--- In [email protected], Brad Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 07:18:50 -0400 > Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello Scott, > > > > in a firefox window, but you still need the "essential codecs" > > > package from http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ > > Thanks Brad, for the correction. I should have added that FreeBSD > > You're welcome, Scott. > > > ports will install other necessary components. I would think that > > Understood. Many *nix variants work that way, of course. However, in > this context the word essential is a misnomer, since mplayer works > quite happily _without_ those codecs. They're only essential in so far > as they're required for viewing WMV, QT and other proprietary codecs. > > > in that list of dependencies. (On FreeBSD at least.) > > Not so under Mandriva, at least. Due, no doubt, to worries about > infringing on a certain big company's IP rights. I suspect the same > applies to some of the other "commercial" *nix distros. You'll know, > I'm sure, that many don't include libdvdcss for similar worries about > legalities.
Mplayerplug-in is available in Ubuntu, the package is called mozilla-mplayer. You will have to activate the "multiverse" repositories in the Synaptic Package Manager. The Win32 codecs have to be installed separately, instructions are here: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats#head-6c942d1939d97331f96e42b63774003fde7daed5 I hope this helps. Regards Steve To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
