How to install Windows Codecs in firefox for MPLAYER
alan
alan at clueserver.org
Mon Aug 21 23:53:46 UTC 2006
On Mon, 21 Aug 2006, Andy Green wrote:
> Keith wrote:
>
>> You won't be able to view the Apple trailers, but download the mplayer
>> plug in for firefox.
>
> It's sad but if you View Source to get the embed URL you can usually wget -O-
> that URL to find the actual URL of the media file, which you can wget and use
> in mplayer.
>
> Truly proprietary media is going to be the last fortress to fall (if it ever
> does).
It already has. It is just not in the distro yet due to adherence to
"laws".
Actually Apple Trailers are a codec issue. (Exact codec name escapes
me at the moment.) There is a win32 codec pack available on the mplayer
site that will play just about everything, including the Apple trailers.
With the full codec pack I am able to play more than I can on a "standard"
Windows box. (There are some codecs that media player has no clue as to
where to find.)
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