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If Quicktime is opening instead of the Real player, or if you get the message "unsupported transport"—

You need to un-associate QuickTime with the extension type .smil because Quicktime will not open these files. To un-associate it:

  1. Open the QuickTime player
  2. Go to "Edit" and choose "Preferences"
  3. From Preferences, select the Plug-In tab
  4. Choose Mime settings and expand "video"
  5. Highlight "smil 1.0 File" and 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.

You then need to instruct Real Player to open SMIL files.

  1. Open RealOne Player
  2. Choose Preferences
  3. Select " Media Types."
  4. Under SMIL, select "Always play with RealOne Player"
  5. Click OK.
  6. A window will pop up. Select "Configure", which will automatically close and configure your Web browser.

Lastly, you need to make sure that the file helper section of your Web browser associates .smil files with Real Player.

For IE 5.1.6 or Later

  1. Select Edit / Preferences
  2. In the left-hand window, click on the arrow next to "Receiving Files" (you may have to scroll down to see it).
  3. Click on "File Helpers."
  4. In the right-hand window, scroll down until you see "SMIL 2.0 file" (There may be more than one with a similar name. Use the same instructions for anything with SMIL in it.) Click on SMIL...
  5. Next click on the "Change..." button.
  6. At the bottom of the window is an area called "Handling." 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 Real Player on your machine.
  7. Select it and click on the "Open" button.
  8. Repeat for each instance of SMIL in the File Helpers window.
  9. Close the windows and quit your browser.
  10. To finish, re-launch the browser and playing the media file of want to see.

If Netscape 7.02 is your browser, you'll need to add a new mime type for .SMIL

From Netscape open Preferences

  1. Choose Navigator/Helper Applications
  2. Select "New Type"
  3. In Description type "SMIL"
  4. In file extension type ".smil"
  5. In MIME type, type "application/audio"
  6. In "Application to use", press the choose button and browse to your Real Player
  7. Click "OK."




 



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