Adding the audio/x-mpeg MIME type


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Adding the audio/x-mpeg Type 


   1.Open the "Options->General Preferences->Helpers" Dialog. 
   2.Press the "Create New Type..." Button. 
   3.Type "audio" (without the ") in the Mime Type field. 
   4.Type "x-mpeg" in the Mime SubType field. 
   5.Press "OK". 
   6.Add "mp3" in the File Extensions field. 
   7.Press the "Launch the application" radio button. 
   8.Press the "Browse..." button and insert the path to Winamp.exe 


                       Internet Explorer


   1.Go to View - Options - Program Files (tab) 
   2.Click on the File Types button 
   3.Click on New Type 
   4.In description, type Mpeg Layer 3 streamed audio 
   5.In associated extension, type .m3u 
   6.In content type (mime) type audio/x-mpegurl 
   7.Click on the New Button 
   8.In Action type &Open 
   9.In Application used..., type c:\program files\Winamp\winamp.exe /l (or
     whatever the path is to winamp for you) 
  10.Click Ok 
  11.Cick Ok, and you're done. BTW- If you download these .m3u files to
     your harddrive, you now can double click on them, and stream the 
     audio right from the explorer program / file manager!!