Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4570 mails)

[Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Friday 11 November 2005 11:35, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
> On Fri, 2005-11-11 at 06:27 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
> > On Friday 11 November 2005 05:43, Joseph Loo wrote:
> > > I agree with you. It seems that the codec needs to match the interface.
> > > The problem is to fine the codec and to make sure that you start with
> > > the correct xine. In the 64 bit version, both the 32 and 64 bit are
> > > loaded on the system. I have no ideal how to access the correct one.
> >
> > OK, I just saw the link you posted. The extension of the file is .mov
> > which is a strong clue that it's Apple Quicktime. Install the
> > libquicktime package and you should be able to play it. It's available in
> > both 32 and 64 bit formats, choose the one that matches your player
>
> Many times the 'file' command will correctly parse such content. Safer
> than relying on an extension.

That presupposes that you can waste the time and diskspace waiting for 
bittorrent to download enough of the file header for magic to do its thing

Which I couldn't. Damn slow download