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Help for Macintosh OS 8/9 Users
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If Quicktime is opening instead of the Real player, or if you get the message 'unsupported transport':
Un-associate QuickTime with the extension type .smil. Quicktime will not open these files. To un-associate it, open the QuickTime player, go to Edit -> Preferences -> QuickTime preferences -> Browser Plug-in -> Mime Settings -> expand "video," highlight "smil 1.0 File" -> set to "do not use QuickTime." (If you have more than one version of SMIL or another version of SMIL, repeat the same instructions for each instance of SMIL.)
Make sure the file helper section of your Web browser associates .smil files with the Real player.
IE 5.1.6: Go to Edit -> Preferences -> Receiving Files/File Helpers. Scroll down until you see "SMIL Document" (there may be more than one with a similar name, use the same instructions for anything with SMIL in it). Click on one, then click on the "Change..." button. Under "File Type" look for "application" It will probably have a QuickTime icon there. Click on the "Browse..." button next to the icon and browse until you find the RealOne or other Real player on your machine. Select it and click on the "Open" button. Repeat for each instance of SMIL in the File Helpers window. Close the windows and quit your browser. Then, re-launch the browser and try listening again.
Netscape 7.02: (add a new mime type for .SMIL): Edit -> Preferences -> Helper Applications -> New Type. In Description type "SMIL", in file extension type ".smil", in MIME type, type "application/audio", in "Application to use," press the choose button and browse to your Real player, then 'OK.'