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

[taharka]

Howdy,

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??
>
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 ;-)

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>> Marcelo
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> Ted Gervais,
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