Playing an .au File
You may need a plugin to play sound files ending with .au. Many plugins are available for free download on the Internet. Most downloadable plugins have an installer that you need to run to install the plugin software so that it works with your browser. The QuickTime plugin is one way to play .au files.
You can check to see if your browser (Netscape, Internet Explorer, etc.) is already set up to play .au sound files. To do this, you need to find the preferences for your browser. You can access these preferences in from the browser menubar. Some browsers may refer to them as, "Options." Try looking in the menubar for "Edit," then "Preference." This varies a little from browser to browser.
The "Preferences" choice (or "Options") will display a dialog box with a number of choices.
In Netscape it may look like this:
In Internet Explorer it may look like this:
In the box on the left of the dialog box, choose "Applications" or "File Helper Settings." The names for these choices may vary from browser to browser. Then check to see that there is a plugin for the file type that you want to use (in our example this is a .au file using the QuickTime plugin).
If the plugin is "greyed out" the plugin isn't installed or the browser doesn't know how to find the plugin. If you have downloaded the plugin, but your browser doesn't know where to find it, you can select the file type with your mouse and then click the "Edit" or "Change" button.
This will open a new dialog box that will let you configure how the browser uses the plugin.
In Netscape it may look like this:
In Internet Explorer it may look like this:
