I've come accross this format, apparently a video format. Does anyone know how to make Suse-8 recognize this file format? (E.g: movie.wmv) Thanks in advance. Niels
Niels Stenhøj wrote:
I've come accross this format, apparently a video format. Does anyone know how to make Suse-8 recognize this file format? (E.g: movie.wmv)
Install avifile package from http://packman.links2linux.de Avoid wmv like the plague. It stands for Windows Media Video, and guess what, it's proprietary, patented, closed, all the expected crap. -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961
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jfweber@eternal.net wrote:
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on Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:01:54 +0300 **Avoid wmv like the plague. It stands for Windows Media Video, and guess **what, it's proprietary, patented, closed, all the expected crap.
true, however , if you have a reason to , or need these things See Crossover plugins ( they include one for Windows mediaplayer as well as
That if you want to see it in browser, as in a stream from a site. Avoid them like the plague. Write to the site and tell them. I've read this article, just recently. Although a long read, a worthy one for sure. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/%7erja14/tcpa-faq.html -- Silviu Marin-Caea Systems Engineer Linux/Unix http://www.genesys.ro Phone +40723-267961
Hello. Why don't you try mplayer, the latest version "MPlayer 0.90pre5-3.1", comes with support for wmv, as many others, the only one i can't watch is mov typefile, searching one, and is free. hope to help. Oxiel. El lun, 29-07-2002 a las 10:29, jfweber@eternal.net escribió:
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on Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:01:54 +0300 **Avoid wmv like the plague. It stands for Windows Media Video, and guess **what, it's proprietary, patented, closed, all the expected crap.
true, however , if you have a reason to , or need these things See Crossover plugins ( they include one for Windows mediaplayer as well as many other windows type plugins) Codeweavers.com There is a demo version to try before you buy. Hope this helps
j
afterthought RAM DISK is not an installation procedure.
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jfweber@eternal.net
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Niels Stenhøj
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Oxiel Contreras
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Silviu Marin-Caea