On Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:22:48 -0600, "Kenn Yahoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a quicktime plugin for linux browsers?
> A search on Google turned up Crossover from Codeweavers ... does anyone have
> any feedback about this product? I was hoping for free, but I'll spend the
> $20 if it's a worthwhile program and nothing else is available.
The problem with Quicktime is that most videos nowadays are encoded in the
Sorenson format. This format is patented and it would be difficult to legally
create a decoder for it.
Codeweavers' Crossover is an excellent product. It uses WINE to allow Quicktime,
Shockwave, and the MS viewers for Word, Excel and Powerpoint to work in x86
GNU/Linux. While the apps don't work quite as well as they do in Windows, they
are still perfectly usable. Codeweavers is a good company, and they have devoted
a lot of resources to WINE development. Your US$20 contributes to this
development, so in effect you are supporting open source.
--
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