will refresh all the plugins in the above
>two locations every time you go to the Preferences tab.
>
>
>

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