PM123 Netscape Navigator Configuration
The procedure explains in details how to configure Netscape Navigator
4.x in OS/2. The MIME Types are the same that can be used in version
2.x, but the menus and configuration dialogs are not the same.
To configure Netscape Navigator 4 for OS/2 to use PM123 as a helper
application for the usual online playlist and icecast, you will have to
add the MIME type "audio/x-mpegurl", and to configure it to use
SHOUTcast, you will have to add the type "audio/x-scpls". To add MIME
Types, follow this procedure:
- Open the Edit menu, and the
Preferences submenu. You will be presented with the
Preferences dialog.
- In the Navigator - Applications Category are
listed the different file types supported by your current
configuration.
- Press the New Type button and add the required
information. The screenshot below shows an example to configure
SHOUTcast.
NOTE: Netscape Navigator 4.61 still has a bug where it cannot switch the session's
path to the EXE's path. Therefore, pm123 will not be able to find
gbm123.dll and other DLLs installed by default to be found in the
current directory. However, if a properly configured WPS object for
pm123 is installed, Navigator 4 will use it. You can make one with with
install.cmd.

Recommended settings
Description of type: | MP3 Playlist |
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File extension: | M3U PLS LST |
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MIME Type: | audio/x-mpegurl |
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Application to use: | x:\path\pm123.exe |
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Description of type: | SHOUTcast |
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File extension: | PLS |
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MIME Type: | audio/x-scpls |
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Application to use: | x:\path\pm123.exe |
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Test it at SHOUTcast or
icecast!