Configuring Hotjava To Use Showme Tv - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

You should now be able to play the video using the ShowMe TV player by
clicking on the video icon in the AnswerBook2 documentation.
Note -
player, you will be able to play videos through ShowMe TV in future Netscape
sessions. As long as you access the same Netscape application, you do not need
to configure the browser again.
Configuring HotJava to Use ShowMe TV
1. From the Edit menu at the top of the HotJava window, select Preferences ==>
Viewer Applications.
2. Scroll down the Content Types box and select MPEG Video Clip.
3. Update the information for MPEG Video Clip as explained here.
Enter the following information:
4 Beside Description, enter MPEG Video Clip
4 Beside Extensions, enter mpg for the Sun videos. You can also enter mpeg to
accommodate file names from other suppliers
4 Beside Action, select the View in Application option
4 Beside Application, enter the path to the installed ShowMe TV player software,
such as /opt/SUNWsmtv/bin/showmetv -exit %s. If your administrator
has made ShowMe TV available to you in an exported file system, enter the
path to the exported software. If the directory containing the command is not
in your path, you should provide the full path.
The -exit option configures the movie player to quit after the movie finishes
playing. If you do not use this option, the player will continue to play the
selected video until you instruct it to stop.
4. Click on the Apply button so that your changes will take effect.
5. Click on the Back arrow to return to the page with the video.
You should now be able to play the video using the ShowMe TV player by
clicking on the video icon in the AnswerBook2 documentation.
Note -
player, you will be able to play videos through ShowMe TV in future HotJava
sessions. As long as you access the same HotJava application, you do not need to
configure the browser again.
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After you have configured the Netscape browser to use the ShowMe TV
After you have configured the HotJava browser to use the ShowMe TV