The NET TOOB Stream Player is a Netscape plug-in that allows you to view MPEG movies. Since it works from within Netscape, most MPEG movies you will view with it are those embedded on a web page. However, you can also watch any MPEG movie that is on your hard drive simply by selecting "Open╔" from Netscape's "File" menu and then selecting an MPEG movie.
Compatibility
The NET TOOB Stream Player has been tested with Netscape Navigator and should work with Apple's Cyberdog. It currently does not run under Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
Installation Notes
When installing the NET TOOB Stream Player, make sure Netscape Navigator is not currently running.
Memory Issues
After installing the NET TOOB Stream Player, chances are good that Netscape will need more memory allocated to it in order to run all its plug-ins. The solution is to increase the memory requirements for Netscape.
[Note: This may be true of other browsers as well. If that is the case, these instructions apply to other browser applications as well.]
Changing Netscape's Memory allocation
1. Make sure Netscape is not currently running.
2. From the Finder, highlight the Netscape application icon.
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3. From the "File" menu, select "Get Info" (or press Command-I)
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4. You should see something similar to this:
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5. Add 2500 to the number in the "Preferred Size" slot.
This number should be 10000 or more.
6. Close the window.
Netscape will now use the additional memory so that the plug-ins should work properly. If there is still a problem, try adding more memory to Nescape using the procedure outlined above.
Netscape Preferences
In order for Netscape to know which plug-ins or helper applications to use on a given web page, it uses a convention known as "MIME" (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types. These MIME types are a text string in the format: "[general-type]/[specific-type]".
In order to play movies, all you need to be concerned with are the following MIME types:
video/mpg
video/mpeg
video/mpe
video/mpv
video/mpeg-realtime
MPEG Video
video/x-mpg
video/x-mpe
video/x-mpv
video/x-mpeg
These are the MIME types handled by The NET TOOB Stream plug-in.
Each Web browser (ie. Cyberdog, Internet Explorer, Netscape Communicator, Netscape Navigator) has a way of associating a plug-in or helper application with each a MIME type. Be sure to associate all the above MIME types with the NET TOOB Stream plug-in.