Video experience for Windows Media (Player 10) etc..
oldman
talbotscott at cox.net
Tue Aug 9 21:29:15 UTC 2005
Ted Gervais wrote:
> At 04:11 PM 8/9/2005 -0300, you wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Em Ter, 2005-08-09 às 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??
They do look for media player, but offer the option to continue to
the videos (which work great with MPlayer BTW)
Scott
>
>
>
>> []'s
>> Marcelo
>>
>>
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