Bernhard - thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, the application this is for is embedded within a Macromedia Director movie, and VLC doesn't support ActiveX (at least as far as I could tell), although this might be a good open-source contribution for my company to make.
Thanks! Jon On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Bernhard Praschinger wrote: > Hallo > > > Does anyone know of a better MPEG decoder for Windows Media Player - maybe > > one that will play 1024x768 videos? The Windows one won't work - it seems > > like DVD players install a better one, but I was looking for something I > > could redistribute with the video. Any ideas? > If you just want a mpeg decoder you should take a look at VLC > (http://www.videolan.org/) it exists for many OS. > > The Windows Media Player does only support MPEG1 videos. I think I read > a article where they described how to install a seperate packege of the > windows install CD, and than you have a very basic DVD player. But that > is much mor complicated than downloading and sterting VLC. > The typical DVD Player SW in Windows is able to play back MPEG1/2. > > BTW: You do not have to install (just copy them to a location) VLC on a > Windows system, so you still can play back videos with VLC. That > important if the sysadmin has removed the right to install SW on you PC. > ;) > > auf hoffentlich bald, > > Berni the Chaos of Woodquarter > > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.lysator.liu.se/~gz/bernhard > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ Mjpeg-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mjpeg-users
