Re: Video experience for Windows Media (Player 10) etc..

From: taharka (res00vl8_at_alltel.net)
Date: 08/09/05

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    Howdy,

    Ted Gervais wrote:

    > At 04:11 PM 8/9/2005 -0300, you wrote:
    >
    >> Hi,
    >>
    >> Em Ter, 2005-08-09 ās 15:55 -0300, Ted Gervais escreveu:
    >> > Was wondering if there is anything that will take the place of the
    >> > 'Windows Media Player' which wants to be used when trying to view
    >> videos
    >> > while in www.cnn.com .
    >> >
    >> > I occasionally like to look at the various video clips that come
    >> with the news
    >> > website and it asks me to 'GET PLAYER' when I click on these videos.
    >> >
    >> > Am I out of luck when trying to view these news videos when I am
    >> running
    >> > Linux? Or is there a way around this obstacle??
    >>
    >> You could install mplayer + mplayer plugin for mozilla/firefox or the
    >> plugin along with any other player based on mplayer, like kmediaplayer.
    >> Personally, I prefer kaffeine+kaffeine plugin, because I like better to
    >> watch the clip on a separate, redimensionable window rather than
    >> embedded in the web page. Such sites often offer clips in real player
    >> format, which is available for Linux as well.
    >
    >
    >
    > I will look at that, but doesn't that news site look for
    > (specifically) the Windows Media Player.
    > And if that is the case, it wouldn't matter what Linux utility you
    > might have installed that would play these videos.
    > Or am I wrong on this??
    >
    For an excellent read pertaining to mplayer/viewing video on CNN's site,
    go to the fedora-list archives & read the complete thread, Subject:
    Mplayer Frustrations Sender: C.Beamer Date: 07/07/2005 08:16 P.M.
    F.Y.I., this thread is worth a hard copy for future reference ;-)

    >
    >
    >> []'s
    >> Marcelo
    >>
    >>
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