On Sat December 17 2005 9:36 am, Alan Dowley wrote:
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 09:11 -0500, Gil Weber wrote:
Hello, everyone.
Using SuSE 9.3 and Kaffeine I can view all sorts of video formats, but I cannot view anything that would require Windows Media Player or Quicktime. Would sure appreciate help with proper codecs or other applicable solution.
I am using Firefox 1.0.7 and Konqueror 3.4.0.
For example, if I go to www.cnn.com and click on any of the buttons that say "watch," a window will open that says:
"Plug In Warning. The CNN.com video experience is optimized for Windows Media Player 9 or above. No Windows Media Player detected. Get the player."
And it has a button there that will take me to the Microsoft website where, presumably, I could get WMP 9 or 10 if I were running Windows.
For an example of my problem with Quicktime, please see
http://www.boardsmag.com/screeningroom/commercials/2183
Going to this page I am asked to download a plugin, but when I try I can't get anything, and I get error messages about the missing plugins.
Can anyone help?
Thanks! Gil
Check this for all codecs required http://packman.links2linux.org/
Alan
Alan and all, At the moment I have a working set up that allows me to view the following using kaffeine: .mov .wmv .mpg .avi .asx .asf I have these rpms installed: libdvdcss-1.2.8-2.network.i386.rpm libxine1-1.1.0cvs-050815.i686.rpm w32codec-0.52-1.i386.rpm xine-mozilla-plugin-0.2-050815.i586.rpm xine-ui-0.99.4cvs-050815.i586.rpm On a suggestion by a list member I just updated the w32 codec rpm by installing: w32codec-all-20050412-0.pm.0.i586.rpm That codec specifically mentions Quicktime, but it did not make any difference. I still cannot view Quicktime or Windows Media Player files. I am concerned about going to packman and grabbing everything in sight without knowing what I am grabbing. I don't want to destroy what's working well now. But I do want to add Quicktime and Windows Media Player capabilities. So, I see the following additional rpms on packman under "multimedia/xine-lib." Should I get some or all of these and install them: alsa-1.0.10-0.pm.0.i586.rpm libtheora-1.0alpha5-0.pm.0.i686.rpm libvorbis-1.1.1-0.pm.0.i686.rpm libxine1-1.1.1-0.pm.2.i686.rpm speex-1.1.11.1-0.pm.0.i686.rpm Are there other rpms I need specifically for Quicktime and Windows Media Player? Thanks! :o) Gil