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,
>
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