On 4/18/06, Lan Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 17, 2006 at 09:10:25PM -0700, Lief Hendrickson wrote: > > I can't get movie email attachments to play using totem movie player on > > Fedora. The attachments are wmv and mpg. I received the attachments in > > Evolution email application. totem movie player is the application of > > choice when clicking on the attachment name in Evolution. Totem opens to > a > > blank screen then displays an error message saying it can't read the > > file. Any ideas on how to play wmv and mpg files? Thanks. > > > > One additional thought to add tot he good advice already posted. I > believe that there is a free software issue with some codecs, especially > mpeg, which (again) I believe is patented. This makes it unshippable for > RH or Fedora ... but products like xine can take codec plug-ins that are > available in rpm around and about. > > Totem may also have such plug ins, but I expect you'll have to look for > them. > > Good luck, > > -- > Lan Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Linux Guy, SCM Specialist 858-354-0616 > Tcl/Tk Enthusiast > > -- > [email protected] > http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-newbie >
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