On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 07:38 -0400, Kenneth Jacker wrote: > david> Perhaps, if you provide a leeetle more info. > > Yes, of course! > > david> What program are you using to view these videos (totem, > david> mplayer, etc)? > > I'm running linux-2.6.8-2-686. I click links (with 'firefox') on the > CNN "video site", and a new window is created. Within it is the > opening "Media Player" animated logo which eventually displays the > (silent) piece I've selected. > > "About:plugins" in 'firefox' shows, "Windows Media Player Plug-in > Dynamic Link Library", followed by: > > MIME TYPE DESC SUFFIXES ENABLED > application/asx Media Files * Yes > video/x-ms-asf-plugin Media Files * Yes > application/x-mplayer2 Media Files * Yes > video/x-ms-asf Media Files asf,asx,* Yes > video/x-ms-wm Media Files wm,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wma Media Files wma,* Yes > audio/x-ms-wax Media Files wax,* Yes > video/x-ms-wmv Media Files wmv,* Yes > video/x-ms-wvx Media Files wvx,* Yes
Hmm...I'm not sure I'm any closer to knowing what program you are using to play the videos. > > david> What format are they in? > > Not sure. > Well, my guess is that they are real or wma or something. When I tried to view a video at CNN's site, it told me i needed windows media player. Looking at the javascript on the site (used to pop up the window in which the video is played), I saw only (what i took to be) a few oblique references to realplayer, flash, and windows media player. It looks like this is a problem probably having to do with a lot of non-DFSG conforming software, and I don't have a lot of experience in that area. Are you using crossover office or anything like that? -davidc -- gpg-key: http://www.zettazebra.com/files/key.gpg
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