On Sun, June 10, 2007 12:06 am, Wolfgang Rosenauer wrote: > Darryl Gregorash wrote: >> On 2007-06-09 10:30, Stevens wrote: >>> On Yahoo.com videos, some news videos won't play. >>> Firefox says download plugin for x-ms-wmp. Why won't >>> mplayerplug-in catch that? What do I need to watch those >>> videos, other than use a Windows box? >>> >> AFAIK there is no support yet in Linux for WMP format -- nothing >> that I >> found on Google anyway. > > x-ms-wmp should be supported from mplayerplug-in but you need a > compatible player. AFAIK MPlayer is able to play that (I'm not sure if > only with the w32libs or native though). >
Yes, windows media player is well-supported under mplayer and the various plugins. AFAIK, Yahoo uses Flash9 for their news videos. I've had no issues watching them. I'm beginning to wonder why I pay for a TV... -- k -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
