I don't know if everyone who distributes mplayer distributes it with the windows media codecs. I compiled it from source a while back following these instructions (coutesy Micheal Halcrow a while back on the list):
> wget http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/MPlayer-0.90pre8.tar.bz2 > wget http://ftp.lug.udel.edu/MPlayer/releases/w32codec.tar.bz2 > tar xjvf w32codec.tar.bz2 > mv w32codec-0.90 /usr/share > tar xjvf MPlayer-0,90pre8.tar.bz2 > cd MPlayer-0.90pre8 > ./configure --with-win32libdir=/usr/share/w32codec-0.90 > make > su > (enter root password) > make install > (exit) I don't know if these links are still good or what, but that is how I was able to watch windows media in linux. Bryan On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 20:49, Joshua L. Jones wrote: > Hi. > > It would be great if I could watch windows media in mozilla. I tried > something I read on the KBYU page, and that didn't work. Then I read > your message and tried that. I downloaded teh plug in, installed it, > and downloaded mplayer and installed that. Now when I click on a video > link, I am promted to specify which program to use to open the file. > What should I do with that? > > thanks. > josh > > Bryan Murdock wrote: > > >I was just trying to get some plugins for mozilla to work and I thought > >I should pass along a good link to help with this: > > > >http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html > > > >I tried the mplayerpug-in (second from bottom) today and was quite > >pleased with it. I could click on a video (windows media format) link > >from the church website and it played the video just like it should. > >Pretty cool. > > > >Bryan > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >newbies mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > newbies mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies > _______________________________________________ newbies mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://phantom.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/newbies
