Browser.videoFeeds.handler

Background

Firefox 2.0 introduced in-browser feed handling, and Firefox 3 added support for different actions for audio and video podcasts. In the feed preview interface, users can choose to subscribe to the feed using an application or web site. This preference determines the default handler used to process video podcast feeds.

Possible values and their effects

bookmarks

Subscribe to the feed using a Live Bookmark.

reader

Subscribe to the feed using the reader type specified in browser.videoFeeds.handler.default.

ask

Ask the user what to use when a feed is encountered. (Default)

UI

Firefox 3

The three options are available via “Tools → Options → Applications → Content Type: Video Podcast”

First checked in

2008-01-29 by Myk Melez (patch by Will Guaraldi)

Has an effect in

• Firefox (nightly builds since 2008-01-29)

Related bugs

• Bug 400061 - Add "Podcast" and "Video Podcast" entries to the applications prefpane

Related preferences

• browser.audioFeeds.handler
• browser.audioFeeds.handler.default
• browser.audioFeeds.handlers.application
• browser.audioFeeds.handlers.webservice
• browser.contentHandlers.types.*.title
• browser.contentHandlers.types.*.type
• browser.contentHandlers.types.*.uri
• browser.feeds.handler
• browser.feeds.handler.default
• browser.feeds.handlers.application
• browser.feeds.handlers.webservice
• browser.videoFeeds.handler.default
• browser.videoFeeds.handlers.application
• browser.videoFeeds.handlers.webservice