What are Microsoft codecs?

[Frank Murphy (Frankly3D)]

On 08/08/09 20:31, gilpel at altern.org wrote:
>> On 08/08/09 20:17, gilpel at altern.org wrote:
>>>>> Sam wrote:
>>>>>>            : This package provides FFmpeg-based GStreamer plug-ins.
>>>>> Maybe they are there, but they sure don't have the same effect as
>>> MPlayer codecs and plug-ins: MPlayer works.
>>>> Totem/GStreamer works for me thanks.
>>> With WMV, everywhere? Try it here:
>>>
>>> radio-Canada.ca
>>>
>>> It worked for nobody when I asked last month.
> 
>> Yes it did, with the direct link I gave,
>> it was the java confused totem.
> 
> Ok, it can read but is confused. You have to find out URLs every time.
> MPlayer handles this fine.
> 
> Let's hope Totem can fix this, 'cause I'm not very much into finding URLs.
> 
> 

Then file a bugzilla, against totem (gstreamer?), giving the url that
cause the problem, showing that you can play it in mplayer