Malke Routh wrote:
On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 06:17, Jim Sabatke wrote:
I want to download some bagpiping tutorials. An example is:
mms://vidserv1.lyon.edu/piping/section2/lesson1.wmv
When I right click and save, Firefox just seems to ignore it and continues on like nothing has happened (not trying to save). Konq complains that mms is not a known protocol.
Am I missing something?
The .wmv extension is a Windows Media Video format, which is why Mozilla can't deal with it. CrossOver Office supports Windows Media files, although I must say I've never had good luck with them. I'm afraid if there is something done in that format that I absolutely want to see, I just watch it on one of the Windows boxen. There were some postings about the subject on this list back in March which suggested using Mplayer with the right codecs. Here's a cut-&-paste of a quote:
"I've been able to play most of the ones I've encountered with MPlayer, but for various licensing reasons the provided SuSE rpm of mplayer doesn't have the full ability range the program is capable of. Head to http://mplayerhq.hu and start reading the compilation docs - it's a bit indigestible, but essentially you are looking to use that site to collect collections of codecs, and then find the right combination of compile flags to compile in support for the file formats you want. MPlayer is not exactly point and click, but is massively capable once you get it running well. Until not long ago I would still find myself booting windows to use MS's media player, now I think MPlayer is much superior. "
HTH,
Malke
Thanks. I've used mplayer also, with similar results. I've never had this problem before with downloading files, but maybe the others didn't use the "mms://" notation. -- Jim Sabatke Hire Me!! - See my resume at http://my.execpc.com/~jsabatke Do not meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with ketchup. NOTE: Please do not email me any attachments with Microsoft extensions. They are deleted on my ISP's server before I ever see them, and no bounce message is sent.